Deploying the
PowerFlex storage virtual machine (SVM)
This topic describes how to deploy the SVM and prepare it for installation of
PowerFlex. This is not necessary for SDCs installed on ESXi, but all other components are installed on Storage virtual machines (SVM).
About this task
NOTE: Before deployment, ensure that networks for each ESXi to be part of the system have a properly defined Port Group and VMkernel.
To deploy the SVM on the ESXi, perform the following:
Steps
Download (and extract, if necessary) the files for your operating system.
NOTE: The SDC offline ESXi 6.0 bundle is the same for all ESXi 6.x versions.
To install with a customized Java configuration, see the
Deploy Dell PowerFlex
, "PowerFlex Gateway installation with a custom Java configuration."
Use the vSphere web client to connect to a vCenter.
From the main window, select
Hosts and Clusters.
From the left panel, select the ESXi on which you would like to deploy the OVA. Right-click it, and select
Deploy OVF Template.
The
Deploy OVF Template wizard appears.
Enter the full path to the OVA, and click
Next.
Assign a unique name to the VM, and select a local (DAS) datastore to deploy the OVA, accept remaining default values in the wizard, and click
Finish.
After the OVA is deployed, click the
VMs and Templates tab.
Locate the VM that you deployed, right-click it, select
Template and then
Convert to Template.
Locate the new template, right-click it, and select
New VM from this Template….
Enter a unique name for the VM, and click
Next.
Select the ESXi server on which you wish to deploy the SVM, and click
Next.
Select a local (DAS) datastore for the SVM, and click
Finish.
Repeat steps 10-13 for each ESXi server on which you wish to deploy an SVM.
On each ESXi physical host, configure the network and NTP (and DNS, if necessary).
Using the console, start the SVM, and log in.
The default user name is
root, and the default password is
admin.
Configure the network:
IP address
Gateway address
DNS
NTP server
NOTE: When using the OVA, the installation packages can be found in /root/install/.
On each SVM in the system, add the local disk devices as RDM devices.
Perform this task by changing the SVM settings.
Configure each ESXi host to enable
Start and Stop Virtual Machines with the system, and set the SVM to do
Automatic Startup.
Install the GPG key. From the
VxFlex OS installation folder, run
rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-ScaleIO on every server.
On each SVM in the system, install the relevant
PowerFlex components, using the procedures for manual deployment on SVMs.
The packages are located under
/root/install
NOTE: After manual deployment on ESXi, you must perform manual memory allocation on the SVM, as described in the
Configure and Customize Dell PowerFlex, "SVM manual memory allocation."
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