Installation Guide

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Table of Contents 3

Table of Contents

About This Guide...................................................................................................................................... 6

Audience ................................................................................................................................................. 6

1 HP DCN: Overview and Infrastructure............................................................7

HP DCN Overview.................................................................................................................................... 7

HP DCN Infrastructure Requirements and Recommendations ........................................................................... 9

Data Center IP Network........................................................................................................................ 9

NTP Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................ 9

Domain Name System.......................................................................................................................... 9

Certificate Authority ............................................................................................................................. 9

HP DCN Installation Overview.................................................................................................................... 9

2 HP DCN Software Installation .....................................................................11

HP VSD Hardware and Software Requirements ............................................................................................11

HP VSD Installation Overview....................................................................................................................11

Installation Types ................................................................................................................................11

High Availability ...........................................................................................................................11

Installation Methods............................................................................................................................12

Notes on Reinstallation: MySQL Root Password.......................................................................................12

HP VSD Installation Using QCow2 Image ...................................................................................................13

Set Up Appliance VMs ........................................................................................................................13

Connect to Appliance VMs .............................................................................................................14

Connect Via VNC ....................................................................................................................15

Connect Via virsh Console.........................................................................................................15

Configure Networking....................................................................................................................15

Configure DNS Server....................................................................................................................15

Configure NTP Server ....................................................................................................................17

Install HP VSD using qcow2............................................................................................................17

HP VSD Installation Using ISO Disc Image .............................................................................................18

Set Up VM for ISO ........................................................................................................................18

Extract and Mount ISO Image .........................................................................................................19

Configure Networking, DNS, and NTP.............................................................................................19

Install HP VSD Using ISO................................................................................................................19

Import Certificates on the Servers .............................................................................................................. 20

LDAP Store.........................................................................................................................................21

Example of Load Balancer Configuration ...............................................................................................21

3 HP VSC Software Installation ......................................................................22

HP VSC Installation Notes........................................................................................................................ 22

HP VSC Software Installation Procedure on KVM......................................................................................... 22

Emulated Disks Notes......................................................................................................................... 24

Emulated Ethernet NIC Notes.............................................................................................................. 25

HP VSC Software Installation Procedure on VMware.................................................................................... 25

Installing HP VSC on ESXI Using OVA .................................................................................................. 26

HP VSC Basic Configuration......................................................................................................................31

HP VSC Boot Options File Configuration................................................................................................31

HP VSC System and Protocol Configuration........................................................................................... 35

System-level HP VSC Configuration ................................................................................................. 35

System Name ......................................................................................................................... 35

NTP Servers and Time Zone...................................................................................................... 36

XMPP and OpenFlow...............................................................................................................36

In-band and Loopback IP Interfaces ........................................................................................... 37

Network Protocols (OSPF and BGP) ........................................................................................... 37