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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Password: Repository server password
Base Directory: Repository server base directory path where Brocade switch image
files are copied. If image files are located at
/var/lib/tftpboot/images/Brocade/6510 folder then base directory path value
would be ‘/var/lib/tftpboot’.
6. Click Discover to initiate the discovery of the repository files.
This will list the discovered element in the repository:
NOTE: Before initiating ‘Discover’, please make sure Brocade switch image files
should be copied at required location.
For example if base directory path is /var/lib/tftpboot then image files should be
copied at following location /var/lib/tftpboot/images/Brocade/6510/v7.1.0
7. Click Associate to associate the selected element with the Brocade 6510 resource
type and click Finish
Updating Repository Elements for Brocade Switch Configuration
To update these repository elements, perform the following steps:
1. Open the Software Repositories view in the setup perspective by clicking Setup ->
Software Repositories on the thick client.
2. Right-click the view and select Repositories.
3. Click the Software Repository > New radio buttons.
4. Using the drop-down menu, select Brocade Configuration Repository and click
Next.
5. Provide Name, Description and update the following Repositories Properties, and
click Next.
Host: Repository Server IP Address, can be ASM server IPAddress
Port: Repository Server Port, by default its value is 22
Username: Repository server username
Password: Repository server password
Base Directory: Repository server base directory path where Brocade switch
configuration files are copied. For example, if configuration files are located at