Solution Guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction to the Active System 1000 Solution
- Audience
- Support
- Technical Documentation
- Overview
- Active System 1000-Supported Configurations
- Active System Manager Deployment
- Deployment Options
- Deployment Prerequisites
- Deploying OVF
- Changing Key Access Credentials
- Assigning IP Address to the Active System Manager
- Accessing the Active System Manager Web Client for the First Time
- Adding Additional Licenses
- Configuring Active System Manager Services
- Installing the Active System Manager Client
- Active System Manager Setup
- User and Group Management
- Discovering Active System 1000 Components
- Software Repositories in Active System Manager Appliance
- Updating Repository Elements for ISO Bootable Images
- Updating Repository Elements for IOA Switch configuration and Images
- Updating Repository Elements for Brocade Firmware Repository
- Updating Repository Elements for Brocade Switch Configuration
- Updating Repository Elements for ToR Switch Configurations and Images
- Updating Repository Elements for VMware Baseline Images
- Configuring Networks
- Physical Templates and Orchestration
- Workload Provisioning Using Logical Templates
- Operation Center View—Administrative Operations
- Dashboard Reports
- Resource Allocation by Sessions Report
- Resource Allocation by Hosts Report
- Resource Allocation by Groups Report
- Top Ten Resource Allocation Report
- Top Ten Resource Utilization Report
- VM Utilization by Session Report
- Host Utilization (Consolidated) Report
- Cluster Utilization (Consolidated) Report
- Storage Utilization (Consolidated) Report
- CPU and Memory Utilization Showback Report
- Appendix A—Deployment Activities
- Appendix B—Build of Materials
- Appendix C—Firmware and Software Base Lineup
- Appendix E—Adding New ESXi ISO Images
- Appendix G— Planning Worksheet
- Appendix I—FAQs
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Management components
hosted in the management infrastructure
Dell Active System Manager
VMware vCenter Server
Compellent Enterprise Manager
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware
vCenter
Dell OpenManage Essentials
VMware vCloud Connector
Compellent Plugin for VMware
vCenter
Active System 1000-Supported Configurations
Table 1 lists the Active System Manager solution for the Active System 1000-supported
configurations.
Table 2. Active System 1000-Supported Configurations
Configuration Support
M1000e chassis and supported blade
types (M620)
Support firmware images as per the Active
System Manager solution for Active System
1000
Dell Force10 Top-of-Rack (ToR) S4810
switches
Supported firmware versions as per the Active
System Manager solution for Active System
1000.
Brocade 6510 Fiber Switch and Dell 8 |
4 I/O modules
Supported firmware versions as per the Active
System Manager solution for Active System
1000.
Compellent SC8000 controllers
with SAS enclosures
Supported firmware versions as per the Active
System Manager solution for Active System
1000
VMware vCenter 5.1 for virtual machine
(VM) workloads
Supported ESXi 5.1 image will be bundled in
the virtual appliance
ESXi 5.1 installation support on blade
servers