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Use Case Study: Using Active System For VMware Cluster Environment Configuration
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Mapping Order Example with Redundancy Figure 5.
Going forward with Deployment Template configuration, you will set the “OS Boot” type to “SD Card”.
This assumes you have ordered your server from Dell with ESXi pre-installed on your SD module. If this
is not the case, you may configure your Deployment template to use a one-time boot mechanism such
as PXE or iDRAC secure boot to install an ESXi image to the SD card. This configuration would have a
slightly different Deployment Template configuration than what is described in this use case and is
beyond the scope of this document.
NOTE: PXE install requires a PXE server on the Native VLAN of the device you wish to PXE boot from.
The Deployment Template was specified to include a boot sequence. In this case the Boot Mode was
set to BIOS, and Boot Sequence Retry was disabled. Within the template you can view the current boot
sequence, and adjust items as necessary. In this case the template has been set to boot from the Hard
Disk first. It was also ensured that the Internal SD Card is listed as the first Hard Drive device. Once the
boot sequence has been specified, verify the full contents of the Deployement Template in the
summary, and save the template.
Configure Chassis
Now that both the management template and deployment templates are in place, the management
template that was created in earlier steps will be used to configure the chassis. From either the
“Home” or the “Devices->Chassis” menu, select the option to “Configure Chassis”. The wizard that
appears will present you with the chassis that have been discovered by Active System Manager. Select
the chassis you wish to configure and proceed with the wizard.