White Paper

Use Case Study: Using Active System For VMware Cluster Environment Configuration

Contents

Introduction ........................................................................................................... 4

Active Infrastructure ................................................................................................. 4

Active System Manager (ASM) ...................................................................................... 4

Fabric A, iSCSI-Only Configuration (No Data Center Bridging) ................................................ 5

Fabric B, LAN-Only Configuration .................................................................................. 6

Network Partitioning (NPAR) ....................................................................................... 8

Pre-Requisites Introduction ......................................................................................... 8

Infrastructure Setup Using Active System ....................................................................... 10

Create Networks and Identity Pools ........................................................................... 11

Discover Chassis ................................................................................................... 12

Create Management Template ................................................................................. 12

Create Deployment Template .................................................................................. 13

Configure Chassis ................................................................................................. 16

Deploy Servers .................................................................................................... 17

Cluster Setup and Configuration .................................................................................. 18

Configure ESX Management Network .......................................................................... 18

Create Cluster ..................................................................................................... 19

Add Hosts to Cluster ............................................................................................. 19

Configure Management Network, Storage Network, vMotion Network, and Customer Networks .... 20

Using A Host Profile .............................................................................................. 24

Deploying Virtual Machines ..................................................................................... 25

Expanding Cluster Capacity ..................................................................................... 25

Glossary ............................................................................................................... 25