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13. Next, select the server component. Repeat the following steps for both servers.
a. Under the Settings section, in the Component Name text box, type the component name.
(Optional)
b. Under Hardware Settings
section, retain the value of Target Boot Device as default value of SD
Card.
c. Under the Hardware Settings section, from the Server Pool drop-down list, select
corresponding server pool.
d. To select the administrator password which configures on the deployed OS, under the OS
Settings section, in the Administrator password text box, type the administrator password.
e. Under the OS Settings section, in the Confirm administrator password text box, type the
password again.
NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. The value in the template is
masked, but the actual password is not set. If this password is not set, you cannot log in to
the deployed server.
f. Under the OS Settings section, from OS Image drop-down list, select an OS for a hypervisor
(Example: ESXi 5.1 or ESX 5.5 ) which is configured to be deployed within your ASM managed
environment.
g. Under the OS Settings section, retain the value ESXi as default in the OS Image Type drop-down
list.
h. Under Network Settings section, update the network settings accordingly for the hypervisor
you are deploying and for the configured networks in your environment.
14. Next, select the cluster component.
15. Under the Settings section, in the Component Name text box, type the component name.(Optional)
16. Under the Cluster Settings section, select the target vCenter.
17. Under the Cluster Settings section, in the Data Center Name, Cluster, and
Cluster Data Store text
boxes, type their corresponding names.
18. To save the settings, click Save.
19. To publish the template, click Publish Template.
The template is now ready to be deployed.
Template – Install ESXi to SD Card and iSCSI Storage
This template deploys an iSCSI storage volume, two ESXi hosts, and creates a VMware cluster.
1. To clone a template, select the template, and then click the Clone button.
2. In the Create Template dialog box, in the Template Name and
Template Description text boxes,
type a name and description for the template.
3. After creating template, select the storage component.
4. Under the Settings section, in the Component Name text box, type the component name.(Optional)
5. In the Storage Volume text box, type a unique name.
6. In the Storage pool, Storage size
, Thin Provisioning, Snapshot Reserve %, Thin Min Reserve %, Thin
growth Warning %, Thin growth Maximum %, Thin warning on threshold %, Multi-Host access of
volume text boxes, update the values.
7. From the Authentication drop-down list, select authentication type as CHAP.
8. In the Chap user name and Chap secret text boxes, type the CHAP user name and CHAP secret for
the volume access.
9. Select your target EqualLogic iSCSI array.
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