Installation Guide

5 Installing CloudSystem on an ESX cluster
This chapter contains the procedures required to set up the network infrastructure and install the
CloudSystem Foundation base appliance on an ESX management hypervisor. The checklist below
provides an overview of the installation path.
Table 11 ESX management hypervisor installation path
Related informationInstallation step
Understanding the network
infrastructure (page 26)
Create the management host and define the vSwitch or port group IDs and
network security settings in vCenter Server.
Configuring the ESX
management environment
(page 28)
Choose the type of security checks to perform when running csstart.
Configuring the Foundation
base appliance on ESX
(page 32)
Launch csstart and install the Foundation base appliance.
Understanding the network infrastructure
Multiple networks provide the communication platform for CloudSystem, vCenter Server and the
HP 3PAR storage system. The configuration of the networks is flexible. This section explains the
major components of the networking infrastructure and provides an example of a supported
configuration. This is only a guide. Modify the procedure below to fit your network configuration
needs. For example, the VLAN IDs can vary according to your environment.
Explanation of networks
Example names for vSwitch
or port group (matches
figure below)
Management hypervisor
vNICs
CloudSystem virtual
applianceNetwork
dc-mgmtvNIC0Foundation base applianceData Center Management
Network
vCenter proxy appliance
Enterprise appliance
vCenter Server ESX compute
nodes
cloud-mgmtvNIC1 on Foundation base
appliance and vCenter
proxy appliance
Foundation base appliance
SDN appliance
network node appliances
Cloud Management Network
vNIC0 on SDN and network
node appliances
vCenter proxy appliance
KVM compute nodes
externalvNIC2network node appliancesExternal Network
CloudTrunkvNIC1network node appliancesCloud Data Trunk
all compute nodes
IMPORTANT: All of the networks described above must be distinct networks, with the exception
of the External Network. You can use the same network for the External Network and the Data
Center Management Network.
For a detailed explanation of the networks, see Overview of network topology (page 16).
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