User guide

Table 1 Checklist for ViPR installation and configuration readiness (continued)
Basic step Description Notes Done?
- - - -
Identify two or three DNS
servers.
Two or three DNS server IPs
need to be supplied during
ViPR deployment.
Identify two or three NTP
servers.
Two or three NTP servers
need to be supplied during
ViPR deployment
For each ViPR Controller VM,
collect: IP address, IP
network mask, IP network
gateway.
You need this information
when deploying the
Controller VM OVA.
For ViPR Object Data Service
VMs, collect: IP address, IP
network mask, IP network
gateway.
You need this information
when deploying the Object
Data Service VM.
Obtain EMC license. Obtain the license
authorization code (LAC,
usually emailed from EMC)
and apply it at the EMC
License management web
page to obtain a .lic file.
After deployment, upload
the .lic file using the UI, CLI
or API.
Deploy the ViPR Controller
vApp.
Download the ViPR OVA
from support.EMC.com and
deploy. Refer to "Deploy
ViPR using vSphere Client"
in the EMC ViPR Installation
and Configuration Guide .
Log in to the ViPR UI. Open https:// ViPR_virtual_ip
in a supported browser to
proceed with site-specific
configuration,
infrastructure, and
provisioning operations.
Deploy the ViPR Object Data
Service VM.
Refer to the steps in
"Installation and initial
configuration of ViPR Data
Services" in EMC ViPR
Installation and
Configuration Guide .
Prerequisites
10 EMC ViPR 1.1.0 Installation and Configuration Guide