User guide
Overview of configuration steps
After installation, you can configure the ViPR virtual appliance by using the REST API, the
command line interface viprcli, or the UI.
Refer to the
EMC ViPR Installation and Configuration Guide
,
EMC ViPR REST API Reference
,
EMC ViPR CLI Reference
, and the
EMC ViPR Administrator Guide
for detailed information
on steps, syntax, and payloads.
Table 4 Overview of configuration steps
Step UI (https://
ViPR_virtual_ip
) REST API CLI
- - - -
Complete the configuration steps
1 Change passwords of root and system
accounts (Initial Setup wizard)
PUT /config/properties not available with CLI
2 Configure ConnectEMC settings (Initial
Setup wizard)
viprcli system connectemc-smtp
options
3 Specify an SMTP server (Initial Setup
wizard)
viprcli system set-properties
options
4 Upload license (Initial Setup wizard) POST /license viprcli system add-license
options
5 Add an authentication provider (AD/
LDAP) (Admin > Security >
Authentication Providers)
POST /vdc/admin/authnproviders viprcli authentication add-provider
options
Assign roles to users
6 Assign roles to users (Admin > Security
> Role Assignments)
PUT /vdc/role-assignments viprcli tenant add-role
options
Add storage, switches, data protection systems, hosts, clusters, vCenters
7 Add storage arrays (Admin > Physical
Assets > Storage Systems)
POST /vdc/storage-systems viprcli storagesystem create
options
8 Add switches (Admin > Physical Assets
> Fabric Managers)
POST /vdc/network-systems viprcli networksystem create
options
9 Add data protection systems (Admin >
Physical Assets > Data Protection
Systems)
POST /vdc/protection-systems viprcli protectionsystem create -name
name
10 Add hosts (Admin > Physical Assets >
Hosts)
POST /tenants/{id}/hosts viprcli host create
options
11 Add clusters (Admin > Physical Assets
> Clusters)
POST /tenants/{id}/clusters viprcli cluster create
options
12 Add vCenters (Admin > Physical Assets
> vCenters)
POST /tenants/{id}/vcenters viprcli vcenter create
options
Create virtual arrays and virtual pools (also referred to as Virtual Storage Arrays and Virtual Storage Pools)
13 Create virtual arrays (Admin > Virtual
Assets > Virtual Arrays)
POST /vdc/varrays viprcli varray create
options
Deployment Steps
26 EMC ViPR 1.1.0 Installation and Configuration Guide