Specifications

EMC CIS Series 1 Pod Installation and Configuration Guide

2 Planning

This guide provides specific information pertinent to delivering the EMC CIS Series 1 pod.

The NETLAB+ Remote PC Guide Series provides the prerequisite guidance for setting up

your VMware infrastructure, including:

 An introduction to virtualization using NETLAB+.

 Detailed setup instructions for standing up VMware vCenter and VMware ESXi.

 Virtual machine and virtual pod management concepts using NETLAB+.

This document assumes that you have set up virtual machine infrastructure in

accordance with the NETLAB+ Remote PC Guide Series. The planning information

below refers to specific sections in the Remote PC Guide when applicable.

2.1 Pod Creation Workflow

The following list is an overview of the pod setup process.

1. Obtain the master virtual machine images required for the pod.

2. Deploy the master virtual machine images to a master pod.

a. Deploy virtual machines using Thin Provisioning to reduce storage

consumption.

b. Make necessary adjustments to each virtual machine in the environment.

i. Insert manual MAC addresses.

ii. Change default network to SAFETY NET.

3. Import the virtual machines deployed to the NETLAB+ Virtual Machine Inventory.

4. Activate or license the required software on each virtual machine.

5. Take a snapshot of each virtual machine in the master pod labeled

GOLDEN_MASTER. The GOLDEN_MASTER snapshot is used to clone virtual

machine images for the user pods.

6. Create copies of the virtual machines in the master pod on VMware host using

the NETLAB+ Pod Cloning feature.

7. If multiple hosts are used in the NETLAB+ environment, make a full clone of the

master pod on the initial host (Host A) to the subsequent host (Host B), using the

NETLAB+ Pod Cloning Feature.