Deployment Guide

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Contents

1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................5

System Requirements...............................................................................................................................................6

Contacting Technical Support.................................................................................................................................. 6

2 Setting Up DVS Simplified 1020 ................................................................................................9

Connecting And Configuring Physical Connections.................................................................................................9

Configuring The Hypervisor..............................................................................................................................10

Configuring The vdiManager.................................................................................................................................. 11

Determine The IP Address Of The vdiManager............................................................................................... 11

Connecting To The vdiManager.......................................................................................................................13

Configuring A Grid............................................................................................................................................ 13

Creating A Windows Reference VM.......................................................................................................................15

Creating A Windows Reference VM Using Citrix XenServer...........................................................................15

Creating A Windows Reference VM Using Microsoft Hyper-V....................................................................... 15

Creating A Windows Reference VM Using VMware ESXi...............................................................................15

Generating a Base Desktop Image.........................................................................................................................16

NIC Bonding............................................................................................................................................................16

Enabling NIC Bonding Using Citrix XenServer.................................................................................................16

Enabling NIC Bonding Using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1........................................................... 17

Enabling NIC Bonding Using Microsoft Windows Server 2012........................................................................18

Enabling NIC Bonding Using VMware ESXi..................................................................................................... 18

3 Upgrading Citrix XenServer And VDI-in-a-Box.................................................................... 19

Upgrading Citrix XenServer.................................................................................................................................... 19

Upgrading VDI-in-a-Box......................................................................................................................................... 21

Upgrading the Existing Images...............................................................................................................................22

Refreshing The Desktops........................................................................................................................................23

4 Licensing Information...............................................................................................................25

XenServer Licensing...............................................................................................................................................25

Microsoft Hyper-V Licensing..................................................................................................................................25

VMware ESXi Licensing..........................................................................................................................................25

Generating A License For VDI-in-a-Box................................................................................................................. 25

Applying A License To VDI-in-a-Box...................................................................................................................... 26

KMS Licensing........................................................................................................................................................26

Windows Activation......................................................................................................................................... 26

Microsoft Office 2010 Activation......................................................................................................................27