Installation Guide

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HP CloudSystem is a flexible cloud management solution that supports multiple installation options.
This guide does not cover all possible options. If the installation required by your organization
does not match the installation described in this guide, contact an HP Support representative for
assistance.
Audience
This guide is intended for experienced system administrators with a working knowledge of the
following concepts.
• TOR switches for networking
• CLI commands for Windows and Linux
• VMware vCenter Server functionality, if using ESX hypervisors and compute nodes
• VMware distributed and standard vSwitches
• Red Hat KVM hypervisor configuration and use
If you plan to use the OpenStack CLI and APIs to manage some of the cloud resources from the
command line, it is helpful to have experience with OpenStack technologies such as Nova, Glance,
Cinder and Neutron.
Assumptions
This installation guide makes the following assumptions about your readiness for the installation.
Make sure these assumptions match the state of your environment before you begin the installation.
• All hardware required to support a CloudSystem installation is installed and configured. You
can use the requirements chapter to verify this before installation. See HP CloudSystem
installation prerequisites (page 11).
• If you are using ESX, then VMware vCenter Server is installed and ready to connect to
CloudSystem.
• If you plan to use block storage, then an HP 3PAR storage system is configured and ready to
connect to CloudSystem.
• You have a list of user names and passwords for VMware vCenter Server and HP 3PAR storage
system.
• You have a set of IP addresses that you can assign to CloudSystem virtual appliances.
Next steps: HP CloudSystem installation prerequisites (page 11).
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