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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Discovering Active System 1000 Components
Discovery of the Active System 1000 components includes:
• Dell M1000e Chassis
• Dell M620 Blade servers
NOTE: If your blade servers are configured to boot using UEFI, you must manually
change the boot mode to BIOS before running discovery.
• Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregators
• Force10 Top-Of-Rack (ToR) S4810 switches
• Dell Compellent Storage Array
• VMware vCenter Server components
Initiating Discovery
To initiate the Discovery process, perform the following tasks in the order given below:
1. Opening the Discovery Settings
2. Adding Details for the Active System 1000 Unit
3. Adding vCenter System Properties
4. Starting the Discovery
Configuring Discovery Setup
To configure Discovery settings, perform the following steps:
1. Connect to the Active System Manager Client using user credentials with
Administrator privileges.
2. Select Tools >Discovery >Setup.
Adding Details for the Active System 1000 Unit
When specifying discovery details, keep the following in mind: