Solution Guide

Active System Manager Solution Guide—Active System 800 (AS800)
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D.1 Preparing the VMware ESXi 5.x Installation Media .................................................... 91
D.2 Modifying the ESXi boot.cfg Configuration File ........................................................ 92
D.3 Adding a PXE Menu Entry .................................................................................. 93
D.4 Configuring the HTTP Server .............................................................................. 93
D.5 Creating a Kickstart Configuration File.................................................................. 93
D.6 Adding the New Image to the Software Repositories ................................................. 94
E Appendix E—Adding New ESXi ISO Images ..................................................................... 95
E.1 Preparing the VMware ESXi 5.x Installation Media .................................................... 95
E.2 Modifying the ESXi boot.cfg Configuration File ........................................................ 96
E.3 Creating a Kickstart Configuration File.................................................................. 96
E.4 Adding the New Image to the Software Repositories ................................................. 98
F Appendix F— Planning Worksheet ............................................................................... 99
F.1 ESXI Server IP Configuration ............................................................................... 99
F.2 VLAN for IOA Configuration ............................................................................... 100
G Appendix G—PXE Setup Requirements ........................................................................ 100
G.1 TFTP Server ................................................................................................. 100
G.2 HTTP Server ................................................................................................. 100
G.3 DHCP Server ................................................................................................. 100
G.4 Configuring PXE Setup with Embedded DHCP Server ................................................ 101
G.4.1 Configuring the DHCP Server ....................................................................... 101
G.4.2 Configuring the TFTP Server ....................................................................... 101
G.5 Configuring the PXE Setup with the Existing DHCP Server .......................................... 102
H Appendix H—FAQs ................................................................................................. 102
Tables
Table 1. AS800-Supported Configurations ........................................................................ 14
Table 2. Deployment Options ....................................................................................... 14
Table 3. Deployment Prerequisites ................................................................................ 15
Table 4. Key Access Credentials ................................................................................... 17
Table 5. Orchestration Input Parameters ......................................................................... 68
Table 6. EqualLogic Group Members .............................................................................. 76
Table 7. EqualLogic Group Members .............................................................................. 77
Table 8. Storage Group-Level Supported Operations ........................................................... 78
Table 9. Storage Member-Level Supported Operations ........................................................ 79
Table 10. Build of Material—Resource Adapters ................................................................. 88