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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Power On Server This method is used to power on the blade servers using server
iDRAC.
Update firmware on server This method applies firmware DUPs for components (LC, iDRAC,
BIOS etc) for a server.
Managing Dell Force10 IOA Switch
Dell Force10 IOA along with their attributes are discovered and populated in the Active
System Manager Operation Center view. This view (Figure 17) enables methods to be
executed on Dell Force10 IOA for on demand provisioning, as required.
Force10 IOA Switch view Figure 17.
Table 9. Force10 IOA Switch operations
Operation Description
Configure IOA Switch This method is used to upgrade or downgrade a firmware version
on an I/O module.
Managing Dell Force10 ToR Switch
Dell Force10 ToR Switches along with their attributes are discovered and populated in the
Active System Manager Operation Center view. This view (Figure 18) enables methods to be
executed on Dell ForceToR Switches for on demand provisioning, as required.