Dell Active System Manager Version 7.1- Manuals

10 Management components hosted in the management infrastructure Dell Active System Manager VMware vCenter Server Compellent Enterprise Manager Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter Dell OpenManage Essentials VMware vCloud Connector Compellent Plugin for VMware vCenter Active System 1000-Suppor...

12 listed in section • Appendix C—Firmware and Software Base Lineup For the Active System 1000 chassis, blade server, and IO aggregators: • CMC for M1000e chassis(s) is configured and has the management IP address and login credentials assigned • Server iDRAC and IOA is configured and has the manage...

13 Importing OVF from the vSphere Client To import OVF from the vSphere Client, perform the following steps: 1. On the vSphere Client menu, click File > Deploy OVF Template. 2. Browse the OVF file and select “Next”. 3. Provide name of the Virtual Machine and select “Next”.

14 4. Select the appropriate datastore name where VM needs to be hosted. 5. Select the disk format. Thin provisioning is supported and recommended. 6. Select the network name. The VM needs to be mapped to the Hypervisor Management Network. All the networks (e.g. OOB, Hypervisor Management, vMotion, ...

15 ./stopasm.sh Make sure that all of the services are stopped before continuing. 2. Change the passwords using the standard Linux command passwd to change the passwords for any of the three stock accounts. o root o delladmin o oracle You will need root access to modify the passwords. Run the follow...

17 5. Selecting the Edit button on Network connections Wizard will open up the following dialog. For updating the IP address, select the IPv4 settings and select the method as “Manual” as shown in the below dialog. 6. Select Add button in dialog above to provide the IP address and other networking d...

19 3. In the License Deployment page, copy and paste the content of the license file provided in the License File text box. Click Submit to log on to the Active System Manager. Adding Additional Licenses To add a license: 1. Perform one of the following methods: • To add a license using web client, ...

20 cd $HOME/asm-galeforce/gf/sbin ./startasm.sh NOTE: The Active System Manager services must not be started by user “root” Stopping Services Following are the steps for stopping the services manually. 3. Log in as user “delladmin”. The password is listed in section Deploying OVF 4. Execute followin...

21 Lab: DEMO Status: Running Domain Services ---------------- 1. Domain : System (Id: 1) Description: ------------------------------------------------------ Session server Host: asm-galeforce Port: 40500 Secure Port: 50500 Status: Running Installing the Active System Manager Client You can install t...

22 2. Unzip the file into a specific folder destination on your hard drive. 3. Create the Active System Manager folder and move the file contents to this location. 4. In the console, execute the file “Active System Manager” Accessing Active System Manager using Windows client software 1. Launch the ...

26 Active System Manager Setup This section captures the sequence of steps which should be followed within Active System Manager for managing deploying the blade servers in the Active System 1000. The sequence of steps includes: 1. User and Group Management 2. Discovering Active System 1000 Componen...

27 Discovering Active System 1000 Components Discovery of the Active System 1000 components includes: • Dell M1000e Chassis • Dell M620 Blade servers NOTE: If your blade servers are configured to boot using UEFI, you must manually change the boot mode to BIOS before running discovery. • Dell PowerEd...

28 • In general for all the devices, when defining names and provisioning parameters, you should avoid using the following special characters: @ # $ % ^ () + = " | } { [ ] . , | : ; " ' ? / > • The volume names of the Compellent Storage Array can contain only alphanumeric characters, and ...

29 1. Select the individual components and provide the required IP address/login credentials. • Assettag—Required. Unique key or name used to import or identify the Dell M1000e Chassis within Active System Manager. For example Assettag Dell_Chassis_001 (a unique name) can be used to track the chassi...

32 4. For Brocade 6510 Fibre Switch (ToR) discovery, provide the following element properties and discovery attributes: • Assettag—Required. Unique key or name for Brocade 6510 Switch which is used to import or identify the Brocade Switch in Active System Manager. For example, Assettag Dell_Force10-...

33 2. For VMware vCenter discovery, provide the following system properties: • Name—Required. Unique key or name for VMware vCenter which is used to import or identify vCenter in the Active System Manager. • Username—Required. Username to access and manage the vCenter. This user must have full admin...

34 3. After completing the Active System 1000 components discovery, update the following information manually in the Active System Manager for all blade servers. These parameters will be used for configuring the ESXi Server. This information can be updated by using the multi-editor feature or by ope...

35 Software Repositories in Active System Manager Appliance Configuring the following repositories is described in the Active System Manager User’s Guide, Chapter 6 – Firmware Management: • Updating Repository Elements for Dell Servers Configuring the following repositories is described in this docu...

37 Host: ASM server IPAddress BaseDirPath: Image Base Directory file location exists at tftpboot location. For example: Dell/IOM TFTPROOTPATH: TFTP Root path location located in ASM server. For example: /var/lib/tftpboot SSH Username: ASM server SSH username SSH Password: ASM server SSH password 6. ...

38 Password: Repository server password Base Directory: Repository server base directory path where Brocade switch image files are copied. If image files are located at /var/lib/tftpboot/images/Brocade/6510 folder then base directory path value would be ‘/var/lib/tftpboot’. 6. Click Discover to init...

40 images are located at /var/lib/tftpboot/images/Dell/Force10/<assetTag> then base directory path value would be ‘/var/lib/tftpboot’. 6. Click Discover to initiate the discovery of the repository files. The list of discovered elements in the repository display: NOTE: Before initiating ‘Discov...

41 4. Using the drop-down menu, select VMware Baseline Images Repository and click Next. 5. Update the VMware vCenter host (IP address), username, and password, and click Next. 6. Click Discover to initiate the discovery of the repository files. The list of VMs managed by the vCenter display.

44 Configuring Networks This section discusses configuring networks required for Orchestration and end-to-end configuration. The various networks have to be configured prior to executing an orchestration: • Accessing the Network Configuration Setup • Configuring the Networks • Configuring Default Se...

45 Editing an existing network Figure 4. Configuring Static Network If the static network ranges have to be configured, then selecting the “configure static IP address ranges” check box enables the other options where the static ranges can be configured as shown below. Editing an existing Static net...

46 Ip Address range Figure 6. In order to configure the existing ip range, select the already configured range and select “Edit IP Range” button to modify the existing range and save them. The below table summarizes the list of values that needs to be configured for a network. Table 6. Values requir...

47 Following is the mapping of the Default Server Template networks with the networks configured on the ESXi server Table 7. Default ESXi Network Mapping Type of Network Server Template Network Name VMware ESXi Network Mapping Hypervisor Management DefaultHypervisorManagement ESXi Management Network...

48 Multiple Blade Server for Cluster Provisioning Figure 7. For more information about server templates and profiles, see the Active System Manager 7.1 User Guide Chapter 7, "Server Templates and Profiles".

49 Physical Templates and Orchestration This section describes the following topics related to physical templates and orchestration: • Multiple Blade Server for Cluster Provisioning • Single Blade Server for Standalone ESX Host Provisioning • Associated Orchestrations with Cluster and Standalone Hos...

50 While scheduling the template, user would be prompted to provide values for the following orchestration parameters: Global Orchestration parameters Figure 9. The parameters such as ServerProfileTemplate with an icon associated with it are mandatory, while other parameters such as ESXServerLicense...

53 Navigate to Cluster → Edit Settings → vSphere HA dialog box and select the Enable: Disallow VM power on operations that violate availability constraints check box under Admission Control section. Navigate to Cluster → Edit Settings → VM Monitoring dialog box and select the Custom check box under ...

54 8. Deselect Status. 9. Click OK. 10. Click Close When this template is scheduled, this template performs the following sequence of operations: 1. Reserves single or multiple VLANs for VM traffic using a VLAN component. In case the VLAN reserved in the session are not already configured on the ToR...

55 Associated Orchestrations with Cluster and Standalone Host Templates Each physical template has three orchestrations (Figure 11 13) associated with it: On-demand Orchestrations Figure 11. 1. On-demand—VMFS Datastore Provision This orchestration can be executed on-demand when the session is in a R...

56 c. Execute the On-Demand orchestration. Alternatively, if you do not want to update the global parameter: a. Disable (uncheck) the ClusterVolumeSize parameter under Global Parameters  Storage b. Specify the custom size directly on the “Input Values” screen c. Execute the orchestration For execut...

57 • Allows access to specific cluster or standalone ESXi hosts, as applicable. • Creates a VMFS datastore on a cluster or standalone ESXI hosts, as applicable. Updating Physical Templates To update cluster and standalone templates that require specific data before scheduling a template for cluster ...

58 4. Select the VLAN Component, click the Inventory tab, and update the VLANCount with the number of VLANs to be provisioned. The VLAN defined in the VLAN component are the Workload VLAN’s, other VLAN’s should be statically configured on the ToR switches. 5. Update the VLAN ID range, as applicable,...

59 Workload Provisioning Using Logical Templates This section describes the following workload provisioning options using the Logical templates: • Pre-requisite to provision a Virtual Machine • Two VMs with a VLAN • Single Virtual Machine with a VLAN • Updating a Baseline VM Image on Logical Templat...

60 • Once the VMs are provisioned the user can also launch custom applications as applicable using custom methods from Active System Manager- Windows client. • For Application launch, • Select a VM in a session • Right click on the VM • Select the Applications • Select the Application to be launched...

61 1. Select the VM object in the template and click the Image Files tab. 2. Select the already associated image file and click Remove to remove the existing association.

64 Operation Center View—Administrative Operations This section describes the administrative operations available in the Operation Center view: • Managing Dell Blade Server • Managing Dell Force10 IOA • Managing Dell Force10 ToR Switch • Managing Brocade Switch • Managing VMware vCenter Objects Mana...

65 Power On Server This method is used to power on the blade servers using server iDRAC. Update firmware on server This method applies firmware DUPs for components (LC, iDRAC, BIOS etc) for a server. Managing Dell Force10 IOA Switch Dell Force10 IOA along with their attributes are discovered and pop...

66 Force10 ToR Switch view Figure 18. Table 10. Force10 ToR Switch operations Operation Description Configure Switch This method is used to upgrade or downgrade a firmware version on a Dell Force10 ToR switch. Managing Brocade Switch Brocade switches along with their attributes are discovered and po...

67 Brocade Switch view Figure 19. Table 11. Brocade Switch operations Operation Description Configure Brocade Switch This method is used to upgrade or downgrade a firmware version on a Brocade switch. Also method can be used to update the switch configuration. Managing VMware vCenter Objects This se...

68 VMware Clusters view Figure 20. Table 12. VMware Cluster Operations Operation Description Add DataStore to an existing cluster This method adds the data store to an existing cluster. List Cluster Datastore This method lists the datastores on the cluster. Move Host to Cluster This method moves the...

69 VMware Host view Figure 21. Table 13. VMware Hosts operations Operation Description Add DataStore to Host This method is used to add an existing datastore to a cluster visible in Operations View. Apply Host Profile This method is used for applying the specified profile to a specified Host. While ...

72 Dashboard Reports The Active System Manager Dashboard displays allocation and utilization graphs for various resources like VM, cluster, host, storage, and so on, including: • Resource Allocation by Sessions Report • Resource Allocation by Hosts Report • Resource Allocation by Groups Report • Top...

73 Resource Allocation by Hosts Report This report provides resource allocation data for hosts on which some virtual resources are provisioned in running sessions. This report displays CPU and memory allocations grouped by hosts, and can be used to view a current usage of the CPU and memory allocati...

74 Resource Allocation by Groups Report Figure 26. Top Ten Resource Allocation Report This report includes three sub-options for different groupings: • By Host—Lists top ten hosts which are currently in use and have allocated maximum CPU and memory attributes. • By User—Displays the list of top 10 u...

75 Top Ten Resource Allocation Report Figure 27. Top Ten Resource Utilization Report This report is similar to the Top Ten Resource Allocation report; however, this report provides utilization data as opposed to allocation. The required data is made available using a monitoring method that continuou...

76 Top Ten Resource Utilization Report Figure 28. VM Utilization by Session Report This report provides the most recent data for CPU and memory utilized on any VM, grouped by sessions. This data is available in terms of percentage with respect to the allocated limits.

78 Figure 30 displays an example of a Host Utilization (Consolidated) report. Host Utilization (Consolidated) Report Figure 30. Cluster Utilization (Consolidated) Report This report is similar to the Host Utilization (Consolidated) report, except that it works for clusters. Figure 31 displays an exa...

79 Storage Utilization (Consolidated) Report This report provides storage utilization as a percentage of allocated storage for clusters. Figure 32 displays an example of a Storage Utilization (Consolidated) Report. Storage Utilization (Consolidated) Report Figure 32. CPU and Memory Utilization Showb...

80 Figure 33 displays an example of a CPU and Memory Utilization Showback report. CPU & Memory Utilization Showback Report Figure 33. You can view the data for a specific time interval (with a minimum time interval limit of ten minutes between two data points). To view the specific time interval...

83 Appendix B—Build of Materials Table 10 displays a list of build of materials, grouped by Resource Adapters. Table 16. Build of Material—Resource Adapters Vendor Model Description Dell Chassis Dell Chassis resource adapter using WSMAN and RACADM CLI used for discovery operations Dell Servers Dell ...

84 Appendix C—Firmware and Software Base Lineup The following table lists the minimum recommended firmware/software versions. Table 18. Firmware and Software versions Device Revision Hypervisor Server – M620 BIOS 1.7.6 CPLD 1.0.4 A00 iDRAC7 Enterprise 1.40.40 Build 13 LCC (Life Cycle Controller) 2 1...

87 # mkdir /home/delladmin/ISOBootImages/esxi5.1_dell_ISOBoot_New # mount -o loop VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.1.0-799733.x86_64- Dell_Customized_RecoveryCD_A00.iso /tmp/dellISO # cp -fr /tmp/dellISO /home/delladmin/ISOBootImages/esxi5.1_dell_ISOBoot_New # chmod +w /home/delladmin/ISOBootImages/esxi5....

88 Creating a Kickstart Configuration File To create a kickstart configuration file, perform the following steps: 1. Create the image directory on the HTTP server base location: # cd /home/delladmin/ISOBootImages/esxi5.1_dell_ISOBoot_New The name of the directory needs to be same as the image direct...

89 o ESXi license Key. The value is added if the license key information is available in the resource adapter configuration file. o Name of the Local datastore 3. Copy the ks.cfg file to the HTTP Server base location. mkdir –p /var/www/html/esxi5.1_dell_ISOBoot_New/ cp /home/delladmin/ISOBootImages/...

90 Appendix G— Planning Worksheet Out of Band Management IP Address Configuration Equipment IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Username Password Chassis 1 CMC Chassis 2 CMC iDRAC for all M620 Force10 S4810 Switch1 Force10 S4810 Switch2 Compellent Management Active System Manager Appliance vCenter ESXI S...

91 • This volume needs to contain the base line VMs that will be used for creating the VM workloads NOTE: The base line VMs needs to have VMware Tools installed.

92 Appendix I—FAQs 1. The orchestrations assume that Port Channel 2 is configured on the switches. If not, you get a failure indicated by red links on the session. The list of port-channels are configurable, based on the environment this list could be controlled by updating the “portChannelList” in ...

94 Appendix B—Build of Materials . Images and firmware versions that are released after Active System Manager 7.1 should work but this should be validated with the solution. 7. What is base level configuration and what is consists of for Dell Force10 switches? Base level configuration is the minimal...

99 33. How do I use the Gold/Base VM ? Go to ASM logical template , Click on VirtualMachine resource type , Click on Add button associate the discovered VM images as shown in below screenshot: 34. Can I add new VLANs to a running physical session? Yes, you can add new VLANs to a running session. To ...

100 d. Add the new VLAN ID added in the running session manually to the list of Networks by going into the Networking Configuration tab available under Setup. Add a PUBLIC_LAN Configuration Figure 36. e. Update the Server Profile Template to incorporate the new VLAN ID. Edit vNIC Configuration Figur...

101 Attach Server Profile Figure 38. g. Execute the Dell Server custom operation VMware - Update ESXi Server Port Group VLAN Info to configure the required port-groups on the vSwitch corresponding to new VLAN component in session. This step adds the new VLANs to the ESXi Host.