Deployment Guide

53 ScaleIO/VxFlex OS IP Fabric Best Practice and Deployment Guide with OS10EE | version 1.0
Note: Navigate to Dell EMC ScaleIO/VxFlex OS Software Only: Documentation Library to download the full
documentation package and Dell EMC ScaleIO/VxFLex OS Documentation Hub for additional VxFlex OS
documentation. You may need to enter EMC Community Network (ECN) login credentials or create an ECN
account to access the documentation package.
C.2.1 Registering the VxFlex OS Plug-in and uploading the OVA template
The VxFlex OS plugin for vSphere simplifies the installation and management of the VxFlex OS system in an
ESXi environment. The initial VxFlex OS system configuration plugin utilizes the plugin as well as for adding
additional SDS nodes.
To register the VxFlex OS plugin follow the procedure in the EMC ScaleIO/VxFlex OS 2.0.x Deployment
guide, Chapter 4: Registering the ScaleIO plug-in and uploading the OVA template.
Software versions used in this document:
• VMware vSphere PowerCLI 6.5.4.7155375
• ScaleIO v2.0-14000.228
- filename: ScaleIO_2.0.1.4_Complete_VMware_SW_Download.zip
> ScaleIOVM_2nics_2.0.14000.231.ova
> EMC-ScaleIO-vSphere-plugin-installer-2.0-14000.231.zip
Procedure (summary):
• Copy the .ova and plugin-installer zip files into the vCenter host.
• Extract the zip file.
• Use PowerCLI for VMware to Run plugin setup script (.ps1).
• Verify that the EMC ScaleIO icon is visible in the vCenter GUI within Home > Inventories.
• Use PowerCLi for VMware and plugin script to upload the .ova template to the datastore(s).
- Create SVM template
• Exit the plug-in script.