Active System Manager Release 8.
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Contents 1 Overview.................................................................................................................8 About this document............................................................................................................................ 9 What’s New in this Release................................................................................................................... 9 Accessing Online Help...................................................................
Adding servers to existing service.................................................................................................33 Adding storage to existing service................................................................................................34 Add Network..................................................................................................................................34 Adding application to an existing service............................................................
Running firmware compliance....................................................................................................110 Configuring global chassis settings............................................................................................ 110 Configuring unique chassis settings .......................................................................................... 112 Configuring unique server settings....................................................................................
Repositories....................................................................................................................................... 135 Adding OS Image repositories.................................................................................................... 135 Editing OS image repository....................................................................................................... 136 Resynchronizing OS image repository ........................................................
Scaling down a server that is part of a cluster with HA and DRS disabled does not remove the server from vCenter. The associated virtual machines may also appear in a Disconnected state................................................................................................................................................... 164 Firmware update on a server fails with a POST error......................................................................
Overview 1 Active System Manager (ASM) is Dell’s unified management product that provides a comprehensive infrastructure and workload automation solution for IT administrators and teams. ASM simplifies and automates the management of heterogeneous environments enabling IT to respond more rapidly to dynamic business needs.
– Full lifecycle management of physical and virtual infrastructure and workloads. • Deep virtualization integration — Manage cluster-level and virtual machine (VM) lifecycle. • Resource pooling and dynamic allocation — Optimize capital expenditures by creating and managing physical and virtual IT resource pools.
• Service deployment enhancements that allow: – Validating resources at the template level that is even before the service is deployed. • Support for deploying bare-metal operating system on certain interface cards using the virtual media available on the server. For such cards, booting from PXE is not required. • Added static IP support for non-DHCP environment or if you want to use static IP for your deployment. • Improved post OS configuration and flexibility in provisioning SD with RAID.
For more information about ASM, including how-to videos, white papers, and blogs, see the Active System Manager page on Dell TechCenter: http://www.dell.com/asmtechcenter Contacting Dell Technical Support To contact Dell Technical Support, make sure that the Active System Manager Service Tag is available. • Go to the tech direct portal https://techdirect.dell.com • Login using your existing account or create an account if you do not have an account. • Create a case for your incident.
You get information regarding license type, number of resources and expiration date of the uploaded license on License Management window. 6. Click Save to apply the standard license. It replaces the evaluation license with standard license. After uploading the license file, the following information about the license is displayed: • License Type • Number of Resources • Number of Used Resources • Number of Available Resources You can add multiple standard licenses.
Getting started with ASM 8.2 2 When you log in to ASM for the first time, the Getting Started page is displayed. This page provides a recommended guided workflow for getting started with ASM. A check mark on each step indicates that you have completed the step. NOTE: After logging in to ASM for the first time, you can initially set up the configurations. NOTE: The Getting Started page is not displayed for standard users. NOTE: Ensure that you log in using admin as the user name and password.
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Initial Setup 3 The Initial Setup wizard enables you to configure the basic settings required to start using ASM. Before you begin, ensure that you have the following information available: • The local network share that contains the ASM license. • The time zone of the virtual appliance that hosts ASM. • The IP address or host name of at least one Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers. • The IP address or host name, port, and credentials of the proxy server.
Management. On the Virtual Appliance Management page, click Edit in the License Management section. 1. On the Licensing page of the Initial Setup wizard, click Browse, and select a valid license file. The following information is displayed based on the license selected: • Type — Displays the license type. There are two valid license types supported in ASM: – Standard — Full-access license type. – Trial — Evaluation license that expires after 90 days and supports up to 25 resources. • 2.
5. To test the connection to the proxy server, click Test Proxy Connection. 6. Click Save and Continue. After the initial setup is complete, click Settings → Virtual Appliance Management to change the proxy settings. On the Virtual Appliance Management page, click Edit in the Proxy Settings section. Related Links Editing proxy settings Configure DHCP settings Configure the following settings to set the ASM appliance as a DHCP or PXE server.
Dashboard 4 The Dashboard displays the following information: NOTE: For standard users, only the details of the services they have created or for which they have permission is displayed. • The Service Overview section displays a graphical representation of the services based on the state, total number of services deployed, and state icons that represent the service state. The number next to each icon indicates how many services are in a particular state.
• * All Deployments * Last 10 Deployments * Last Week * Last Month * Last 6 Months * Last Year Resource Overview — Indicates the numbers of chassis, servers, switches, and storage that have been discovered. Under Server Health, the image indicates the following: – Healthy (green band on the graphic): Indicates that there is no issue with the servers and that servers are working as expected.
– The trial license expires. • Quick Action — Enables you to create a new template, add existing service, and deploy a new service. • Recent Activity — Lists the most recent user and system initiated activities. Click View All to view the activities on the Logs page. Additionally, the following information is displayed on the Dashboard. – Discovered Resources — Indicates the number of resources that are discovered in ASM.
5 Services A service is a deployment of a published template. NOTE: For standard users, only the details of the services they have created or for which they have permission is displayed. The Services page displays the services that are in the following states in both Graphical and Tabular view. • Error — Displays the number of services for which the deployment process is incomplete due to errors. • Healthy — Indicates that the service is successfully deployed and is healthy.
• Status — Indicates the status of the service. • Name — Indicates the name of the service. • Deployed By — Indicates the name of the user who deployed the service. • Deployed On —Indicates the date and time when the service is deployed. Click the service in the Tabular or Graphical view to view the following information about the service in the right pane: • Service name and description to identify the service. • Name of the user who deployed the service.
c. Type a number that indicates the number of deployments that is required for a service. d. If you want to update the firmware version running on the servers that are in the service, select the Manage Server Firmware check box, and from the Use Firmware Repository drop-down, select a firmware repository. NOTE: Changing the firmware repository may update the firmware level on servers for this service. Firmware on shared devices will still be maintained by the global default firmware repository. e.
NOTE: You must manually configure network and BIOS on Dell PowerEdge C6220 servers. Before configuring ensure that: • There is sufficient hard disk space available on the server to install the operating system. • Single NIC is set to PXE boot. • Single NIC is set as a first boot device and the hard disk is set as second boot device. • The network is set as workload network for Windows and Linux bare-metal operating system installation and is set as hypervisor management network for ESXi deployment.
8. c. Cluster Name — Select the cluster name you want to discover. Click Next. The list of all the resources available in the cluster are displayed on the Summary page. NOTE: If the resources are discovered and in available or reserved state the Available Inventory displays the components as Yes. 9. Click Finish. After the service is created, you can update firmware, change firmware baseline, and delete resources in a service.
* Asset/Service Tag – Under Physical Servers, you can view the following information about the servers that are part of a service: * Hostname * IP Address * Hypervisor IP Address * Asset/Service Tag – Under Storage, you can view the following information and view the volumes created on a particular storage and the size of the volumes.
– Reference Template — Displays the name of the reference template used in the service. NOTE: For existing services the name is displayed as User Generated Template and not a template name from the inventory. – Reference Firmware Repository — Displays the reference firmware repository. – User Permissions — Displays one of the following: * Enabled — Indicates that the permission is granted for one or more Standard users to deploy this service.
The component deployment status and information on the current deployed service is displayed. Related Links Deploying service Exporting service details Updating firmware Retry Service Adding components to an existing service deployments Deleting service Deleting resources from service Migrating servers Upgrade Components Component deployment states After you deploy a service, ASM assigns one or more states to the components based on the deployment status.
c. If you want to grant permission for Standard users to use this service, under Manage Service Permissions, select the In addition to all Admins, grant Standard Users access to this service check box, and perform one of the following actions: • To grant access to all Standard users for this service, select All Standard Users option. • To grant access only to specific Standard users for this service, select Specific Standard Users option, and perform the following tasks: a.
Retry Service You can redeploy a service for which deployment is not successful due to some issues. NOTE: Standard users can only redeploy a failed service that they have deployed. 1. On the home page, click Services. The Services page is displayed. 2. Select a service in an error state and click View Details in the right pane. The Service Details page is displayed. 3. In the right pane, under Service Actions, click Retry. Click Yes when a confirmation message appears.
Related Links Migrating servers Migrating servers NOTE: Standard users can migrate the servers that are part of the server pool for with they have permission. You can migrate only one server at a time. However, after a successful migration, additional servers can be migrated. During migration, ASM tries to identify an exact match for the hardware. If it is not available in the server pool, a different hardware can be selected. You may encounter some issues during configuration of the new servers.
To add components to a service: 1. On the home page, click Services. The Services page is displayed. 2. Select a service and click View Details in the right pane. The Server Details page is displayed. 3. In the right pane, under Resource Actions, from the Add Resources drop-down menu, click one of the following components: • Application — Enables you to add one or more applications to the service. • VM — Enables you to add one or more virtual machines to the service.
• 1. From the Resource to Duplicate drop-down list, select a virtual machine to clone. 2. In the # of Instances box, enter the number of new virtual machine that you want to add to the service. Click Continue. 3. In the Component Name box, enter the virtual machine name for the virtual machine(s). 4. In the Host Name box, enter the host name of the virtual machines. If you want to add new virtual machine, click New, and perform the following steps: 1.
The new component automatically associated with the existing components. – When you are adding a new component to a template, if you want to associate the component only with the selected components, select Associate Selected Resources, and then select the components to associate as needed. Based on the component type, specific settings and properties appear automatically that are required and can be edited. For more information specific to component type settings, see Component Types.
Also, you can define a new network by clicking Define a new network. 5. Select Port Group from the Select Port Group drop-down menu. 6. Select resources from the Select Resources drop-down menu. 7. Click Save. NOTE: To remove the added network, under Actions, click Remove. Adding application to an existing service To add application to an existing service: 1. On the home page, click Services. 2. Select the service you want to add application and click View Details on the right pane.
Templates 6 A Template is a collection of components. It defines the end state of your infrastructure that will be configured when a service is generated. A Template may consist of various components that identify the type of resource to be configured. In ASM, each component is specifically categorized as: • Application • Virtual Machine • Cluster • Server • Storage NOTE: The Switch component cannot be configured in ASM currently.
• Upload External Template • Export All If you select Sample Template, you will get templates which are integrated with ASM by default. Related Links Manage templates Sample templates About roles Cloning template Deleting template Creating template Editing template Building and publishing template Importing template Manage templates The Templates page displays the information about the templates in Graphical and Tabular format.
• Updated on — Indicates the date and time when the template was last updated. • Updated by — Indicates the name of the person who last updated the template • Last Deployed on — Indicates date and time when the selected template was last deployed. From this page, you can: NOTE: Only the user with Administrator role has the permissions to create, edit, delete, publish, import, and clone templates. • Click Create Template on the top of the Templates page to create a new template.
To create a new template or clone an existing template, perform the following steps: 1. In the left pane, click Templates. 2. On the Templates page, click Create Template. The Create Template dialog box is displayed. 3. Select either New or Clone Existing option. In case of Clone Existing, select any existing template that is to be cloned. The components of the selected template are cloned into the new template. 4. Enter a Template Name. 5.
6. In the Template Description box, enter the description for the template.. 7. If you want to update the firmware running on the servers when you deploy a service that uses this template, select Manage Server Firmware check box, and from the Use Firmware Repository dropdown menu, select a firmware repository. NOTE: Changing the firmware repository may update the firmware level on servers for this service. Firmware on shared devices will still be maintained by the global default firmware repository. 8.
NOTE: The Deploy Service functionality is applicable only on published templates. Related Links Building and publishing template Building and publishing template After creating a template using the Create Template dialog box, to start building a customized template using the Template Builder page, perform the following steps: 1. To add a component type to your template, click the respective component icon on top of the Template Builder. The corresponding component dialog box is displayed.
To import a template, perform the following steps: 1. Click Templates. 2. On the Templates page, select the template which you want to import, in the right pane, click Edit to edit an existing template. 3. On the Template Builder page, in the right pane, click Import Template. 4. In the Import Template dialog box, select a specific template from the Select a template drop-down list, and click Import. Export Template To export template, perform the following tasks:. 1.
5. Select Use Encryption Password from Backup Setting if you have set encryption password in Backup and Restore. Clear the Use Encryption Password check box from Backup Setting if you have not set encryption password in Backup and Restore. 6. If you clear Use Encryption Password from Backup Setting, you get Encryption Password field, there you must enter encryption password. 7. Enter template name in Template Name field. 8. Select template category from the Template Category drop-down menu.
3. To view all the component settings, on the Template Builder page, click View All Settings in the right pane. The Template Settings dialog box lists the details about the component configured in the template. For more information about the components settings, see Component Types. Related Links Component types Deleting template The Delete option allows you to delete a template from ASM. To delete a template: 1. Click Templates and select the template to be deleted, and click Delete.
NOTE: Changing the firmware repository may update the firmware level on servers for this service. Firmware on shared devices will still be maintained by the global default firmware repository. d. Type a number that indicates the number of deployments that is required for a service. e.
Deleting service Deploy Multiple Instances of Service NOTE: You cannot deploy a service using a template that is in draft state. Publish the template before you use the template to deploy a service. To deploy multiple instances of service, you must perform the following tasks: 1. On the Template page, select a template. 2. Click Deploy Service. Deploy Service window is displayed. 3.
4. To view the file, select the attached file. Right-click on it. A window is displayed. There, from the Open with drop-down menu, select Notepad. Click Ok. A window is displayed, there you can view the file. 5. You can delete the file by clicking the delete icon. After you click delete icon, a window is displayed by stating that Are you sure that you want to delete this attachment? Click Yes to delete the file.
• Server • Cluster • Virtual Machine • Application NOTE: It is recommended to add physical devices to the template first, then configure virtual resources, and lastly configure application settings to be deployed on the resources. Related Links Storage Server Cluster Virtual Machine Application Storage A Storage component refers to the physical storage components that can be added to a template.
Storage settings Table 3. Storage settings Field Name Description EqualLogic Storage Settings Target EqualLogic Specifies the EqualLogic storage device where the volume is created. Storage Volume Name Select the volume in EqualLogic. To create a new volume, from the Storage Volume drop-down list, select Create New Volume. New volume name Enter the name of the volume in EqualLogic. A volume is a logical partition in the EqualLogic storage array.
Field Name Description NOTE: For VMware based deployment, you can use IP or Chap authentication. Chap username Specifies the CHAP username. A valid CHAP username must be less than or equal to 63 alphanumeric characters. The access to CHAP username is limited. NOTE: The Chap username and Chap secret fields are displayed only if authentication type is selected as Chap. Chap secret Specifies the CHAP password. A valid CHAP password must be less than or equal to 254 characters.
Field Name Description Operating System Name Specifies the operating system type, which is set in the Compellent server object of the Compellent storage center. Server Object Folder Specifies the folder for the server. Server WWN Values Specifies a globally unique World Wide Name (WWN) for the requested HBA. Port Type Refers to the transport type for all HBAs being added. This option is required if the manual flag is set. The possible values are Fibre Channel and iSCSI.
Field Name Description Auto increment Select this check box to enable autoincrement of volume size. By default, auto increment is enabled. Persistent • In Data ONTAP 7-mode, the persistent is enabled by default. If it is enabled, modify the etc/exports file to append the rule for a permanent change. (The new rule still takes effect immediately.) • In Data ONTAP Cluster-Mode, the export entries are always persistent. Persistent is enabled by default. If persistent is not enabled an error occurs.
NOTE: You can edit any of the settings visible in the template, but many settings are hidden when using this option. For example there are only 10 of the many BIOS settings that you can see and edit using template but All BIOS settings can be configured so if you want to edit any of those settings that we don’t get to see through template, you should edit them prior to importing or uploading the file.
Options Description RAID You can configure RAID using this feature. The following options are available to configure RAID Level: • Basic RAID Level • Advanced RAID Configuration Basic RAID Level: Select Basic RAID Level option, and then select RAID level from the Basic RAID Level drop-down menu. ASM supports external and internal RAID controllers using the Advanced RAID Configuration feature.
Options Description Virtualization Technology If this is enabled, the additional hardware capabilities provided by virtualization technology are enabled. Logical Processors Each processor core supports up to two logical processors. If enabled, the BIOS reports all logical processors. If disabled, the BIOS reports only one logical processor per core. Node Interleaving If the system is configured with matching memory, enables memory node interleaving.
Options Description NOTE: If you select an operating system from the OS Image dropdown menu, the field NTP Server is displayed.. This is an optional component for all operating systems except Hyper-V, but we highly recommend you to enter an NTP server IP in the field to ensure proper time synchronization with your environment and ASM appliance. Sometimes when time is not properly synchronized, service deployment failure can occur.
Options Description Domain Admin Password Confirm Enables you to reconfirm the admin password to add the host to the domain. Network Settings Add New Interface Click Add New Interface option to create a network interface in a template server component. Under this interface all network settings are specified for a server.
NOTE: This option is not selected by default. 3. Enter the following information for each port or partition: • Networks (vLAN) — Select the available network to use for data transmission. If you want to use static IP range, you can select old PXE DHCP network option or you can select Lab OS Installation which is a static network. NOTE: When the OS installation network is set to Static, OS installation is supported only for installing Linux or ESXi on bare-metal systems with Intel NICs.
Administrator password: Enter your administrator password. Confirm administrator password: Reenter your administrator password to confirm password. Timezone: After you select OS Image Type, Timezone and NTP Server fields are displayed. Select time zone from the Timezone drop-down menu. NTP Server: This is an optional component for all operating systems except Hyper-V. You can specify NTP server for bare metal OS installation, ESXi installation.
5. After performing all the above steps click Save. The settings uploaded from the configuration XML file is applied to the hardware configuration of the target server at deployment time. Cluster In ASM, adding a Cluster component to a template sees creating a cluster inside a VMware vCenter and SCVMM. After selecting Cluster on the template builder page, perform the following actions: 1.
Field Name Description Switch Type Allows you to configure the virtual switches as distributed or standard for the host network. If enabled, the switches are configured as distributed switches. NOTE: This option is applicable only for VMware clusters. NOTE: Ensure that version of the distributed switches that are configured is based on the lowest available host version in a cluster to ensure compatibility with all the clusters in the host.
Virtual machine settings Table 6. Virtual machine settings Virtual Machine Component Field Name Description vCenter Virtual Machine Virtual Machine OS Settings Auto-generate Host Name Select to generate a new name for each virtual machine. NOTE: The Host Name Template field is displayed if this option is selected. Host Name Template Displays the naming convention followed for the virtual machines deployed in a service.
Virtual Machine Component Field Name Description Virtual Machine Settings (Clone vCenter Virtual Machine) Auto-generate Name Select to generate a new name for each virtual machine. VM Name Template Displays the naming convention followed for the virtual machines deployed in a service. NOTE: The naming convention that is followed consists of vm${num), where vm indicates a static text that you can provide and ${num} is a variable number that is enumerated for the number of virtual machines that you create.
Virtual Machine Component Field Name Description NOTE: The naming convention that is followed consists of vm${num), where vm indicates a static text that you can provide and ${num} is a variable number that is enumerated for the number of virtual machines that you create. For example, if you deploy a service with 3 virtual machines and if you select the auto-generate option and provide the name as vm, the virtual machines are named as vm1, vm2, and vm3.
6. Click Continue. 7. Under Virtual Machine Settings, select or enter all the parameters. For more information on Virtual Machine Settings, see Virtual Machine Settings. 8. To apply the settings and deploy the customization specification, click Add. Creating customization specification for vCenter virtual machine clone To create customization specification: 1. Log in to vCenter. 2. Click Inventory Management Customization Specification Manager. 3.
5. From the Add Application drop-down menu, select any one of the following default application types and click Add: • windows_postinstall • citrix_d7 • mssql2012 • linux_postinstall NOTE: The custom modules created using add-on modules are also displayed in the Add Application drop-down list. NOTE: You can add multiple applications to a resource. Also, you can arrange the application in order by clicking the arrows beside the resource.
NOTE: To fully support vSAN, it is recommended to use ESXi 6.0 update 2 or later. The current version shipping with Active System Manager may not be this version. To determine the version of ESXi 6.0 which ships with your version of Active System Manager, see Compatibility Matrix. For more information on the OS Settings and Hardware Settings, see Server settings. 6.
Sample templates ASM ships with several sample templates. It can not edit sample template but you can clone sample templates. After you clone the template, you must make minor modifications to make the template enable for deployment in your environment.
b. c. Under Hardware Settings section, configure the following settings: 1. Retain the value of Target Boot Device as default value of SD Card. 2. From the Server Pool drop-down list, select the server pool that contains a target server. Under OS Settings, configure the following: 1. To select the administrator password that configures on the deployed OS, in the Administrator password text box, type the administrator password.
Template – deploy operating system to hard drive This template deploys an OS to the local hard disk drive of a bare metal server. A single server component is available in the Template Builder. 1. In the Templates page, select the Deploy OS to Hard Drive template, and then click Clone in the right pane. 2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter the Template Name and Template Description. 3. Click Save. 4.
5. In the Template Builder, select the virtual machine component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Virtual Machine Component dialog box. Repeat this step for each virtual machine in the cluster. a. Under Virtual Machine OS Settings, perform the following: 1. To select the administrator password that configures on the deployed OS, in the Administrator password box, type the administrator password.
b. Retain the default selection of Local Hard Drive for Target Boot Device. c. Select a Server Pool that contains a target server from the drop-down list. d. Enter the Windows Product Key for the Hyper-V server. e. Select the Timezone and enter the IP address of the NTP Server for time synchronization. f. Select the Language and Keyboard inputs if you do not want to retain default values. g. Enter the Domain Name and FQ Domain Name to which you want to add the Hyper-V host. h.
4. On the Template Builder page, click each server components in the swim lane, and configure the following settings for both the servers: a. Modify the server Component Name with a unique name, if required. b. Under Hardware Settings, configure the following: c. 1. Retain the default selection of Local Hard Drive for Target Boot Device. 2. Select a Server Pool that contains a target server from the drop-down list. Under OS Settings, configure the following: 1.
To deploy Hyper-V Cluster with Fibre Channel Storage to SCVMM using this template, perform the following steps: 1. On the Templates page, select the Deploy Hyper-V Cluster with Fibre Channel Storage to SCVMM template, and click Clone in the right pane. 2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter a name, category, and description for the template, and click Save. 3.
Hypervisor Management Network, Hypervisor Migration Network, Hypervisor Cluster Private Network, and an optional Public network for virtual machines. 6. Click Save. 7. On the Template Builder page, click the Hyper-V Cluster component, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Cluster Component dialog box: a. From the Hypervisor Management Software drop-down list, make sure that you select your target SCVMM. b.
g. Select the Language and Keyboard inputs if you want to change the default values. h. Enter the Domain Name and FQ Domain Name to which you want to add the Hyper-V host. i. Enter the Domain Admin Username and Domain Admin Password to add the Hyper-V host to the domain. Enter the domain admin password again to confirm. NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. There is a masked value present in the template, but there is no actual password set.
d. From the Operating System Name, select the desired operating system. That is, if using Linux, select ESXi. e. From the Port Type drop-down menu, select FibreChannel. 4. Click Save. 5. On the Template Builder page, click the server components, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings for the server in the Server Component dialog box: a. Under the Hardware Settings, select Boot From SAN (FC) for Target Boot Device. b.
c. For the first network interface, ensure that only your iSCSI network is selected. d. For other network interfaces, select the appropriate workload networks. NOTE: Only single function (not partitioned) mode is allowed for boot from SAN. 6. NOTE: Only a single VLAN per port is allowed, and this network is configured as untagged on the server facing port of the switch. Click Save. 7. Click Publish Template. This template is now ready to be deployed.
Template – deploy SQL Server 2012 ASM includes a default template that allows you to deploy SQL Server 2012. To configure this template, you must provide a valid Microsoft SQL Server 2012 ISO and then copy the application location to the ASM virtual appliance. To configure ASM virtual appliance: 1. Log in to ASM virtual appliance as delladmin. The default delladmin credentials are delladmin/ delladmin. NOTE: To login to ASM 8.
c. 9. Click Save. On the Template Builder page, click the virtual machine, and configure the following: a. Enter the Administrator password. b. From the OS Image drop-down list, select the Windows Image to deploy Windows on the virtual machine. c. Verify the OS Image Version. d. Enter the Product Key for corresponding OS Image Version. e. Select the Workload networks to access this VM. f. Click Save. 10.
b. Under the Associated Resources section, select Associate All Resources or Associate Selected Resources to associate all or specific components to the new component. c. Click Continue. d. Under EqualLogic Storage Settings, configure the following: 1. 5. From the Target EqualLogic drop-down menu, select the target EqualLogic array. 2. In the Storage Volume Name box, type a unique name. 3. In Storage Size (e.g 100GB, 1GB) text box, type the storage size. 4.
7. 2. User Accessible USB Ports — Select the server ports that are accessible by the user. 3. Number of Cores per Processor — Select the number of enabled cores per processor. 4. Processor Virtualization Technology — Select Enabled to enable the additional hardware capabilities provided by virtualization technology. 5. Logical Processors — Each processor core supports up to two logical processors. If set to Enabled, the BIOS reports all logical processors.
2. f. 4. Specific Standard Users — Select this option to provide access to specific users. Click +Add User(s) to add the users. To remove users added to list, select the user and click Remove User(s). Click Save. On the Template Builder page, click each storage component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and configure the following settings in the Storage Component window. a. Modify the Component Name with a unique name, if necessary. b.
2. Click Add New Interface option to create a network interface in a template server component. 3. Configure Partitioning and Redundancy according to the needs of your environment. 4. Add ASM Networks as required for VMware deployments, for example Hypervisor Management, Hypervisor Migration, and Public or Private networks. For more information on Adding New Interface, see Add New Interface section in User’s Guide. g. Under the BIOS Settings section, select the following: 7. 1.
a. b. c. d. Type a name in the Template Name box. Select a category from the Template Category drop-down menu. In the Template Description field, type a description for the template. To update the firmware while deploying a service using this template, select the Manage Server Firmware check box and select a firmware repository from the Use Firmware Repository dropdown menu. NOTE: Changing the firmware repository may update the firmware level on servers for this service.
1. From the OS Image drop-down menu, select the OS image. 2. Edit the Administrator Password for the ESXi host. NOTE: If the default value for Install EqualLogic MEM is True, EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module will be installed. 3. If you select the Auto-generate Host Name check box, a Host Name Template field is displayed. On Host Name Template field, type unique host name for deployment. You must use variable while generating host name. f. 4.
5. Enable or disable the distributed resource scheduler (DRS) by selecting or clearing the Cluster DRS Enabled check box. 6. Click Save. 7. Click Publish Template. This template is now ready to be deployed. Template-deploy VMware Cluster with iSCSI Storage To deploy VMware Cluster with iSCSI Storage: 1. 2. Click Active System Manager → Templates → Sample Templates. Select the Deploy VMware Cluster with iSCSI Storage template, and click Clone in the right pane. The Create Template window is displayed.
a. Modify the Component Name with a unique name, if required. b. Under the Associated Resources section, select Associate All Resources or Associate Selected Resources to associate all or specific components to the new component. c. Click Continue. d. Under Hardware Settings, configure the following: 1. Retain the default selection of SD Card for Target Boot Device. 2. Select a Server Pool that contains a target server from the drop-down list. e. Under OS Settings, configure the following: 1.
1. From the Target Virtual Machine Manager drop-down list, make sure that you select your target vCenter. 2. From the Data Center Name drop-down list, select Create New Datacenter, and type a data center name in the New datacenter name box. 3. From the Cluster Name drop-down list, select Create New Cluster and then in the New cluster name box, enter the cluster name. 4. Enable or disable the highly available cluster by selecting or clearing the Cluster HA Enabled check box. 5.
5. 3. In the Storage Size (e.g 500MB, 1GB) text box, type the storage size. 4. Verify the values for Storage Pool, Thin Provisioning, Snapshot Reserve %, Thin Min Reserve %, Thin growth Warning %, Thin growth Maximum %, Thin warning on threshold %, Thin warning on hard threshold %, Multi-Host access of volume, Authentication, and Initiator IQN or IP Addresses. 5. Click Save. On the Template Builder page, click each server component and click Edit to configure the components.
For more information on Adding New Interface, see Add New Interface section in User’s Guide. h. Under the BIOS Settings section, select the following: 7. 1. System Profile — Select the system power and performance profile for the server. 2. User Accessible USB Ports — Select the server ports that are accessible by the user. 3. Number of Cores per Processor — Select the number of enabled cores per processor. 4.
d. To update the firmware while deploying a service using this template, select the Manage Server Firmware check box and select a firmware repository from the Use Firmware Repository dropdown menu. NOTE: Changing the firmware repository may update the firmware level on servers for this service. Firmware on shared devices will still be maintained by the global default firmware repository. e.
6. 1. System Profile — Select the system power and performance profile for the server. 2. User Accessible USB Ports — Select the server ports that are accessible by the user. 3. Number of Cores per Processor — Select the number of enabled cores per processor. 4. Processor Virtualization Technology — Select Enabled to enable the additional hardware capabilities provided by virtualization technology. 5. Logical Processors — Each processor core supports up to two logical processors.
Field Name Description Default and Possible Values features Specify the list of individual SQL server components to install. Default values: SQLENGINE,CONN,SSMS,AD V_SSMS Possible values: Replication, FullText, DQ, AS, RS, DQC, IS, MDS, BC, BOL, BIDS, DREPLAY_CTLR, DREPLAY_CLT, SNAC_SDT, SDK, LocalDB sapwd Specifies the password for SQL Server SA Account. agtsvcaccount Specifies the account for the SQL Server Agent service. Default value: NT SERVICE \MSSQLSERVER agtsvcpassword Specifies the pass
Field Name Description Default and Possible Values Source Specifies the installation media location Example, if repository created on appliance repo-store directory. "///razor/ XenDesktop7/x64/ XenDesktop Setup" SQL Server If the value is True, installs SQL Server component Possible values: True from Citrix installer on the virtual machine to which or False the component is related.
Field Name Description Default and Possible Values Install Command Specifies the command to install executable located on the share. Agent-Web.exe /silent reboot=never Upload File Specifies the file to upload from the share that you have specified. Upload File depends on Share. You must upload file to share. Possible value: myfile.bat Upload Recurse Determines whether or not to upload all contents of the directory on the share. Possible value: True or False Execute File Command Optional.
Additional template information This section provides additional details, including prerequisites, for creating or deploying certain types of templates. Deploying ESXi cluster for SAN applications NOTE: This feature is supported only in ASM, version 7.5.1 and later.
Specification Prerequisite • VMware vCenter Creating template for ESXi cluster deployment Create a new template with the following settings to deploy ESXi cluster using Dell Compellent storage and Brocade 6510 SAN switch. • In the Template Builder page, add the following resources by clicking the corresponding components icons. – Storage – Server – Cluster • • To configure Brocade switches, perform the following actions: a. In the Storage, click the corresponding storage component icon. b.
Building and publishing template Deploying service Cleaning up ESXi cluster deployments If you delete the service, ASM turns off the ESXi hosts but will not delete any of the objects or connectivity created by the deployment. You need to determine what infrastructure that you want to retain, and delete any unnecessary Compellent volumes and server objects, Brocade zones, and VMware vCenter objects.
Resources 7 The Chassis, servers, switches, storage groups, VMware vCenters, and Microsoft virtualization environments that you can manage using ASM are called resources. The Resources page displays detailed information about all the resources and the server pools that ASM has discovered and inventoried, and allows you to perform various operations from the All Resources and Server Pools tabs.
• All • Healthy • Warning • Critical • Unknown You can also filter the resources based on the Service, Resource State — Managed, Unmanaged, or Reserved, and Server Pool. On the Resources page, you can also: • Click Discover to discover new resources. For more information on discovering the new resources, see Discovering resources. • Click Remove to remove the resource from ASM. For more information on removing the resources, see Removing resources.
Icon Health Status Description • • • • Fans Power Supply Storage Devices Licensing Unknown Indicates that the state of the resource is unknown. Resource operational state After initiating the resource discovery, ASM assigns one or more of the following states to the resources. These operational states display in the State columns of the All Resources tab on the Resources page. Table 11. Resource operational state State Description Available Resource is available for deployment.
• Network connections between the devices. • Health of the resources. For more information, see Resource health status. • Connection Details section with detailed information on the network devices. • Zone and zone configuration in the VLAN-Networks list for the FC connectivity. NOTE: If you select a server that is not in a deployed state, only the interface card information is displayed.
putting it first into maintenance mode, then performing the firmware update and rebooting the server, and finally bringing the server out of maintenance mode before moving on to the next server. • Apply Updates on Next Reboot — Select the option to update the firmware at the next server reboot. ASM stages the firmware update to each server selected until reboot. SM stages the firmware update to each server selected. The update will take effect at the next server reboot.
The Firmware Compliance Report dialog box displays the following information: • Firmware Name — Lists the firmware components based on the resource and the associated components. • Firmware Version — Displays the firmware version running on the components. • Firmware Update Version — Displays the latest firmware version available for update. • Last Update — Displays the date and time of the last successful firmware update.
d. • Unmanaged — Select this option to monitor firmware version compliance only. The discovered resources are not available for a firmware upgrade or deploying services by ASM. • Reserved — Select this option to monitor firmware version compliance and upgrade firmware. The discovered resources are not available for deploying services by ASM. Select an existing or create a server pool from the Discover into Server Pool drop-down menu.
NOTE: The Chassis Configuration page in the Discover Resources wizard is displayed only when the resources that you discovered include one or more chassis. 1. On the Initial Chassis Configuration page, in the IP Addressing section, perform the following actions: a. Under Chassis, select one of the following methods for obtaining IP addresses for the chassis: • Use existing chassis IP address — ASM does not change the IP address of the chassis.
c. 3. From the I/O Module Credentials drop-down list, select the credentials for accessing I/O modules within the chassis. To create a root credential, click Create New. To edit a credential, select the credential from the I/O Module Credentials drop-down list and click Edit. Click Next. Collecting the resource inventory 1. On the Discovered Resources page, select the resources from which you want to collect the inventory. 2. To collect the inventory data from the resources, click Finish.
• User names and passwords of accounts that can access the resources. • Optionally, SMTP server and email address for an account to receive alerts. • Optionally, NTP server IP addresses • (Optional) Chassis Management Controller (CMC) and Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) VLAN IDs. 1. On the Welcome screen, read the instructions, and click Next. 2. The Discovered Resources page lists the resources discovered in ASM.
Removing discovered resources The Discovered Resources page list the resources discovered in ASM. On this page, you can select one or more resources that you do not want to be in ASM environment, and click Remove. When you performing next configuration steps using Configure Resource dialog, ASM enables you to: • Create a default firmware repository • Perform a firmware compliance check on these resources against the firmware level specified in the default repository.
b. 4. To add new Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) user, under iDRAC Users, click Create. For more information, see Adding Or Editing An Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) User. Under Global Settings, in the Monitoring section, configure the following settings: a. To set SNMP trap alert destination, perform the following steps: 1. Under Alert Destinations, to add an SNMP trap alert destination for chassis, click Create.
8. a. Optionally, select Register Chassis Controller on DNS check box to enable users to access the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) with a user-friendly name, instead of an IP address. b. Optionally, select Register iDRAC on DNS check box to enable users to access the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with a user-friendly name, instead of an IP address. c.
• Management IP — Displays the management IP address of the server. 2. If you want to modify the iDRAC DNS Name of the server, in the iDRAC DNS Name column, enter an iDRAC DNS name for the server. 3. To configure the IO modules within the chassis, click Next. Configuring unique I/O module settings 1. On the Unique I/O Module Settings page, select Configure Unique I/O Module Settings check box to modify the unique settings for the IO modules with in the chassis.
Configuring uplink ports on all chassis independently Defining uplinks 1. On the Uplink Port Configuration page of the Configure Chassis wizard, in the Configure Uplinks area, click Define Uplinks. 2. In the Define Uplinks dialog box, click Add Uplink, and enter the following: a. Enter the name for the uplink. b. From the Port Channel drop-down list, select the port channel that you want to create on the switch. c.
The table lists ports that are available in each I/O module in separate columns. • Clear the Configure the uplinks on each I/O Module Independently check box to configure the same ports as uplink ports across all I/O modules. The table displays the following information: – IO modules (Model Name) that is present in each fabric. – Ports that are available in each IO module. 4. In the table, select the Quadport mode check box if you want to run the port in Quad mode.
NOTE: Uplink is an interconnect (also called port-channel, or grouping of ports) which is created on a switch by creating a connection to other switches in a networking environment. ASM can configure uplinks on MXLs, I/O Aggregators, FN410S, and FN2210S switches (I/O modules). 6. Click Next. NOTE: Uplink is external connection out of the switch to chassis to customer network environment. Customer is still require to configure corresponding port on the top of rack switch and uplink as well.
Adding or editing Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) user 1. On the Create Local User page, enter User Name of an account. 2. Enter the Password for the user account to log in to iDRAC. Reenter the password for confirmation. 3. Select one of the following Role to assign to user account: 4. • User • Operator • Administrator • No Access To enable this user account, select Enable User check box. Clear the Enable User check box to add the user in a disabled state.
NOTE: After discovery C 6220 server, you get less information. You won’t get information regarding Network Interface, Firmware versions. You will get detail information about this only after you deploy the server. For 13 G server, you get performance details along with resource details. In detail performance information, you get information regarding: • System Usage • CPU Usage • Memory Usage • I/O Usage NOTE: These usages’s value gets updated after every five-minutes interval.
From the Summary tab of the Chassis Details page, you can: • Open the remote GUI console for a Chassis Management Controller (CMC). • View all recent activities performed on the Chassis. Viewing blade or rack server details 1. On the home page, click Resources. The Resources page is displayed. 2. In the All Resources tab, click a blade server or rack server from the resources list to view the details.
3. • Host Groups • Clusters • Hosts • Virtual Machines Also, in the Details pane, under SCVMM Details, click the arrows to expand SCVMM → Host Groups → Hosts → Clusters to view the lists virtual machines, nodes, and application. Viewing storage group details 1. On the home page, click Resources. The Resources page is displayed. 2. In the All Resources tab, click a storage group from the resources list to view the details.
NOTE: For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller User Guide. 1. In the left pane, click Resources. 2. On the Resources page, click All Resources tab. 3. Click a Chassis from the list. 4. In the Details pane, click View Details. 5. In the Summary tab, under Actions in the right, click Launch CMC GUI. Understanding server pools In ASM, a Server Pool is a set of servers grouped for specific use-cases such as business units or workload purposes.
Editing server pool 1. On the home page, click Resources, and then click Server Pools. 2. In the Server Pools tab, click Edit. The Create Server Pool wizard is displayed. 3. To change the name and description of the server pool, in the left pane, click Server Pool Information. Click Save. 4. To add or remove servers from the server pool, in the left pane, click Add Servers. Click Save. 5. To add or remove the access rights to the server pool, in the left pane, click Assign Users. Click Save.
Settings 8 On the Settings page, you can: NOTE: A user with Administrator role can only configure the following settings. For more information about roles and permission, see About Roles • Create Add-on module. • Configure automatically scheduled and manual backup and restore jobs. • Create the credentials that ASM use to access chassis, server, switch, VMware vCenter, and storage resources. • Access the Getting Started page. • Access application logs.
The Add Module window is displayed. 4. Click Browse. 5. Select the module zip file to upload and click Open. 6. Click Save. The file is displayed on the Add-On Modules page and the contents of the file are copied to the location in the ASM appliance. NOTE: An error message is displayed if you try adding an existing module. To remove an existing Add-On module, click the delete icon beside the module that you want to delete.
Backup details ASM backup file includes following information: • Activity logs • Credentials • Deployments • Resource inventory and status • Events • Identity Pools • Initial setup • IP addresses • Jobs • Licensing • Networks • Templates • Users and roles • Resource Module configuration files Editing backup settings and details 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Backup and Restore. 2.
4. To specify day(s) on which backup must occur, select the days in Days for Backup. 5. From the Time for Backup drop-down list, select the time. 6. Click Save. Backup now In addition to automatically scheduled backups, you can manually run an immediate backup. 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Backup and Restore. 2. On the Backup and Restore page, click Backup Now. 3.
6. Click Restore Now. 7. Confirm or cancel the action when a confirmation message is displayed. The restore process is started. Credentials management ASM requires a root-level user name and password to access and manage chassis, servers, switch, VMware vCenter, and storage. NOTE: To access any Dell resource, the default root-level user name is root, and the default password is calvin. It is recommended to change the password; however, the user name for rootlevel credentials in ASM must remain root.
• vCenter • SCVMM • Storage 4. • Element Manager In the Credential Name field, type the name to identify the credential. 5. In the User Name field, type the user name for the credential. NOTE: root is the only valid user name for root-level credentials on chassis (CMC), servers (iDRAC), and I/O modules. You can add local CMC and iDRAC users with user names other than root. 6. In the Password and the Confirm Password boxes, type the password for the credential.
Getting Started This page provides a recommended guided workflow for getting started with ASM. A check mark indicates that you have completed the step. Application logs ASM provides an activity log of user- and system-generated actions to use for troubleshooting activities. By default, log entries display in the order they occurred.
• Export all log entries to a .csv file • Purge all log entries NOTE: To sort entries by a specific category, click the arrow next to a column name. Exporting all log entries You can export all current log entries to a comma-delimited (.csv) file for troubleshooting. 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Application Logs. 2. On the Application Logs page, click Export All. 3. Open or save the file. Purging log entries You can delete log entries based on date and severity. 1.
• The DHCP server is fully functional with appropriate PXE settings to PXE boot images from ASM or Razor in your deployment network.
• Secondary DNS • DNS Suffix • Last Updated By • Date Last Updated • Created By • Date Created • Static IP Details For a DHCP network following information are displayed: • Last Updated By • Date Last Updated • Created By • Date Created You can filter the IPs by selecting any of the following options from the View drop-down menu, under the Static IP Address Details section: • ALL IP Addresses • IP Addressees in Use • Available IP Addresses NOTE: You can also select the links under
5. From the Network Type drop-down list, select one of the following network types. For more information about network types, see Network Types • Private LAN • Public LAN • SAN [Software iSCSI] • SAN [FCoE] • Hypervisor Management • Hypervisor Migration • Hypervisor Cluster Private • OS Installation • Fileshare • FIP Snooping • VSAN • Hardware Management NOTE: The virtual MAC identity that ASM assigns to the NIC depends on the network type selected when adding a network. 6.
Network types Using ASM, you can manage the following network types. • Private LAN — Used to access network resources for functions such as vMotion traffic or heartbeat communication. • Public LAN — Used to access network resources for basic Networking activities. NOTE: Private and public LANs are functionally identical in ASM. The purpose of offering both labels is to help users categorize LANs based on functional use. • SAN (iSCSI) — Used to manage storage-related traffic on an iSCSI network.
Defining or editing existing network Repositories On the repositories page, you can perform the following operations: • OS Image Repositories tab — Enables you to create OS Image Repositories. • Firmware tab — Enables you to create Firmware Repositories. The OS Image Repositories tab displays the following information: • State — Displays the following states: – Available — Indicates that the OS image repository is downloaded and copied successfully on the appliance.
b. In the Image Type box, enter the image type. c. In the Source Path and Filename box, enter the path of the OS Image file name in a file share. To enter the CIFS share, see the format used in the following example: \\192.68.2.1\lab\isos \Windows2012r2.iso To enter the NFS share, see the format used in this following example: 192.68.10.1:var/infs/ linux.iso d. If you are using the CIFS share, enter the User Name and Password to access the share.
• Services Affected — Displays the services in which the firmware catalog is used. From this page, you can: • Add new repository • Select a repository from the list, and click the delete icon in the same row to remove the repository. NOTE: If you remove a repository, the repository is deleted from the appliance not from the file share.
NOTE: Only devices validated against the embedded or default repository are displayed on the Resources page. • Embedded ASM Firmware Repository — ASM ships with an Embedded Firmware Repository that contains a subset of the minimum firmware versions that are supported by ASM for the management interfaces of Dell hardware. This embedded catalog is not a full catalog.
NOTE: You cannot create a catalog from start in ASM. You have to create a base catalog in DRM tool and then you can upload that to ASM. You can select the uploaded catalog and add bundles in it using Add Bundle feature. Adding Custom Bundle Add Custom Bundle feature enables you to add bundle, consist of firmware compliance, to an imported catalog.
• Service Deployment • Chassis Configuration The Jobs page displays the following information about the jobs that are scheduled or currently running in ASM: • State — Displays one of the following states based on the job status: – Error — Job has completed with errors (job is complete but failed on one or more resources) – Scheduled — Job is scheduled to run at a specific time. It can be scheduled to run at a single time or at several times as a recurring job. – In progress — Job is running.
NOTE: You can also refresh the information on the page. To sort the users list based on the entries in a column, click the arrow next the column header. Creating a user The Create option allows you to create an ASM user. Enter the following information to create a user. 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Users. 2. On the Users page, click Create. 3. Enter a unique User Name to identify the user account. 4. Enter a Password that a user enters to access ASM. Confirm the password.
4. You can modify the following user account information from this window: • First Name • Last Name • Role • Email • Phone • Enable User NOTE: If you select the Enable user check box, user is able to log in to ASM. If you disable the check box, user will not able to log in to ASM interface. 5. Click Save.
NOTE: An Active Directory user is authenticated against the specific Active Directory Domain that a user belongs to. NOTE: While logging in to the ASM software, the Active Directory user is required to first enter the directory name that a user belongs to, followed by the username, for example: domain\username. The Directory Services page displays the following information about the ASM active directories: • Host IP address • Name • Directory Type From this screen, you can: • Add a directory service.
Connection settings matrix Table 13. Connection settings matrix Field Name Description Type Of Directory Service Refers to the type of directory service (currently available, Microsoft Active Directory). Name Refers to the Active Directory (AD) configuration name as added in ASM. For example: mydomain User Name Refers to the AD account that has privileges to search for users. The account name must be entered using the User Principle Name format. For example: administrator@mydomain.
Field Name Description First Name Attribute Refers to the Active Directory record attribute that represents First Name. This attribute is mapped to ASM First Name attribute. For example: givenName Last Name Attribute Refers to the Active Directory record attribute that represents the Last Name of the user. This attribute is mapped to ASM Last Name attribute. For example: sn Email Attribute Refers to the Active Directory record attribute that represents the Email of the user.
Importing Active Directory Users The Import Active Directory Users option allows you to import various active directory users into ASM. Perform the following tasks to import the users into ASM: NOTE: Prior to importing Active Directory users, you must create at least one directory service using ASM. After importing the users, these users can log in to ASM virtual appliance using the following format: / , and then type the password.
About roles Every ASM user account can be assigned to any one of the following roles: • Administrator — Users with Administrator role has the privilege to view all the pages and to perform all operations in ASM and grant permission to Standard user to perform certain operations. • Standard — Users with Standard role can view certain pages and perform certain operations based on the permission granted by Administrator.
NOTE: Direct links to deploy a service from recent templates is disabled. Services View Yes Owner/ Participant Yes NOTE: Users can view only services that they own or are granted permission to. Deploy a Service Yes Owner/ Participant No NOTE: Users can only deploy services they own or are granted permission to. Export to File Yes Owner/ Participant No NOTE: Users can only export services they own or are granted permission to.
Templates Edit Service Information Yes Owner No Delete Yes Owner No Cancel Yes Owner No Retry Yes Owner No View All Settings Yes Owner/ Participant Yes Export to File Yes Owner/ Participant No Add component Yes Owner No Migrate servers Yes Owner No Firmware Actions Yes No No View Yes Participant Yes NOTE: Users can only view templates for which they have been granted permission to by an administrator.
Template Details Resources View All Settings Yes No No Import template Yes No No View Yes Participant Yes Deploy Service Yes Participant No Edit Yes No No View All Settings Yes Participant Yes Delete Template Yes No No View Yes Participant yes NOTE: Users can view resources that part of a server pool for which they are granted permission. They can also view common and shared resources that are not part of a pool.
Server Pools tab Firmware tab Settings Launch resource element manager (in details) Yes Participant No View Yes Participant Yes Create Yes No No Edit Yes No No Delete Yes No No View Yes Yes Yes Add Repository Yes No No Remove Yes No No Set as Default Yes No No Import latest Yes No No View Bundles Yes Yes Yes View Yes No Yes NOTE: Users cannot view the Settings page.
Credential Management Getting Started View Yes No Yes Create Yes No No Edit Yes No No Delete Yes No No View Yes No Yes • • Yes No No View Yes No Yes Define Yes No No Edit Yes No No Delete Yes No No View Yes No Yes Create Yes No No Edit Yes No No Disable/Enable Yes No No Delete Yes No No Import Yes No No View Yes No Yes Create Yes No No Edit Yes No No Delete Yes No No • • • Networks Users Directory Services 152 Define Netwo
Virtual Appliance Management Virtual Identity Pools View Yes No Yes Generate Troubleshooting Bundle Yes No No Edit Time Zone and NTP Settings Yes No No Edit Proxy Settings Yes No No SSL Certificates Yes No No Generate Certificate Request Yes No No Upload Certificate Yes No No Edit License Yes No No View Yes No No Create Yes No No Export Yes No No Delete Yes No No Related Links Creating a user Editing a user Deleting a user Enabling or disabling users Importi
Related Links Update the ASM virtual appliance Editing default time zone and NTP settings Generating a certificate signing request Downloading the certificate signing request Uploading an SSL certificate Editing proxy settings License management Editing DHCP settings Update the ASM virtual appliance To update the ASM virtual appliance, do the following: 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Virtual Appliance Management. 2.
• Ensures secure transmission by encrypting data that ASM sends over the web • Provides authentication and ensures that data is routed to its intended endpoint • Prevents users from receiving browser security errors To upload an SSL certificate: 1. Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). 2. Download the CSR. 3. Submit the CSR to a Certificate Authority (CA). The CA provides a valid SSL certificate. 4. Upload the SSL certificate to ASM.
After the certificate authority provides the SSL certificate, upload it to ASM. Uploading an SSL certificate Before you upload an SSL certificate, generate and download a certificate signing request (CSR). To receive a valid SSL certificate, submit the CSR to a certificate authority. Save the certificate to a local network share. 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Virtual Appliance Management. 2.
The valid license type supported is Standard license. Standard license is a full-access license type. After uploading an initial license, you can upload subsequent licenses on the Virtual Appliance Management page. Subsequent uploads replace the existing license. 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Virtual Appliance Management. 2. On the Virtual Appliance Management page, under the License Management section, click Add. License Management window is displayed. 3.
5. Click Save. The GUI becomes unavailable as the web services are restarted, the virtual appliance shell is still accessible and all active users are logged out. Update Repository Path By default, it comes with a repository path. To update the repository path, perform the following tasks: 1. Click Settings, click Virtual Appliance Management under Settings. Virtual Appliance Management page is displayed 2. Click Edit beside Update Repository Path option. 3.
After creating a virtual identity pool, you can assign the virtual identity pool to one or more templates. For example, you might create a virtual identity pool to use for specific business units, such as Finance, Human Resource, and for any specific application. The Virtual Identity Pools page displays the following information about the virtual identity pools that are configured in ASM: • Name — Displays the name of the virtual identity pool.
8. On the Pool Summary page, click Finish. Related Links Adding virtual MAC identities Adding virtual IQN identities Adding virtual WWPN identities Adding virtual WWNN identities Adding virtual MAC identities 1. On the Virtual MAC page of the Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard, in the Number of Virtual MAC Identities boxes, type the total number of virtual MAC identities that you want to add (any whole number between 1 and 1,024). 2.
Adding virtual WWNN identities At a time, you can add as few as one and as many as 1,024 virtual WWNN identities. The maximum number of virtual WWNN identities that ASM can manage is 16,000. 1. On the Virtual WWNN page of the Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard, in Number of Virtual WWNN Identities type the total number of virtual WWNN identities that you want to add (any whole number between 1 and 1,024). 2.
Troubleshooting 9 This topic includes details for resolving common issues encountered in ASM 8.2. LC operation times out while deploying server profile to a server While updating the server configuration using config XML, the LC job remains in the RUNNING state and eventually gets timed out. This is observed in case there is "bootseq" attribute in the request XML. This is identified as an issue in LC and fix for this is available along with 13G.
In ASM 8.2 release, you cannot create a template with two EqualLogic CHAP components and deploy a service that includes ESXi hosts attached to storage. Currently, ESXi deployments support a single EqualLogic component. Unable to log in to ASM using active directory using "" You cannot log in to ASM using Active Directory with the domain name and user name separated by back slash "\". To log in to ASM using Active Directory, use forward slash "/". For example: / .
The health status for Compellent storage devices displays as Unknown on the Resources page Make sure that the Compellent SNMP agent is configured with the same public string that is used in the Compellent credentials, the SNMP agent is started, and enabled on the device. Scaling down a server that is part of a cluster with HA and DRS disabled does not remove the server from vCenter. The associated virtual machines may also appear in a Disconnected state.
