HP CloudSystem Matrix How-To Guide: ESXi Cluster Provisioning

aggregate those networks onto a multinetwork port in favor of using any VLAN tunnel trunk that carries the same

networks.

NOTE: Creating both a Virtual Connect network and a Virtual Connect VLAN trunk that carries the same network

will result in network connectivity issues unless the configuration is manually, and carefully, configured as a

failover configuration.

Setting up the environment

This section describes the necessary environment for provisioning a cluster. The following diagram shows the

components and relationships that must be in place for cluster provisioning. The arcs are annotated with step number

and name, and the step descriptions follow the diagram.

vCenter Server

AutoDeploy

Depot

2. Configure

AutoDeploy

as a provisioning

source for CMS

with Matrix

CMS Server

vspherePowerCli Matrix infrastructure orchestration

Install vspherePowerCli

Configure Deployment Network in IO

Operations Orchestration

3. Configure OO Properties

RSJRAS Windows Service

Enter the CMS Administrator credentials

Step 1: Install vSphere PowerCLI on the CMS

PowerCLI is a Windows PowerShell snap-in that can be downloaded from VMware. The process is documented in

the following VMware document:

http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI501/doc/vsph_powercli_usg501.pdf

NOTE: Make sure that the properties are set to support remote signing.

Step 2: Configure Auto Deploy

 Configure the CMS to use Auto Deploy by creating a ruleset to assign Auto Deploy host profiles to newly added

blades that will become the cluster hosts. To do this, walk through "Auto Deploy Proof of Concept Setup" in the

vSphere 5 Documentation Center:

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.install.doc_50%2FGUID-

A9FFEDEE-1A3D-4EFD-A130-F6E78C727380.html