Solution Guide

Active System Manager Solution Guide—Active System 800 (AS800)

5. Create the ISO files for each server dynamically based on the Server IP Address, Hostname,

Name server values provided in the database.

6. Mount the ISO using iDRAC Virtual Media on all the Servers and initiate the installation process.

7. Configure the vSwitch configuration

a. Create the vSwitch and port-groups based on Active System 800 deployment

specification

b. Tag the port-groups with appropriate VLANs as specified in the template

c. Create iSCSI Port-groups and install / configure the MEM VIBs

8. Create a volume of the EqualLogic Storage Array

a. The new volume is created per physical session based on the size specified in the

Orchestration input.

b. The authentication of the new volume is configured based on the Chap username and

secret key specified in the inventory database of the servers.

9. Create vCenter Cluster / Datacenter (if not already exists) on the specified vCenter. The

cluster is created with default settings (DRS - On, HA - On, EVC - Disabled).

Note: The cluster name passed as an argument must not be the Management cluster.

10. Add hosts to the vCenter cluster.

11. The datastore created in the orchestration is used for provisioning the VM in the logical

workload templates. Provides access to Gold volume and using Gold volume, creates base VMs.

12. Installs EqualLogic MEM modules. The MEM package is transferred to the volume created in the

above step to enable the installation.

13. Registers base VMs to the vCenter for logical template provisioning.

Note:

You should update the template for necessary inputs before scheduling this template for cluster

provisioning. For details, see the