Installation Guide

Upgrade Existing dVRS Installation on XenServer 57

Block 1

Installation

1. Have ready the HP xen dVRS, which consists of the following rpms:

• hp-openvswitch-<version>

• hp-openvswitch-modules-xen-2.6.32.43-0.4.1.xs1.8.0.835.170778-<version>

2. Install in the following order:

a. rpm -U hp-openvswitch-modules-xen-2.6.32.43-0.4.1.xs1.8.0.835.170778-

b. rpm -U hp-openvswitch-<version>

Verification

1. Ensurethatallpackage sareinstalled:

[root@ovs-2 images]# rpm -qa | grep openvswitch

hp-openvswitch-modules-xen-2.6.32.43-0.4.1.xs1.8.0.835.170778-

2.0-51

hp-openvswitch-2.0-51

2. Ensurethat/etc/sysconfig/openvswitchhascorrectPERSONALITYandPLATFORM:

[root@ovs-2 images]# cat /etc/sysconfig/openvswitch | grep

PERSONALITY

# PERSONALITY: vrs/vrs-g/cpe/none (default: vrs)

PERSONALITY=vrs

[root@ovs-2 images]# cat /etc/sysconfig/openvswitch | grep PLATFORM

# PLATFORM: kvm/xen/esx-i. Only apply when in VRS personality

PLATFORM=xen

3. Verify HPManagedNetwork is created:

[root@acs-ovs-3 ~]# xe network-list name-label=hpManagedNetwork

uuid ( RO) : 817ece89-4835-980c-a48f-0bf02bc4241a

name-label ( RW): hpManagedNetwork

name-description ( RW): hpManagedNetwork

bridge ( RO): xapi0

Block 2

Installation

Reboot XenServer.

Verification

After the XenServer comes up, perform the following verification checks:

1. Ensure that the bridge corresponding to hpManagedNetwork does not have any PIF

attached to it.