Installation Guide

4 Prepare for the installation
Before you begin the installation, it is important to have all of the required images and tools
unpacked and staged. The installation path varies, depending on whether you are installing
CloudSystem on an ESX or KVM management hypervisor.
• Installation kits (page 21)
• Preparing to install on ESX (page 23)
• Preparing to install on KVM (page 24)
Installation kits
Download the CloudSystem release kit from HP Software Depot at http://software.hp.com.
There are six .zip files that contain the installation components needed for CloudSystem Foundation
and CloudSystem Enterprise. The installation components vary, depending on the type of
management hypervisor you plan to install. The table below shows the .zip files and which
installation path they support.
Table 10 Components included in HP CloudSystem zip files
Enterprise KVMEnterprise ESXFoundation KVMFoundation ESXInstallation components
xx
HP CloudSystem Foundation ESX 8.0
Mar 2014
(contains ESX images for base, SDN
appliance, and network node
appliances)
xx
HP CloudSystem Foundation KVM 8.0
Mar 2014
(contains KVM images for base, SDN
appliance, and network node
appliances)
x
HP CloudSystem Enterprise ESX 8.0
Mar 2014
(contains the ESX image for the
Enterprise appliance)
x
HP CloudSystem Enterprise KVM 8.0
Mar 2014
(contains the KVM image for the
Enterprise appliance)
xxxx
HP CloudSystem Tools 8.0 Mar 2014
(contains the csstart installation script
and the CLI packages))
xxxx
HP CloudSystem OO Studio 8.0 Mar
2014
(contains OO content packs and OO
Studio installation and upgrade)
Signature files
Each zip file has a corresponding signature file. Signature files are used to verify the authenticity
of the downloaded files.
See HP GPG or RPM signature Verification.
Contents of CloudSystem .zip files
The contents of each CloudSystem .zip file are described in the following section.
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