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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types and instances before they can be used for provisioning various resources in the
environment. Refer section Updating Repository Elements for ISO Bootable Images
for an example
13. How to change the hostname of the Active System Manager Server?
To change the host name of the Active System Manager server:
a. Log in to the Active System Manager appliance as a root user.
b. Open the /etc/sysconfig/network file and specify the new host name in the
HOSTNAME field.
c. Specify the host name in the /etc/hosts file.
d. Run the reboot command to restart the server.
e. Log in to the server as a delladmin user after restarting the server.
f. Run the hostname command to verify if the new host name is configured as
host name.
g. Stop the Active System Manager services.
h. Change the directory using cd $HOME/asm-galeforce/gf/sbin
i. Run ./updateHostName.sh and follow the instructions to configure the host
name in the Active System Manager installation.
j. Delete the following files from the /home/delladmin/directory:*.ssh/id_rsa
*.ssh/id_rsa.pub
k. Create a password less connection using the command ssh-keygen.
l. Start the Active System Manager Services. For details on starting and
stopping the Active System Manager services, see the Configuring Active
System Manager Services section.
14. Is VMware tools should be installed on Gold VMs images?
Yes, Gold VMs should have the current VMware tools installed.
15. Can the IOA/Chassis/Servers have different username and password?
IOA Chassis and Servers username and password has to be identical.
16. Can I add capacity to a cluster created using an ASM session?
You can add capacity to a cluster by running a new session (session_2) and running
the same orchestration that you used for the currently running session (session_1)
which created a cluster using ASM. The new session (session_2) will add the
server/capacity to the same cluster that was created using session_1.
17. Can I add a new server in a session to add capacity to a cluster created using ASM
session?
This is not supported. A cluster, once created, cannot be updated to add more
capacity. You should cancel the reservation and recreate a session with increased
capacity (increased server count) to create a cluster with more capacity.