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Inter Converged System ELM scalability planning in a single physical data center.................... 162
Inter Converged System ELM scalability planning with multiple physical data centers............... 163

Configuring VMware Enhanced Linked Mode (vSphere 6.5U1)..........................................................168

Introduction to ELM (vSphere 6.5U1).................................................................................................168
VMware ELM with VMware vSphere 6.5U1 use cases...................................................................... 168
Backup and restore Converged Systems with VMware ELM (vSphere 6.5)...................................... 169

Backing up the PSC using the backup option..............................................................................169
Restoring a failed PSC.................................................................................................................169
Backup and recovery capabilities................................................................................................ 170

Converged System AMP design (ELM/vSphere 6.5U1).....................................................................171
VMware ELM scalability planning (vSphere 6.5U1)........................................................................... 174

WMware ELM deployment information (vSphere 6.5U1)................................................................... 177
VMware ELM references (vSphere 6.5U1)........................................................................................ 179
VMware ELM conclusions (vSphere 6.5U1).......................................................................................179

Contents

Summary of Contents for Vblock Systems 350

Page 1: ...Dell EMC VxBlock and Vblock Systems 350 Administration Guide Document revision 1 8 October 2017 ...

Page 2: ...efer to the topic Backing up network devices running Cisco NX OS software Adding a VLAN to a service profile template removed step 4 September 2017 1 6 Added a section containing guidance for configuring VMware Enhanced Linked Mode September 2017 1 5 Updated to support Dell EMC Unity All Flash 350F 450F 550F and 650F storage arrays for VxBlock System 350 August 2017 1 4 Made updates related to IPv...

Page 3: ...col server 26 Adding a syslog server 27 Removing a syslog server 28 Adding an SNMP server 28 Removing an SNMP server 29 Cisco Trusted Platform Module 29 Managing service profiles 30 Configuring service profile templates 30 Cloning the service profile templates 33 Adding vNICs to the service templates 34 Configuring service profile templates for Disjoint Layer 2 35 Assigning or modifying a manageme...

Page 4: ...interfaces 61 Disabling port licenses 62 Guidelines and configuration recommendations 62 Zoning guidelines 63 Managing storage resources 64 Creating a storage pool 64 Expanding a storage pool 64 Allocating block storage 65 Managing NFS 66 Creating a NAS server 66 Creating a file system 67 Creating a tenant 67 Creating NFS shares 68 Managing VMware vSphere 6 with IPv6 69 Managing VMware vSphere ESX...

Page 5: ...er 89 Configuring the Virtual Flash Read Cache 89 Managing VMware VDS 91 Provisioning a VMware VDS configuration 91 Modifying an existing distributed port group 91 Creating a distributed port group 93 Configuring a VMkernel interface 93 Associating VMware vSphere ESXi hosts to an existing VMware VDS 95 Configuring jumbo frames on VMware VDS 96 Configuring jumbo frames on distributed port groups 97...

Page 6: ... configuration repository 139 Creating a backup of a configuration repository 140 Restoring a configuration file 141 Backing up targets in the Converged System 141 Guidelines for backing up configuration files 143 Backing up configuration files 143 Backing up network devices running Cisco NX OS software 143 Backing up Cisco UCS FIs 145 Creating and runnig the backup using the Cisco UCS Manager 146...

Page 7: ...e ELM vSphere 6 5 169 Backing up the PSC using the backup option 169 Restoring a failed PSC 169 Backup and recovery capabilities 170 Converged System AMP design ELM vSphere 6 5U1 171 VMware ELM scalability planning vSphere 6 5U1 174 Intra Converged System VMware ELM scalability planning vSphere 6 5U1 175 Inter Converged System VMware ELM scalability planning in Converged Systems in a single physic...

Page 8: ...se responsible for managing the Converged System including the system administrator and Dell EMC personnel responsible for remote management The document assumes that the administrator Is familiar with VMware Dell EMC storage technologies and Cisco compute and networking technologies Is familiar with Converged System concepts and terminology Has Converged System troubleshooting skills Refer to the...

Page 9: ...s adding users or cabinet access cards refer to the VCE Intelligent Physical Infrastructure Appliance User Manual Refer to the management release certification matrix RCM to identify the recommended firmware version for your IPI Appliance Contact Support with any questions Accessing the IPI Appliance To access the IPI Appliance in a given cabinet connect a laptop to the appropriate subnet and use ...

Page 10: ...y Alert dialog box appears click Yes to accept the security certificate and continue 4 In the Cisco UCS Manager window click Launch UCS Manager 5 For Cisco UCS Manager versions 3 1 1 and higher click Launch UCS Manager to launch the HTML page 6 If a banner window appears review the message and click OK 7 If a Security dialog box appears check the box to accept all content from Cisco and click Yes ...

Page 11: ...mware versions are compatible with the Release Certification Matrix Procedure 1 Perform the Cisco UCS upgrade as described in the Cisco UCS B Series GUI Firmware Management Guide for the release being installed 2 To verify the upgrade from the Navigation window select the Equipment tab and select the Equipment node 3 From the Work window select the Firmware Management tab 4 From the Installed Firm...

Page 12: ...e upgrades must be updated first Different versions of Cisco UCS infrastructure firmware and Cisco UCS server firmware are not supported Cisco UCS infrastructure firmware upgrades do not support a partial upgrade to some infrastructure components in a Cisco UCS domain Cisco UCSM does not support managing firmware on fusion I O or LSI flash cards The Cisco UCS firmware auto install feature has the ...

Page 13: ...is chassis blades and mezzanine adapters are impacted by the upgrade of Cisco UCS software Before you begin Reboot as needed when updating Converged System components Coordinate firmware upgrades during maintenance windows and refer to Cisco documentation for proper upgrade procedures Download the latest Cisco UCS B Series GUI Firmware Management Guide Back up the configuration file into an all co...

Page 14: ...st firmware policy could trigger an immediate upgrade of the blade Depending on the maintenance policy for the service profile an unexpected server reboot could occur Cisco has documented best practices for managing firmware in the Cisco UCS Manager Ensure that the firmware versions are compatible with the RCM To perform a Cisco UCS upgrade refer to the Cisco UCS B Series GUI Firmware Management G...

Page 15: ...isco UCS Manager Capability Catalog is a set of tunable parameters strings and rules used by the Cisco UCS Manager to update the display and configure components About this task The catalog is divided by hardware components such as the chassis CPU local disks and the I O module There is one provider per hardware component Use the catalog to view the list of providers available for that component E...

Page 16: ...icense is retained for use with the next enabled port Install licenses to use additional fixed ports If you use an unlicensed port the Cisco UCSM initiates a 120 day grace period measured from the first use of the unlicensed port and is paused when a valid license file is installed The amount of time used in the grace period is retained by the system Each physical port has its own grace period Ini...

Page 17: ...eate UUID Suffix Pool 6 In the Define Name and Description window of the Create UUID Suffix Pool wizard perform the following a In the Name field type the name of the UUID pool b In the Description field type a description of the pool c In the Prefix field either select Derived the system creates the suffix or Other allows you to specify the suffix 7 In the Add UUID Blocks window of the Create UUI...

Page 18: ...tab expand Servers Pools Organization_Name 4 Expand the UUID Suffix Pools node 5 Right click the pool and select Delete 6 If a confirmation dialog box appears click Yes Related information Adding a UUID range see page 17 Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide Adding a WWNN range Add a range to the WWNN pool using the Cisco UCS Manager A WWNN pool is a WWN pool that contains only WW node names A...

Page 19: ...ue name and description for the WWNN pool b Next 7 In the Add WWN Blocks window click Add 8 In the Create WWN Block window perform the following a In the From field type the first WWNN in the pool b In the Size field type the number of WWNNs to include in the pool c Click OK 9 Click Finish What to do next Include the WWNN pool in a vHBA template Related information Deleting a WWNN range see page 1...

Page 20: ...mation Adding a WWNN range see page 18 Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide Adding a WWPN range Add a range to the WWPN pool using the Cisco UCS Manager About this task A WWN pool only includes WWNNs or WWPNs in the following ranges 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 to 20 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 to 5F FF FF FF FF FF FF FF All other WWN ranges are reserved To ensure the uniqueness o...

Page 21: ...of WWPNs to include in the pool c Click OK 9 Click Finish What to do next Include the WWPN pool in a vHBA template Related information Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide Deleting a WWPN range Delete a WWPN range from the WWPN pool using the Cisco UCS Manager If you delete a pool the addresses are not reallocated from the pool that have been assigned to vNICs or vHBAs About this task All ass...

Page 22: ...e the pool If the system does not include multi tenancy expand the root node 5 Right click MAC Pools and select Create MAC Pool 6 In the first window of the Create MAC Pool wizard perform the following a In the Define Name and Description window type a unique name and description for the MAC pool b Next 7 In the Add MAC Addresses window click Add 8 In the Create a Block of MAC Addresses window typ...

Page 23: ...information Adding a MAC address range see page 22 Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide Creating an IP address block in the management pool Cisco UCS Manager reserves each block of IP addresses in the management IP pool for external access that terminates in the CIMC on a server About this task IPv4 addresses are supported on Vblock Systems and VxBlock Systems IPv6 addresses are supported on ...

Page 24: ...d type the default gateway associated with the IP addresses in the block e In the Primary DNS field type the IP address of the primary DNS server f In the Secondary DNS field type the IP address of the secondary DNS server 6 Click OK What to do next Configure one or more service profiles or service profile templates to obtain the CIMC IP address from the management IP pool Related information Cisc...

Page 25: ...for Fabric A or create a new one 12 Select a QoS policy VMware Virtual Standard Switch does not support QoS marking For those adapters the absence of QoS marking forces traffic back to a best effort QoS policy 13 For Network Control Policy select a policy with CDP enabled and Action on Uplink Fail set to Link Down The CDP Link Loss policy already exists Related information Cisco UCS Manager GUI Co...

Page 26: ...r Procedure 1 Log on to the Cisco UCS Manager 2 On the Navigation select the Admin tab 3 On the Admin tab expand All 4 Click Timezone Management 5 On the Work window select the General tab 6 In the NTP Servers area click the on the table icon bar 7 In the Add NTP Server dialog box type the IP address or hostname of the NTP server you want to use for this Cisco UCS instance in the NTP Server field ...

Page 27: ...rting alerts and troubleshooting Dell EMC recommends using the syslog server to facilitate the reporting of alerts and troubleshooting Before you begin Deploy a syslog server so that it is reachable from the Cisco UCS management IP address using an IP address Procedure 1 Log on to the Cisco UCS Manager 2 From the Admin tab select Faults Events and Audit Log Syslog 3 Under File for Admin State clic...

Page 28: ... of Cisco UCS Manager and the ability to receive SNMP traps About this task An SNMP server aids in report alerting monitoring and troubleshooting SNMP v3 is the most secure protocol option Before you begin Verify that an SNMP server is reachable using a hostname or IP address from the Cisco UCS Manager IP address Procedure 1 Log on to the Cisco UCS Manager 2 From the Navigation window select the A...

Page 29: ...Services 4 Select the Communication Services tab 5 In the Admin State field click Disabled 6 Click Save Changes Related information Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide Cisco Trusted Platform Module Cisco Trusted Platform Module TPM provides authentication and attestation services that provide safer computing in all environments Cisco TPM is a computer chip that securely stores artifacts such...

Page 30: ...ervice Profile Templates 3 Right click Service Profile Templates Create Service Profile Template 4 From the Identify Service Template window perform the following a In the Name field type a name in the following format Service_Profile_Template _Identifier _ Blade Type _ Converged System_ID b In the Type field click Updating Template Updating Templates requires a UserAck Maintenance Policy Failure ...

Page 31: ...ollow the steps above to create the following adapters vNIC 2 from the vNIC2 Fabric A template vNIC 3 from the vNIC 3 Fabric B template 8 In the Local Storage field select the UserAck Maintenance Policy and perform the following a In the SAN Connectivity field select Expert b In the WWNN Assignment field select Global WWNN Pool and click Add 9 On the Create vHBA window perform the following Order ...

Page 32: ...vHBAs tab 7 vHBA 0 vCon 1 and click assign vCon 1 and click assign vCon 1 and click assig n vCon 1 and click assign 8 vHBA 1 vCon 1 and click assign vCon 2 and click assign vCon 3 and click assig n vCon 2 and click assign 12 On the vMedia Policy window retain the default settings 13 On the Server Boot Order window select the appropriate boot policy or create a new one and click Next 14 From the Ma...

Page 33: ...01 3_storagesystem_serialnumber FC bandwidth only service profile template 4_B200 01 4_storagesystem_serialnumber FC bandwidth only cloned service profile template 5_B200 01 5_storagesystem_serialnumber Procedure 1 To clone a service profile template perform the following a Right click the service profile template that was just configured and click Create a Clone b For Clone Name type a name for t...

Page 34: ... 1 From the Network tab click Add 2 On the Create vNIC window use the following table to first configure vNIC 2 then vNIC 3 Value field vNIC 2 vNIC 3 Name vNIC 2 vNIC 3 Select Use LAN Connectivity Template vNIC Template vNIC 2 Fabric A vNIC 3 Fabric B Adapter Policy VMware OK Add After creating vNIC 2 go to step 3 to modify the placement before repeating step 1 to create vNIC 3 3 From the Network ...

Page 35: ...From the Network tab of the service profile template click Add 2 On the Create vNIC window use the following table to first configure vNIC 4 then vNIC 5 Value field vNIC 4 vNIC 5 Name vNIC 4 vNIC 5 Select Use LAN Connectivity Template vNIC Template vNIC 4 Fabric A vNIC 5 Fabric B Adapter Policy VMware OK Add After creating vNIC 4 go to step 3 to modify the placement before repeating step 1 to crea...

Page 36: ...o UCS Manager select Servers Service Profiles Root 2 Select the first service profile or service profile template 3 From the General tab select Change Management IP Address 4 Select Static or the required IP pool from the Management IP Address Policy drop down menu 5 Type the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway for the static address 6 Repeat this process for all service profiles or service profile...

Page 37: ... for the IPv6 management address on VxBlock Systems Create an in band network profile in the cisco UCS Manager before assigning an IP address to a service profile or service profile template About this task IPv4 addresses are supported on Vblock Systems and VxBlock Systems IPv6 addresses are supported on VxBlock Systems Before you begin Verify the VLAN is configured on the LAN uplink switches and ...

Page 38: ...ot 2 Select the desired service profile or service profile template 3 On the General tab click Change Management IP Address 4 From the Inband tab select the KVM VLAN in the Network drop down list 5 From the Inband IPv6 tab select Static or the IPv6 IP pool from the Management IP Address Policy drop down list 6 If Static is selected type the IPv6 IP address prefix default gateway address and DNS se...

Page 39: ...2 3 5 and 6 1 and 2 4 7 and 8 1 and 2 Four 8 node VMware clusters equals two blades per chassis Hosts in a VMware cluster should always belong to the same service profile template For example hosts 1 through 8 belong to template 1 hosts 9 through 16 belong to template 2 7 Select Restrict Migration and click OK 8 Repeat this procedure for all service profiles Renaming service profiles Rename servic...

Page 40: ...8 are reserved and cannot be used Ethernet traffic is dropped on any VLAN that has an ID that overlaps with an FCoE VLAN ID Using the same ID for a VLAN and an FCoE VLAN in a VSAN results in a critical fault and traffic disruption for all vNICs and uplink ports using that VLAN Before you begin Obtain a unique VLAN name and VLAN ID Procedure 1 Log on to Cisco UCS Manager and select the LAN tab 2 Ex...

Page 41: ...4 Right click VLAN Groups and select Create VLAN Group 5 Type the VLAN group name 6 Select the VLAN from the list and click Next 7 If a Disjoint Layer 2 environment select the required uplink ports or uplink port channels In a non Disjoint Layer 2 environment do not select a specific uplink port or port channel 8 Click Finish after populating required fields Adding a VLAN to a service profile temp...

Page 42: ...window click Modify VLANs 5 From the VLANs list select new VLAN and click OK What to do next Add the VLANs to the Cisco Nexus Series Switches Cisco Nexus 1000V Series virtual switch and any other switching infrastructure that is required Adding a VLAN to the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch Add a VLAN to the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch using Cisco NX OS commands Before you begin Verify that the Cisco Nexus 1...

Page 43: ...S VLAN 109 Verify that the Cisco Nexus switches are up and reachable through the console or the management connection Verify connectivity information for the Cisco Nexus switches such as Console information Log on credentials IPv4 IPv6 address Access method SSH TELNET VLAN names Procedure 1 To view all VLANs type show vlan 2 To create a VLAN type configure terminal 3 To assign an ID to the VLAN ty...

Page 44: ...an_id 4 To delete the specified VLAN type no vlan vlan_id Configuring a vPC Use any available Ethernet port to form a Cisco vPC enabled port channel on Cisco Nexus switches About this task Configure the spanning tree mode on the port channels appropriately For example spanning tree mode on port channels towards the aggregation switches can be configured as normal Spanning tree mode on port channel...

Page 45: ...H TELNET Procedure 1 Log on to the primary Cisco Nexus switch 2 To start the configuration type Switch A config terminal 3 To specify the vPC type Switch A config interface port channel port_channel_number 4 To add a description type Switch A config if description description The description should include to from and a purpose 5 To specify switchport mode type Switch A config if switchport mode m...

Page 46: ...re Configuration Guide Deleting a vPC Delete a vPC from the Cisco Nexus switch Procedure 1 Log on to the Cisco Nexus series switch 2 To start the configuration type Switch A config terminal 3 To remove the appropriate Ethernet port as members of the vPC type Switch A interface ethernet port_number 4 Type Switch A config if no channel group channel_number mode active 5 To delete the vPC type Switch...

Page 47: ...uration type Switch A config terminal 3 To specify the port channel type Switch A config interface port channelport_channel_number 4 To add the VLANs type Switch A config switchport trunk allowed vlan add VLAN_IDs 5 Repeat this procedure on the peer Cisco Nexus series switch Related information Removing VLANs from a vPC see page 47 Removing VLANs from a vPC VLANs can be removed from the trunk of a...

Page 48: ...assigned to an uplink including VLANs added after initial deployment Otherwise a VLAN is allowed to travel over all uplinks which breaks the disjoint layer 2 concept Cisco vPCs 101 and 102 are production uplinks that connect to Cisco Nexus switch Cisco vPCs 105 and 106 are customer uplinks that connect to external switches If you use Ethernet performance port channels 103 and 104 by default vPCs 1...

Page 49: ...b select Port Channel 105 i In the VLANs table select the VLANs to assign to port channel 105 j Click Add to VLAN and OK k Verify that vPCs 101 and 105 Fabric B appear under all required VLANs Refer to Viewing vPC assigned to VLANs for Disjoint Layer 2 networks 3 To assign VLANs to vPCs 102 and 106 in fabric B perform the following a In VLAN Manager Navigation window select the LAN tab b Select th...

Page 50: ...on window select the LAN tab 3 On the LAN tab select the LAN node 4 In the Work window select the LAN Uplinks Manager link on the LAN Uplinks tab 5 In the LAN Uplinks Manager select VLANs VLAN Manager 6 Click Fabric A or Fabric B to view the vPCs and VLANs on that fabric interconnect 7 In the VLANs table expand the appropriate node and the VLAN for which you want to view the assigned ports or vPCs...

Page 51: ...LANs table expand the appropriate node and the VLAN from which you want to remove the assigned ports or vPCs 8 Select the port or vPC that you want to remove from the VLAN Hold down the Ctrl key to click multiple ports or vPCs 9 Click Remove from VLAN 10 If a confirmation dialog box appears click Yes 11 Click Apply if you want to continue to work in the VLAN Manager or click OK to close the window...

Page 52: ...e to the switch Procedure 1 Go to Cisco Support to download the Cisco NX OS bin file system software for the Cisco Nexus series switch 2 Upload the file to the switch with the copy server TFTP SCP FTP or SFTP being used 3 To back up the switch running the configuration type copy running config startup config 4 To verify the switch has enough space for the new image type Switch A dir bootflash 5 If...

Page 53: ...0 SYSTEM_MSG Shutdown Ports kernel 2011 Sep 8 18 16 43 Switch Sep 8 18 16 43 KERN 0 SYSTEM_MSG writing reset reason 49 kernel Broadcast message from root Thu Sep 8 18 16 43 2011 The system is going down for reboot NOW 9 Type Y to continue with the installation 10 When the switch reboots to verify that the updated version of the software is running type show version 11 From the returned version inf...

Page 54: ...pgrade perform the upgrade steps using the earlier version of the software Related information Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide Managing networking resources 54 ...

Page 55: ... software upgrade code on the Cisco website Review Cisco release notes before any upgrade Procedure 1 To log on to the Cisco MDS switch and save the running configuration type copy run tftp tftp server filename or copy run ftp ftp server filename 2 From the Cisco Support website under Select a Task select Download Software 3 From the Products list select Cisco IOS and NX OS Software 4 Select Downl...

Page 56: ... m9300 s1ek9 kickstart mz npe 6 2 13b bin system m9300 s1ek9 mz 6 2 13b bin For VBxx 9706 A type show install all impact kickstart m9700 sf3ek9 kickstart mz 6 2 9a bin system m9700 sf3ek9 mz 6 2 9a bin For VSJ3X2M9148B type show install all impact kickstart m9100 s5ek9 kickstart mz 6 2 9a bin system m9100 s5ek9 mz 6 2 9a bin 11 To view the entire upgrade process perform the upgrade using the conso...

Page 57: ...h is up and reachable through the console or management connection Obtain required VSANs names and FC interfaces that need to be assigned to the VSANs Obtain Cisco MDS switch IPv4 IPv6 address console information log on credentials and access method SSH TELNET Name VSANs to identify usage For example for VSAN 10 SAN_A Procedure 1 Log on to the Cisco MDS switch 2 To view VSANs type show vsan 3 To e...

Page 58: ...tain required VSANs names and FC interfaces Obtain Cisco MDS switch IPv4 IPv6 address console information log on credentials and access method SSH TELNET Procedure 1 Log on to the Cisco MDS switch 2 To view VSANs type show vsan 3 To enter the global configuration mode and start the configuration type switch configure terminal 4 To configure the database for VSAN type switch config vsan database 5 ...

Page 59: ... IPv4 IPv6 address console information log on credentials and access method SSH TELNET Procedure 1 Log on to the Cisco MDS switch 2 To view VSANs type show vsan 3 To view the domain ID of the existing VSAN on the switch type switch show fcdomain domain list 4 To enter the global configuration mode and start the configuration type switch configure terminal 5 To assign a domain ID type switch fcdoma...

Page 60: ... configure the interface type switch A config interface fc interface_id 4 To apply for a license type switch A config if port license acquire 5 To enable the interface type switch A config if no shutdown 6 To verify that the interface is up type show interface fc interface_id Disabling FC interfaces Disable FC interfaces on the Cisco MDS switch About this task IPv4 addresses are supported on Vbloc...

Page 61: ...Pv4 IPv6 address console information log on credentials and access method SSH TELNET Procedure 1 Log on to the Cisco MDS switch 2 To view the port licenses type show port license 3 To start the configuration type Switch A config terminal 4 To configure the interface where license is being moved from type Switch A config interface fcinterface_id 5 To disable the license on that interface type Switc...

Page 62: ...ace fcinterface_id 3 To disable the license on that interface type Switch A config if no port license 4 To exit type Switch A config if end Related information Cisco MDS 9000 NX OS Fabric Configuration Guide Guidelines and configuration recommendations Best practices apply when configuring Cisco MDS switches The following best practices apply when configuring Cisco MDS switches The Cisco MDS 9148S...

Page 63: ...e compute side create multiple pools or blocks of 64 WWNs instead of one large pool block of 128 identifiers Essentially each WWPN would have a distinguishing value relative to its corresponding N Port channel The vHBA templates should ensure that servers are pinned to the appropriate N Port channels Refer to Cisco bug CSCuz11494 when bringing up an Fport channel trunk between a Cisco MDS and a UC...

Page 64: ...Log on to the Dell EMC Unity storage array where you want to create the storage pool 2 Select Storage Pools 3 Click to create the storage pool 4 Using the wizard select tiers RAID protection and drives to create the new storage pool Notes Hybrid models display the default RAID configuration for your tier selection In All Flash models the RAID configuration is based on number of drives in the pool ...

Page 65: ...dditional hosts Procedure 1 Log on to the Dell EMC Unity storage array on which you want to allocate storage 2 Select Storage Block LUNs 3 To allocate additional block storage perform the following To create a new LUN proceed to step 4 To extend an existing LUN proceed to step 6 To add additional hosts to an existing LUN proceed to step 8 4 To create a new LUN click 5 Using the wizard perform the ...

Page 66: ... snapshots Managing NFS Creating a NAS server NAS servers can share file storage over a variety of protocols including CIFS SMB NFS and FTP About this task To allocate file storage first create a NAS server on the Dell EMC Unity storage array The NAS server is a standalone service with dedicated network interfaces IPv4 IPv6 address information to share file through single or multiple NAS protocols...

Page 67: ...second NAS server with similar characteristics on the other SP Creating a file system Specify the file system size storage type the NAS server and other characteristics such as snapshots and replication Procedure 1 Log on to the Dell EMC Unity storage array where you want to create a file system 2 Select Storage File File Systems 3 Click to create a new file system 4 Using the wizard perform the f...

Page 68: ...NFS share defines the access of a file system on the array including the share name and authorization access to the file system About this task An NFS share can have a defined default access type such as No Access Procedure 1 Log on to the Dell EMC Unity storage array where you want to create the NFS share 2 Select Storage File NFS Shares 3 Click to create a NFS share 4 Using the wizard perform th...

Page 69: ...erver Appliance to Active Directory You can use Active Directory over LDAP as an identity source in VMware vCenter Single Sign On NFS 4 1 storage with Kerberos You can use NFS 4 1 with AUTH_SYS Authentication Proxy N A Connection of the VMware vSphere Management Assistant and vSphere Command Line Interface to Active Directory You can connect to AD over LDAP Use VMware vSphere Client to enable IPv6...

Page 70: ...0V Series Switch or VDS PowerPath VE and the build to which you are upgrading You might need to upgrade third party software prior to updating to the latest release of VMware ESXi Obtain the Release Certification Matrix and Release Notes with the version to which you want to update Look for the supported version of the VMware patch build in the Virtualization section Determine which patch to insta...

Page 71: ...are upgrading You might need to upgrade third party software prior to updating to the latest release of VMware ESXi Obtain the Release Certification Matrix and Release Notes with the version to which you want to update Look for the supported version of the VMware patch build in the Virtualization section Determine which patch to install Refer to the appropriate Release Certification Matrix and Rel...

Page 72: ...n the VMware vSphere PowerCLI script to configure the settings on all VMware vSphere ESXi hosts Before you begin If configuring with the following script verify the VMware PowerCLI is installed on a workstation with administrative access to VMware vCenter Obtain the IP address and local root user credentials for the VMware vSphere ESXi host or appropriate administrative credentials to the VMware v...

Page 73: ...Size Values ne 30 Set VMHostAdvancedConfiguration VMHost esx Name Net TcpipHeapSize Value 30 Confirm false if Get VMHostAdvancedConfiguration VMHost esx Name Net TcpipHeapMax Values ne 128 Set VMHostAdvancedConfiguration VMHost esx Name Net TcpipHeapMax Value 512 Confirm false for vSphere 5 5 or 6 0 Set VMHostAdvancedConfiguration VMHost esx Name Net TcpipHeapMax Value 128 Confirm false for vSpher...

Page 74: ...the System tab Search for the parameters displayed in the table and update the value 3 Review the updated value in the Advanced Settings section under the System tab using the VMware Host Client on each VMware vSphere ESXi host What to do next Reboot the VMware vSphere ESXi host Restoring default values for VMware vSphere ESXi advanced settings vSphere 6 0 Use this procedures to restore the advanc...

Page 75: ...VMware vSphere Client on each VMware vSphere ESXi host Increasing the disk timeout on Microsoft Windows VMs Increase the amount of time for a Microsoft Windows VM to wait for unresponsive disk I O operations About this task Increase the disk timeout value to 190 seconds VMware tools version 3 0 2 and later sets the value to 60 seconds Include this registry setting on all Microsoft Windows VMs and ...

Page 76: ...Mware Knowledge Base article 2108294 Setting up Java and Internet Explorer on the management workstation or VM vSphere 6 x Set up Java and Internet Explorer version 11 on the management workstation or VM element manager if Unisphere or other web based applications fail to launch Configure the Java security setting to support web based applications Before you begin vSphere 6 0 Ensure Java version 7...

Page 77: ...t popup window 6 Add the URLs of web based applications For example https ip_address_of_web_based_application 7 Click OK to close the Exception Site List popup window 8 Click OK to close the Java Windows Control Panel 77 Managing VMware vSphere ESXi 5 5 and 6 x ...

Page 78: ...B 2034608 contains instructions to unlock a VMware vCenter SSO administrator account About this task For security purposes the VMware vCenter administrator account is locked after three failed log on attempts Procedure Follow the procedure in the VMware knowledge base article 2034608 Managing the lockout status of VMware vCenter SSO View the lockout status of a VMware vCenter SSO account for VMwar...

Page 79: ...lick Edit 5 Make the required changes and click OK Managing VMware vCenter SSO lockout policies Modify the strict lockout policy of VMware vCenter SSO for VMware vSphere 6 x Procedure 1 Log on to the VMware vSphere Web Client as an SSO administrator By default this user is administrator vsphere local 2 From the home page select Administration Single Sign On Configuration 3 Select the Policies tab ...

Page 80: ...owing All running tasks on the node are cancelled or interrupted All users currently accessing this node temporarily lose connectivity If this node is a vCenter Server features such as DRS and vMotion will temporarily become unavailable If this node is a PSC services such as SSO licensing and certificate running on this node will temporarily go down 10 Select Administration Single Sign On Configur...

Page 81: ...ce supports a file based backup and restore In vSphere 6 5 the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface is used to create a file based backup of the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller appliance Procedure Refer to the File Based Backup and Restore of vCenter Server Appliance section in the VMware vSphere 6 5 Documentation Center which you can find here ESXi and vCenter S...

Page 82: ...For more information refer to the VMware Platform Services Controller 6 x FAQs Managing VMware vCenter SSO for VMware vSphere 6 x 82 ...

Page 83: ...es wizard browse to where you saved the patch or package software bundle and select the file 5 Click Next and wait until the file upload successfully completes If the upload fails verify that the structure of the zip file is correct or verify that the VUM settings are correct 6 Click Next 7 From the Confirm Import window verify that the package imported into the VUM repository and click Finish 8 S...

Page 84: ...ation in the Recent Tasks window or click the Tasks Event tab 17 Staging is the process of pushing the package onto individual VMware vSphere ESXi hosts from the VUM server To stage the baseline a In the Update Manager tab in the Attached Baselines list in the middle of the screen highlight the package baseline that you created and click Stage b Click Stage When the Stage Wizard appears under the ...

Page 85: ...on For example PP VE 5 9 install g Change or maintain remediation time and failure options values in the Remediation Time and Failure Options fields as needed to suit your environment h Click Next The Ready to Complete window appears with your remediation selections i Verify the information and click Finish Patching VMware vSphere ESXi hosts with the VUM vSphere 6 5 Patch the VMware vSphere ESXi h...

Page 86: ...click Next e In the Criteria page select Next f In the Patches to Exclude page exclude all patches except PowerPath g In the Additional Patches page click Next h Click Finish 17 Attach the package baseline to the desired VMware vSphere ESXi hosts You can attach the package baseline to individually selected VMware vSphere ESXi hosts or to multiple hosts at a time by selecting the cluster in the Inv...

Page 87: ...age packages are installed on hosts that do not have the package The package is updated on hosts that have an outdated package To remediate the baseline a Highlight the VMware vSphere ESXi host to remediate and click Update Manager tab b In the Independent Baselines section highlight the package baseline that was created and click Remediate c From the Remediate page in the Baseline Groups and Type...

Page 88: ...are enabling power down all VMs in the cluster and enable or modify the EVC mode Cisco UCS Blade Servers B200 M1 and M2 support some additional CPU features such as those provided in 32 nanometer EVC mod but some might not be enabled in the BIOS due to U S export rules To ensure complete and reliable vMotion compatibility when mixing blade types in a single cluster use Intel Xeon Core i7 EVC mode ...

Page 89: ... you have already created a cluster skip this step This is the least disruptive method of creating and enabling a VMware EVC cluster 2 Select the cluster for which you want to enable VMware EVC 3 If the VMs are running with more features than the EVC mode you intend to set power off the VMs enable EVC and migrate them back into the cluster after enabling VMware EVC 4 Power off all the VMs on the h...

Page 90: ...alue for the read cache configuration size for the VMDK Specify the block size using the Advanced option 5 Repeat Steps 1 4 for each VM and associated VMDK that requires VFRC VMware vSphere does NOT prevent over provisioning Consider the total available VFRC capacity when configuring the cache size Managing virtualization 90 ...

Page 91: ... proper operation About this task Using the VMware vSphere Web Client only one distributed port group can be edited at a time If several port groups require modification use the VMware PowerCLI or vSphere vCLI command line script tools Before you begin Identify the VMware VDS containing the distributed ports The default switch name used is DVSwitch01 A Procedure 1 To launch the VMware vSphere Web ...

Page 92: ... NIC load The vMotion port group only has one active uplink associated with vNIC2 fabric A The other uplink should be in standby mode Network failure detection Link status only Notify switches Yes Failback Yes Monitoring Netflow default Traffic filtering and marking Status enable this option for vMotion NFS distributed port groups All other port groups should be disabled vMotion Traffic Rule Enabl...

Page 93: ...issions 3 On the VMware vSphere Web Client Home tab under Inventories click Networking 4 Right click DVSwitch01 A and select New Distribution Port Group 5 From the New Distributed Port Group wizard to create the distributed port group perform the following a Type the name of the distributed port group and click Next b Leave Port binding and Port allocation to the default settings Static binding an...

Page 94: ...t e From the Select network adapter tasks window deselect Manage physical adapters and verify that Manage VMKernel adapters is selected f Click Next g Select the VMware vSphere ESXi host and click New adapter h From the Add Networking window verify that Select an existing Distributed Port Group is selected and click Browse i Select VMKernel vMotion or NFS distributed port group and click OK j Clic...

Page 95: ...e VDS Before you begin Verify which VMware VDS the VMware vSphere ESXi host will add Procedure 1 To launch the VMware vSphere Web Client from VMware vCenter Server open a browser and type the following URL https vCenterIP 9443 vsphere client You can also launch the VMware vSphere Web Client by selecting Start Menu All Programs VMware VMware vSphere Web Client The alternative launch method above do...

Page 96: ...ish Configuring jumbo frames on VMware VDS Use this procedure to configure jumbo frames on an existing VMware vSphere Distributed Switch VDS Procedure 1 Open a browser and type the following URL https vCenterIP 9443 vsphere client You can also launch the VMware vSphere Web Client by selecting Start Menu All Programs VMware VMware vSphere Web Client The alternative launch method above does not appl...

Page 97: ...t VMKernel adapters 6 From the table select the adapter with the vcesys_esx_nfs listed under the network label 7 Click the edit icon to select NIC settings and change the MTU value from 1500 to 9000 8 Click OK 9 Repeat this procedure for each VMware vSphere ESXi host as needed Modifying CoS settings The CoS marking is leveraged as part of the standard configuration and configured with the Traffic ...

Page 98: ...Traffic type is set to vMotion g Click OK 9 Right click the vcesys_esx_nfs distributed port group click Edit settings 10 From the wizard perform the following a For the Name type NFSCOS b For Action select Tag c Check Update CoS tag and change value to 2 d For VMware vSphere 6 x change the Traffic direction to Ingress The VMware vSphere 6 x Release Notes contain information about ingress and egres...

Page 99: ...vCenter Server which could prevent the VM port group from migrating Use the VM migration wizard to migrate from a VMware vSphere Standard Switch to a VMware VDS a VMware VDS to a VMware vSphere Standard Switch or a VMware VDS to a VMware VDS seamlessly Before you begin Verify the powered on VMs on all VMware vSphere ESXi hosts attached to an existing VMware VDS are not assigned to any distributed ...

Page 100: ...roup or port group where the VMs will be reassigned and click Ok e Click Next f When the list of VMs appear select the checkbox on each VM and click Next g Validate that the source and destination is correct and click Finish The selected VMs distributed port groups migrate to a new distributed or standard switch Deleting the distributed port group from the VMware VDS If there are no powered on VMs...

Page 101: ...rm the following procedures 1 vMotion evacuate all powered on VMs from the VMware vSphere ESXi host 2 Migrate VM distributed port group assignments 3 Migrate the VMkernel ports to a different switch vMotion evacuating all powered on VMs from the VMware vSphere ESXi host Evacuate vMotion all powered on VMs to a different VMware vSphere ESXi host to free up the ports on the VMware VDS VMs can still ...

Page 102: ... host Migrating VM distributed port group assignments to a different switch If there are powered on VMs on the distributed port group migrate VM distributed port group assignments to a different distributed or standard switch About this task This procedure is not required if there are no powered on VMs on the distributed port group VMs connected to the distributed port group can be powered off to ...

Page 103: ... the administrator vsphere local user account VMware vSphere SSOaccount or other administrative account with appropriate permissions 3 On the VMware vSphere Web Client Home tab under Inventories click Networking 4 Right click DVswitch01 A and select Migrate VM to Another Network 5 From the Migrate Virtual Machine Networking wizard perform the following a Verify that Specific network is selected an...

Page 104: ...phere local user account VMware vSphere SSO account or other administrative account with appropriate permissions 3 On the VMware vSphere Web Client Home tab under Inventories select Hosts and Clusters 4 Left click ESXi host and select the Manage or Configure tab 5 Left click Networking and select Virtual switches 6 Left click the distributed or standard switch to which the VMKernel adaptor will be...

Page 105: ...elect Remove hosts and click Next b Select Attached hosts c From the Select member hosts window select the VMware vSphere ESXi host to be deleted and click OK You can modify multiple VMware vSphere ESXI hosts at a time using the Add and Manage Hosts wizard d Validate that the selected host appears in the list and click Next e Review the summary results window and click Finish Removing a VMware VDS...

Page 106: ...r switch with the following criteria If migrating to a different VMware VDS Attach at least one VMNIC as an uplink for a new distributed or standard switch Create the distributed port groups with the same name and VLAN ID as the existing switch If migrating to a standard switch Create a new standard switch and attach at least one VMNIC as an uplink for the standard switch vNIC0 and vNIC1 connect t...

Page 107: ...DS Before you begin Verify that all VMs have been migrated off the VMware VDS Procedure 1 Open a browser and type the following URL https vCenterIP 9443 vsphere client You can also launch the VMware vSphere Web Client by selecting Start Menu All Programs VMware VMware vSphere Web Client 2 Log on to the VMware vSphere Web Client with the administrator vsphere local user account VMware vSphere SSO a...

Page 108: ...from all other primary VDS traffic There must be a single VMware VDS created for each data center but not for each cluster Creating a VMware VDS for Disjoint Layer 2 configuration Create a VMware VDS for Disjoint Layer 2 configuration About this task On full width blades with additional network physical ports to the onboard mLOM ports add vNICs 4 and 5 to the service profile This must be done indi...

Page 109: ... distributed port groups for Disjoint Layer 2 Create distributed port groups for Disjoint Layer 2 About this task Change the load balancing policy from Route based on originating virtual port to Route based on physical NIC load for all the VMKernel distributed port groups Disjoint Layer 2 traffic is commonly virtual distributed port groups only so it would typically be configured with the default ...

Page 110: ...s uplinks to the Disjoint Layer 2 VMware VDS About this task IPv4 addresses are supported on Vblock Systems and VxBlock Systems IPv6 addresses are supported on VxBlock Systems Before you begin IPv6 is not supported on vSphere 6 5 Procedure 1 From the VMware vSphere Web Client Home tab under Inventories select Networking 2 Right click DVswitch01 DJL2 and select Add and Manage Hosts 3 From the Add a...

Page 111: ...d click Finish if everything is correct Otherwise click Back to edit changes i Repeat this step to create the vcesys_esx_nfs port group Do not select any checkboxes vcesys _esx_nfs port group has a default MTU of 1500 The MTU must be set to 9000 j Click Next 5 Verify that the status appears as No Impact and click Next If there is a problem with the output click Back to return to the previous windo...

Page 112: ...witch only 6 In the Descriptions field type DVswitch01 A and click OK 7 Click Yes to save the configuration file Importing a backup of a VMware dvSwitch configuration Create a VMware VDS from an exported configuration file using the same switch and distributed port group configuration This does not override the existing VMware VDS Procedure 1 Open a browser and type the following URL https vCenter...

Page 113: ...e vSphere Web Client with the administrator vsphere local user account VMware vSphere SSO account or other administrative account with appropriate permissions 3 On the VMware vSphere Web Client Home tab under Inventories click Networking 4 Right click the VMware VDS to be restored and select All vCenter Actions Restore Configuration 5 Select Restore distributed switch or port groups or Restore dis...

Page 114: ...Related information VMware vSphere Networking guide Managing VMware VDS 114 ...

Page 115: ...xample purposes only Procedure 1 Log on to the Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM 2 To start the configuration type n1000v config t 3 To specify the port profile name type n1000v config port profile type vethernet port profile name 4 To designate the interfaces as an access port type n1000v config port prof switchport mode access 5 To grant access type n1000v config port prof switchport access vlan vlan id 6 T...

Page 116: ...ure About this task If a naming convention is used that differs from what is recommended refer to the Logical Configuration Guide When modifying the uplink port profile northbound traffic from the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch through the Cisco UCS fabric interconnect is affected Before you begin Verify that VLANs on uplinks exist in Cisco aggregation switches Verify the use of jumbo frames Obtain the ...

Page 117: ... type ethernet VMOTION UPLINK vmware port group switchport mode trunk switchport trunk allowed vlan 106 channel group auto mode on mac pinning no shutdown system vlan 106 state enabled port profile type ethernet N1K_L3_CONTROL UPLINK vmware port group switchport mode trunk switchport trunk allowed vlan 116 channel group auto mode on mac pinning no shutdown system vlan 116 state enabled For unified...

Page 118: ...s exist in Cisco aggregation switches Verify the use of jumbo frames Obtain the IP address of the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch VSM Procedure 1 Log on to the VSM 2 Type the following commands configure terminal no port profile type ethernet PRODUCTION UPLINK copy run start end Modifying vEthernet data port profiles Modify data port profiles for VMware VM traffic L3 VMotion NFS and VSM Layer 3 Control M...

Page 119: ...ethernet VCESYS_ESX_L3VMOTION vmware port group switchport mode access switchport access vlan 117 or L3 vMotion vlan number no shutdown pinning id 4 system vlan 117 or L3 vMotion vlan number service policy type qos input SET_COS_4 state enabled copy run start For Unified Systems port profile type vethernet VCESYS_ESX_NFS vmware port group switchport mode access switchport access vlan 109 or ESX NF...

Page 120: ...the interface that carries the control and packet VLAN traffic If the VSM VMs are not hosted on the VEM in an VMware vSphere ESXi host that it is managing for example the VSM VMs are hosted on separate VMware vSphere ESXi hosts running the regular VMware vSwitch packets from the VSM are not covered by the QoS policies configured on the Cisco Nexus 1000V DVS To ensure proper QoS treatment the VSM p...

Page 121: ...qos SET_COS_6 class class default set cos 6 Upgrading the VEM software For instructions on performing the upgrade refer to Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM Software Installation and Upgrade Guide for your release Related information Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM Software Installation and Upgrade Guide Troubleshooting the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch For troubleshooting information and procedures for the Cisco Nexus 1000...

Page 122: ...Related information Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide Managing the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch 122 ...

Page 123: ...VMware vSphere ESXi hosts on Cisco UCS B Series blades and connected to a VXLAN port group These VMs can reside on any VMware vSphere ESXi host in the primary site or the secondary site Performing a graceful failover This procedure explains how to gracefully fail over management components from the primary site to the secondary site Procedure 1 Disable DRS on the stretched VMware vSphere managemen...

Page 124: ...mary site to the secondary site After the migration expect a loss of network communication to all the VMs until the SVI is switched over from the primary site to the secondary site a Right click NSX Manager VM and select Migrate b The Migrate wizard opens Enter the data values as requested accept the default settings presented and use the following configuration information Wizard page Selection S...

Page 125: ... SQL VC and VUM VMs except migrate all the VMs at the same time It is important to migrate these last three VMs at the same time because once the VMware vSphere vCenter Server is migrated it loses connectivity and migration cannot continue At this point you are forced to manually import the VMs from the datastore Use the following information VMs Wizard page Selection SQL VC and VUM Select a compu...

Page 126: ...ry site by performing the following steps a On the VMware vSphere Web Client Home tab under Inventories click Hosts and Clusters b Expand the Management VPLEX vSphere cluster to view the VMs c Right click NSX Manager VM and select Power Power On d Repeat the steps for all the NSX Controllers in the following order i NSX Controller 1 ii NSX Controller 2 iii NSX Controller 3 9 Validate that all NSX ...

Page 127: ...Ms c Right click NSX Manager VM and select Power Shutdown guest OS d Repeat the steps for all the NSX Controllers in the following order i NSX Controller 3 ii NSX Controller 2 iii NSX Controller 1 2 Perform a cold migration of the NSX Manager and controllers from the secondary site to the primary site After the migration expect a loss of network communication to all the VMs until the SVI is switch...

Page 128: ... the migration type Change compute resource Select a compute resource vcesysmgmt02 Select network vcesys_management c Click Finish d Repeat the steps for the PSC01 VM using the following information VM Wizard page Selection PSC01 Select a compute resource vcesysmgmt01 e Repeat the migration steps for the remaining management SQL VC and VUM VMs except migrate all the VMs at the same time It is impo...

Page 129: ...p config c Repeat the steps to manually enable the Management SVI on Cisco 9396 B 6 Validate VM connectivity by performing the following steps a Open command prompt and ping each VM to validate network connectivity b Log in to the VMware Web Client to validate that VMware vSphere vCenter Server is running properly c Validate that all the VMware vSphere ESXi hosts and VMs are connected and online 7...

Page 130: ...le DRS on the stretched VMware vSphere management cluster This step forces all the VMs to recover back from the secondary site to the primary site Expect a loss of network communication to all the VMs until the SVI is switched over a On the VMware vSphere Web Client Home tab under Inventories click Hosts and Clusters b Expand Datacenter to view all the vSphere clusters c Left click the Management ...

Page 131: ...ress field of the browser b Type your username and password c From the toolbar select Launch KVM Console d The access method for the virtual media depends on the version of the KVM console that you are using If the KVM Console window has a virtual media VM tab select that tab Otherwise select Tools Launch Virtual Media e Click Add Image and select the downloaded ISO file f In the Client View in th...

Page 132: ...igate to the CIMC Manager software on the server that you are upgrading a Type the CIMC IP address for the server in the address field of the browser b Type your username and password c From the toolbar click Launch KVM from drop down options Select HTML Version d From the Virtual Media tab and select Activate Virtual Devices e Again from Virtual Media tab click and select Map CD DVD f Click Brows...

Page 133: ... log on credentials for the VNXe3200 storage array Procedure 1 Check for software updates on the Support website If your system includes hot fixes make sure those hot fixes are included in the upgrade software to which you are upgrading Otherwise you may encounter a regression in system functionality after the software upgrade Contact your service provider to ensure the upgrade software includes y...

Page 134: ... Finish to confirm the settings The wizard creates a data store and the steps appear on the screen The setup runs as a background task allowing you to close the wizard window You can find the status of the data store by clicking on the Jobs link at the bottom of the screen After the data store is created the wizard displays a notification message The new data store appears in the list of VMware da...

Page 135: ...ars Adding a VMware vSphere ESXi host for IPv4 Add a new VMware vSphere ESXi host to the VNXe array configuration for IPv4 Before you begin Use the VNXe Unisphere GUI online help for the latest process You can access the online help by clicking the question mark on the right side of the VMware Hosts page Obtain the IP address and log on credentials for the VNXe array Obtain the VMware ESXi host IP...

Page 136: ...the online help by clicking the question mark on the right side of the VMware Hosts page Obtain the IP address and login credentials for the VNXe storage array Procedure 1 Using the VMware vSphere Web Client select a VMware vSphere ESXi host and navigate to the Configuration tab 2 Select Storage from the Hardware frame and execute Rescan All task 3 Log in to the VNXe3200 4 On the Initiators page v...

Page 137: ...his process for the list of required data stores Configuring the VMware vSphere ESXi persistent scratch location Configure all management VMware vSphere ESXi hosts Before you begin Install the VMware vSphere Client on a Windows machine Obtain administrative privileges to the VMware vSphere ESXi hosts Assign data stores to VMware vSphere ESXi hosts Procedure 1 Connect to VMware vCenter Server or th...

Page 138: ...a Cisco 12G SAS Modular RAID controller card About this task Create two RAID devices as data stores Perform this procedure on all AMP 2 Cisco UCS C2x0 servers AMP 2P have one Cisco UCS C2x0 server Before you begin Install Java and Flash on the laptop to run the utility Procedure 1 Log on to CIMC of the Cisco UCS C2X0 A server as admin 2 Navigate to Storage Cisco 12G SAS Modular Raid Controller SLO...

Page 139: ...ed set int value 0 option VMFS3 HardwareAcceleratedLocking 2 To confirm that the setting was made type esxcli system settings advanced list option VMFS3 HardwareAcceleratedLocking esxcli system settings advanced list option DataMover HardwareAcceleratedMove esxcli system settings advanced list option DataMover HardwareAcceleratedInit 3 From the command output verify that the Int Value is set to 0 ...

Page 140: ...ct read write access to the IP range of devices sending configuration files 5 To verify the procedure monitor the config directories for entries copied from the network devices in the What to do next Initiate network device configuration backups Creating a backup of a configuration repository Create a backup of the host s where Cisco network device configuration files are stored About this task Wh...

Page 141: ...a configuration file refer to the documentation provided with the vendor to restore the device Backing up targets in the Converged System Back up targets that are in the AMP 2 in the Converged System About this task Perform daily backups of all VMs at 7 A M and 7 P M Perform daily backups of the VMware vCenter SQL Server database every four hours This coincides with server daily backups at 3 7 11 ...

Page 142: ...ystem You must perform configuration backups for these Converged System devices Cisco management switches Cisco Nexus 3K Switch or Cisco Nexus 9K Switch Refer to the appropriate RCM for a list of what is supported on your Converged System To back up targets in AMP 2 and the Converged Systems refer to the documentation provided by the backup tool vendor Managing AMP 2 142 ...

Page 143: ...ating systems About this task IPv4 addresses are supported on Vblock Systems and VxBlock Systems IPv6 addresses are supported on VxBlock Systems Before you begin TFTP service must be installed configured and active on the AMP or AMP 2 server where the configuration repository exists Verify an instance of the configuration repository exists Obtain log on credentials for the device configuration bac...

Page 144: ...copy startup config tftp IP device config name_startup_ TIMESTAMP cfg SWITCH config job copy running config tftp IP device config name_running_ TIMESTAMP cfg SWITCH config job end SWITCH 4 To schedule the backup task type SWITCH conf t SWITCH config scheduler schedule name Daily0600 SWITCH config schedule time daily 06 00 SWITCH config schedule job name cfgBackup SWITCH config schedule end SWITCH ...

Page 145: ...rver Connection to server Established Copying Started TFTP put operation was successful 7 To save the configuration updates type SWITCH copy running config startup config 100 8 To verify the procedure run each statement individually V00101MD9502 copy running config tftp IP_Address 9500 config V00101MD9502_running_ TIMESTAMP cfg Backing up Cisco UCS FIs Restore a system configuration from any full ...

Page 146: ...uration using the Cisco UCS Manager GUI About this task Creating a backup is a one time only task Procedure 1 Log on to the Cisco UCS Manager using administrator privileges 2 To create the backup perform the following steps a From the Navigation window select the Admin tab b Click the All node c From the Work window select the General tab d In the Actions area select Backup for UCSM 2 x e In the A...

Page 147: ...isplays in the Backup Operations table in the Backup Configuration window j View the progress of the backup operation by clicking the down arrows on the FSM Details bar k To close the Backup Configuration window click OK l The backup operation continues to run until it is completed To view the progress reopen the Backup Configuration window Creating and running the backup using the Cisco UCS CLI C...

Page 148: ...on on the original FI or recreate the configuration on a different FI You cannot use the binary file for an import Full state backups are encrypted The full state backup policy can be configured to daily weekly or biweekly You cannot modify the maximum number of backup files created by the Cisco UCS Manager The option to configure scheduled backups can be found on theAdmin tab and on the right sid...

Page 149: ... components including all blade servers power supplies fan modules and IOMs This policy applies only to chassis default chassis phys maint Suppresses faults for the chassis and all fan modules and power supplies installed into the chassis This policy applies only to chassis default fex all maint Suppresses faults for the FEX and all power supplies fan modules and IOMs in the FEX This policy applie...

Page 150: ... Database Engine appears If not select it b If the Server name field is not auto filled select local If no matching account exists log on with administrator privileges c In the Authentication field verify that Windows Authentication appears If not select it and click Connect 5 To confirm the list of databases that require backup from the Object Explorer window expand Databases System Databases The...

Page 151: ...ckup files Modify the following variable for the name unique to each database DBNAME Set database name DECLARE DIRNAME VARCHAR 40 DBNAME VARCHAR 40 SUFFIX VARCHAR 48 FILENAME VARCHAR 128 SET DIRNAME I Backups SET DBNAME master SET SUFFIX _FULL_ convert varchar 8 getdate 112 _ replace convert varchar 8 getdate 108 bak SET FILENAME DIRNAME DBNAME SUFFIX BACKUP DATABASE DBNAME TO DISK FILENAME WITH N...

Page 152: ...lick OK to accept the schedule update e Click OK to complete backup job creation 10 Repeat the above steps starting with step 8 until all databases excluding tempdb have a backup job 11 To create an SQL Server backup file management job go to step 8 and perform the following a As the job description type BAK file management b For the database field select master c For the Command field use this te...

Page 153: ...Related information Microsoft Developer Network article for SQL Server 2012 Change Server Authentication Mode 153 Guidelines for backing up configuration files ...

Page 154: ... password to log on to the Cisco MDS switches Procedure 1 Log in to the switch using PuTTY with the int mdsbackup log on ID on the Converged System 2 Use the copy command to create the configuration file backups copy startup config tftp 192 168 101 93 9502 config V00101MDxxxx_startup_ TIMESTAMP config copy running config tftp 192 168 101 93 9502 config V00101MDxxxx_running_ TIMESTAMP config end Wh...

Page 155: ...le Extension Specify number with Number of characters in the file extension If LCase Right Cstr oFile Name 6 config Then If oFile DateLastModified Date iDaysOld Then oFile Delete True End If End If Next Set oFSO Nothing Set oFolder Nothing Set oFileCollection Nothing Set oFile Nothing Scheduling the task to purge older backup files Schedule the script called D scripts delete_old_backups vbs daily ...

Page 156: ...4 On the Schedule tab schedule the task to run daily at 1 00 AM Backing up Cisco MDS switches 156 ...

Page 157: ...s across two data centers The configuration of ELM with VMware vSphere 6 0 is not be addressed in this document Deployment of ELM with VMware vSphere 6 0 cannot be reversed ELM with VMware vSphere 6 0 is managed as a complete system and should be considered a fault operational and maintenance domain Any ELM with VMware vSphere 6 0 configuration must be compatible with backup and restore processes ...

Page 158: ...the VMware vSphere 6 0 fault operation and maintenance domain Dell EMC recommends AMP 2S with an SMP VMP configuration to simplify VMware vSphere 6 0 management with more than two Converged Systems or VMware vCenter servers Backing up and restoring Converged Systems with VMware ELM Use this information to review backup and recovery capabilities 1 Deploy and test a Data Protection and Recovery solu...

Page 159: ...w the following link for recommend topologies VMware vSphere 6 0 Recommended Topologies https kb vmware com selfservice microsites search do language en_US cmd displayKC externalId 2108548 Each Converged System participating in ELM must continue to maintain a functioning AMP To maintain the original Converged System premise of independence each Converged System VMware vSphere environment must not ...

Page 160: ...s Refer to the following VMware KB article for additional information for VMware vSphere 6 0 https kb vmware com selfservice microsites search do language en_US cmd displayKC externalId 2106283 VMware vSphere 6 0 management traffic must have its QoS marking extended across any metro or WAN links connecting separate physical data centers VMware vSphere 6 0 ELM configurations must use consistent IP ...

Page 161: ...ncer Intra Converged System VMware ELM scalability planning Determine the maximum number of VMware vCenter servers with ELM that can be configured in a Converged System configured with two PSCs Based on a standard Converged System configuration with two PSCs you can have a maximum of eight VMware vCenter servers in a standard Converged System Half of the VMware vCenter servers point to the first P...

Page 162: ...ch of the four Converged Systems can support more than one VMware vCenter servers In this configuration you must maintain the Dell EMC VMware vSphere software Release Certification Matrix RCM consistently across all four Converged Systems Periodically monitor PSC replication sequence numbers to verify PSC synchronization Dell EMC recommends a maximum of two Converged Systems Minimizing the number ...

Page 163: ...maximum of two Converged Systems in an ELM configuration with VMware vSphere 6 0 and multiple physical data centers Dell EMC does not recommend such a large fault tolerant and data protection and recovery domain for an ELM configuration with VMware vSphere 6 0 with four Converged Systems across two physical data centers Each physical data center supports one Converged System with two PSCs and a ma...

Page 164: ...75 4BCF AB84 4F21408F87A6 html Migrating to an ELM configuration with VMware vSphere 6 0 is an irreversible configuration In order to split an ELM configuration you must build a new discrete VMware vSphere 6 0 domain with PSCs VC and VUM You must migrate the VMware vSphere hosts and VM guests which are desired to be split off to the newly built VMware vSphere domain Although workarounds have been ...

Page 165: ...nt VMware vCenter server 6 0 between External PSC in a site 2113917 https kb vmware com selfservice microsites search do language en_US cmd displayKC externalId 2113917 Repointing VMware vCenter server 6 0 between sites in a VMware vSphere Domain 2131191 https kb vmware com selfservice microsites search do language en_US cmd displayKC externalId 2131191 VMware ELM dependencies and limitations All ...

Page 166: ...us single pane of glass management for up to ten VMware vCenter servers This provides an operational improvement in managing multiple VMware vCenter servers However as the number of PSCs and VMware vCenter servers increases the size of the VMware vSphere 6 0 fault domain becomes larger Processes to backup and restore any VMware vSphere component participating in ELM must be absolutely reliable and...

Page 167: ...ere 6 0 scalability and the AMP 2S Maximum number of PSCs Maximum number of VMware vCenter servers Maximum number of VxBlock or VBlock systems Maximum number of Data Centers Deploy ELM Deploy AMP 2S in an SMP VMP configurat ion 2 2 1 1 Y N 4 4 2 2 Y N 4 4 2 2 Y N 4 4 2 2 N Y 167 Configuring VMware Enhanced Linked Mode vSphere 6 0 ...

Page 168: ...a data center Two or more VMware vCenters linked to two or more PSCs across two or more Converged Systems across two data centers Deployment of ELM with VMware vSphere 6 5U1 cannot be reversed ELM with VMware vSphere 6 5U1 is managed as a complete system and should be considered a fault operational and maintenance domain Any ELM with VMware vSphere 6 5U1 configuration must be compatible with backu...

Page 169: ...ware vSphere 6 5U1 management with more than two Converged Systems or VMware vCenter servers Backup and restore Converged Systems with VMware ELM vSphere 6 5U1 The VMware vCenter Server 6 5 supports file based and image based backups Backup Restore jobs can be initiated using GUI or API interfaces Dell EMC recommends using VCSA Native file based backup to backup restore PSC vCenter Server and reco...

Page 170: ...ernalId 2149237 File based backup and Restoring vCenter Server Appliance https docs vmware com en VMware vSphere 6 5 com vmware vsphere install doc GUID 3EAED005 B0A3 40CF B40D 85AD247D7EA4 html Image based backup and restoring vCenter server https docs vmware com en VMware vSphere 6 5 com vmware vsphere install doc GUID 1C73996F 8312 4BBD A16C B2C8FC3C0D31 html If you are using the VMware Data Pr...

Page 171: ...6 5U1 Recommended Topologies https kb vmware com selfservice microsites search do language en_US cmd displayKC externalId 2147672 Dell EMC recommend topologies One Single Sign On domain One Single Sign On site Two or more vCenter Servers with two external Platform Services Controllers in a single Converged System One Single Sign On domain One Single Sign On site One or more vCenter Servers with tw...

Page 172: ...ain One or more Single Sign On sites One or more vCenter Servers with two external Platform Services Controller in two or more Converged Systems across multiple sites Configuring VMware Enhanced Linked Mode vSphere 6 5U1 172 ...

Page 173: ...pported on Converged Systems Ensure that the AMP server s have network connectivity and sufficient resources to meet any additional workload This occurs after delivery and implementation Load Balancers are not supported with the Converged System During deployment a VMware vCenter must be associated with a local PSC In the event of a PSC failure the VMware vCenter must be manually repointed to a se...

Page 174: ...loyments of Platform Services Controller Platform Services Controller to Platform Services Controller Refer to the following VMware KB article for additional information for VMware vSphere 6 5U1 communication port requirements https docs vmware com en VMware vSphere 6 5 com vmware vsphere upgrade doc GUID 925370DD E3D1 455B 81C7 CB28AAF20617 html VMware vSphere 6 5U1 management traffic must have i...

Page 175: ...s the maximum number of VMware vCenter servers that can be supported in an Enhanced Linked Mode ELM configuration By definition an ELM consists of a single SSO domain You can have a maximum of 15 VMware vCenter servers per SSO domain Determine the maximum number of PSCs per VMware vSphere Domain which defines the maximum number of PSCs that can be part of a single SSO domain You can have a maximum...

Page 176: ...onverged Systems A minimum of one VMware vCenter server is required for each Converged System The maximum number of VMware vCenter servers with ELM is limited to 15 Each of the five Converged Systems can support more than one VMware vCenter servers In this configuration you must maintain the Dell EMC VMware vSphere software Release Certification Matrix RCM consistently across all five Converged Sy...

Page 177: ...he multiple Converged Systems Deployment of more than one VMware vCenter server per Converged System requires the deployment of a redundant AMP server with an external VNXe Each AMP Server must be appropriately scaled to support multiple VMware vCenter servers You must appropriately scale all Converged System AMP network storage and compute environment resources when deploying multiple VMware vCen...

Page 178: ...multiple physical data centers See the following link for configuring a ring topology with VMware vSphere 6 5U1 https docs vmware com en VMware vSphere 6 5 com vmware psc doc GUID 62CC201A 01ED 4116 8604 FF123481DAFC html Repointing a VC to a different PSC is limited to the same domain with VMware vSphere 6 5U1 See the following links for repointing with VMware vSphere 6 5U1 How to repoint VMware ...

Page 179: ...cesses to backup and restore any VMware vSphere component participating in ELM must be absolutely reliable and supportable across Converged Systems and data centers Maintaining synchronization of PSC replication requires 100 network availability between PSCs in different Converged Systems or data centers After a PSC outage synchronization may take some time to occur In addition as the size of the ...

Page 180: ...are vCenter servers Maximum number of VxBlock systems Maximum number of Data Centers Deploy ELM Deploy AMP 2S in an SMP VMP configuration 4 4 2 2 Y N 4 4 2 2 Y N 4 4 2 2 Y Y 10 15 5 5 N N Configuring VMware Enhanced Linked Mode vSphere 6 5U1 180 ...

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