Use this procedure to deploy a CloudLink Center. Although
PowerFlex Manager supports up to three instances of CloudLink Center, two are recommended.
Prerequisites
Ensure the following:
Hypervisor management or
PowerFlex management networks are added to
PowerFlex Manager
A VMware vCenter with a valid data center, cluster, network, and datastore is discovered.
Steps
From the
PowerFlex Manager menu, click
Templates > Sample Templates.
On the
Sample Templates page, click
Management - CloudLink Center > Clone.
In the
Clone Template wizard, do the following:
Enter a template name.
From the
Template Category list, select a template category. To create a category, select
Create New Category from the list.
Enter a
Template Description (optional).
To specify the version to use for compliance, select the version from the
Firmware and Software Compliance list or choose
Use PowerFlex Manager appliance default catalog.
Specify the service permissions for this template under
Who should have access to the service deployed from this template?:
To restrict access to administrators, select
Only PowerFlex Manager Administrators.
To grant access to administrators and specific standard users, select
PowerFlex Manager Administrators and Specific Standard and Operator Users and perform the following steps:
Click
Add User(s) to add one more standard or operator users to the list.
To remove a standard or operator user from the list, select the user and click
Remove User(s).
After adding the standard and or operator users, select or clear the check box next to the standard or operator users to grant or block access to use this template.
To grant access to administrators and all standard users, select
PowerFlex Manager Administrators and All Standard and Operator Users.
Click
Next.
On the
Additional Settings page, do the following:
Under
Network Settings, select
Hypervisor Network.
Under
OS Settings, select
CLC credential or create a credential with root or CloudLink user by clicking
+.
Under
Cloudlink Settings, do the following:
Select the secadmin credential from the list or create a secadmin credential by clicking
+ and do the following:
Enter
Credential Name
Enter
User Name as
secadmin
Leave the
Domain empty.
Enter the password for
secadmin in
Password and
Confirm Password.
Select
V2 in
SNMP Type.
Click
Save.
Select a license file from the list based on the types of drives or click
+ to upload a license through the
Add Software License page.
NOTE:For SSD/NVMe drives, upload a capacity-based license. For SED drives, upload an SED-based license.
Under
Cluster Settings, select
Management vCenter.
Click
Finish.
Select the
VMware Cluster and click
Edit > Continue.
Under
Cluster Settings, select
Datacenter Name, and then select
Cluster Name from the drop-down list.
Under
vSphere Network Settings, select the hypervisor management port group.
NOTE:Edit the template to use the
PowerFlex management port group.
Click
Save.
NOTE:To deploy a CloudLink Center from
PowerFlex Manager, you need a Management vCenter, Datacenter, and Cluster along with DvSwitch port groups for
PowerFlex management or hypervisor management.
Select the
VM and click
Edit > Continue (by default, the number of CloudLink instances is two and
PowerFlex Manager supports up to three instances).
Under
VM Settings select the
Datastore and
Network from the drop-down list.
Under
Cloudlink Settings select the following:
For
Host Name Selection, either select
Specify At Deployment Time to manually enter at deployment time or
Auto Generate to have
PowerFlex Manager generate the name.
Enter the vault passwords.
NOTE:Other details such as operating system credentials, NTP, and secadmin credentials are auto populated.
Under
Additional Cloudlink Settings, you can choose either or both of the following settings:
Configure Syslog Forwarding
Select the check box to configure syslog forwarding.
For
Syslog Facility, select the
syslog remote server from the list.
Configure Email Notifications
Select the check box to configure email alerts.
Specify the IP address of the email server.
Specify the port number for the email server. The default port is 25. Enter the port numbers in a comma-separated list, with values between 1-65535.
Specify the email address for the sender.
Specify the required username and password.
Click
Save.
Click
Publish Template and click
Yes to confirm.
In the
Deploy Service wizard, do the following:
Select the published template from the drop-down list, and enter
Service Name and description.
Select who should have the access to the service and click
Next.
Provide
Hostname and click
Next.
Select
Deploy Now or
Schedule deployment and click
Next.
Review the details in
Summary page and click
Finish.
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