Deployment Guide

Deployment and configuration
38 VMware vSphere Bitfusion on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers | Deployment guide
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart bitfusion-manager
7.10 Alternate method of installing an additional Bitfusion server
Alternatively, you can add a new server to your vSphere Bitfusion cluster using the deploy procedure on the
primary server. To do this, deploy the vSphere Bitfusion appliance on a virtual machine (VM), customize the
vSphere Bitfusion OVF template and then pass the GPUs to the vSphere Bitfusion server virtual machine to
enable the virtual machine as a vSphere Bitfusion server.
Follow the steps:
1. From the Hosts and Clusters view in vCenter Server, right-click on an ESXi host, and select
Bitfusion > Install Bitfusion server. This opens the Install Bitfusion server dialog box.
2. On the Select an OVA image page, enter the URL of the vSphere Bitfusion OVA file, or browse to
the file, and click Next.
3. On the Verify template details page, review the OVA template details, and click Next.
4. On the Select a name and hostname page, enter a name for the virtual machine and a hostname for
the vSphere Bitfusion server, and click Next. Optionally, you can specify a host ID for the vSphere
Bitfusion server, for example, when you upgrade your vSphere Bitfusion server. If you skip this step,
a host ID is generated and assigned automatically.
5. On the Select storage page, define where and how to store the files of the deployed virtual machine,
and click Next.
6. On the Select networks page, specify the networking configuration for Network Adapter 1 and
click Next.
7. On the Select GPUs page, add GPUs to the subsequent server and click Next. Follow:
a. Click Add GPU.
b. Select a GPU from the GPU Device drop-down menu.
c. Specify the total memory of the GPU. (Optional).
d. To accept the NVIDIA license, select the Download and Install NVIDIA Driver check box.
(Optional).
8. On the Customize server page, specify the vSphere Bitfusion server details, and click Next. Follow:
a. Specify the number of CPUs for the virtual machine.
b. Specify the total virtual machine memory in giga-bytes (GB).
c. Enter a password for the customer account (Optional). After the deployment is complete, use the
customer user account to log in to the vSphere Bitfusion server through the console shell or SSH.
If this step is skipped, you cannot log in to the subsequent server.
d. Select the Power On VM After Create check box. (Optional). You can deselect the check box, if
you make changes to the virtual machine before powering it on.
9. On the Summary page, review the deployment details and click Finish.