Quick Start Manual

Specification Prerequisite
deployed. It is recommended to configure the
virtual appliance directly on the PXE network,
and not on the external network.
• The virtual appliance is able to communicate
with the hypervisor management network.
• The DHCP server is fully functional with
appropriate PXE settings to PXE boot images
from ASM in your deployment network.
Firmware and BIOS Requirements Make sure all the resources are configured with the
firmware versions listed in the section Supported
Resources
PowerEdge M1000e Chassis, blade server, and IO
aggregators
• Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for
M1000e chassis is configured and has the
management IP address and login credentials
assigned.
• Server iDRAC and IOA is configured and has the
management IP address and login credentials
assigned using CMC management interface.
Dell PowerEdge Hypervisor Servers Server iDRAC is configured and has the out-of-
band IP address and login credentials.
Dell PowerEdge Servers
• Dell PowerEdge Servers are configured and
have the management IP address and login
credentials assigned.
NOTE: The user name (root) and password
required.
• If you deploy ESXi to the SD card, the SD card
must already be enabled as a device in the BIOS
boot order.
• If you deploy Windows to the local Hard Disk
Drive, the Hard Disk Drive must already be
enabled as a device in the boot order.
• If you deploy ESXi to the SD card and your
server has redundant SD cards then “Internal SD
Card Redundancy” should be set to “Mirror”.
• For Microsoft Hyper-V provisioning, only fabric
A is supported. Make sure B and C fabric
Network adapters are disabled in the BIOS.
Dell PowerConnect 7024 switches
• The management IP address is configured for
the switches.
• ASM creates the virtual machine (VM) traffic
VLANs dynamically.
• Users have access to the switches with enable
passwords.
• Switches have SSH connectivity enabled.
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