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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images are located at /var/lib/tftpboot/images/Dell/Force10/<assetTag> then base
directory path value would be ‘/var/lib/tftpboot’.
6. Click Discover to initiate the discovery of the repository files.
The list of discovered elements in the repository display:
NOTE: Before initiating ‘Discover’, please make sure Force10 switch configuration
files and images should be copied at required location for each switch.
For example if base directory path is /var/lib/tftpboot
• Configuration files should be copied at following location
/var/lib/tftpboot/configurationFiles/Dell/Force10/<assetTag>/config.txt
• Image files should be copied at following location
/var/lib/tftpboot/configurationFiles/Dell/Force10/FTOS-SE-8.3.12.1.bin
7. Right-click the selected discovered elements and update the Type to Configuration
File / image, and click Finish.
8. Click Associate to associate the selected element with the Dell Force10Switch
resource type/instance and click Finish.
Updating Repository Elements for VMware Baseline Images
This repository contains VMware baseline images for creating VM clones.
To update the repository elements for VMware baseline images, 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 > Existing radio buttons.