Installation Guide

The following figure shows a sample configuration with an ESX management host, networks and
ESX compute nodes.
Figure 6 ESX management host with ESX compute nodes
Data Center Management
External
Provider
Private
Cloud Managment
Cloud mgmt
VMware vCenter server
CloudSystem Foundation
CloudSystem Enterprise
Enclosure
ESX compute nodes
ESX compute nodes
Onboard Administrator
Virtual Connect
External router
ESX cluster mgmt host
Network architecture for ESX management host with ESX compute
nodes and 3PAR storage
Cloud Trunk
Figure 5
3PAR
The following figure shows a sample configuration with a KVM management host, networks and
KVM compute nodes.
Figure 7 KVM management host with KVM compute nodes
Provider
Private
External
Cloud Management
Enclosure
KVM compute nodes
KVM compute nodes
CloudSystem Foundation
CloudSystem Enterprise
KVM mgmt host
Onboard Administrator
Virtual Connect
Data Center Management
Management Trunk
Cloud Trunk
Network architecture for KVM management host with KVM compute
nodes and 3PAR storage
External router
Figure 6
3PAR
For a detailed explanation of the network configuration, see
Installing CloudSystem on an ESX cluster (page 26)
Installing CloudSystem on a KVM hypervisor (page 33)
Browser requirements
The following browsers are supported for the CloudSystem installation.
VersionProductVendor
9, 10Internet ExplorerMicrosoft
24Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR)Mozilla
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