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UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration (cont'd)

The ESXi Management Interface displays the progress of the VM provisioning status.

ESXi Management Interface - VM Provisioning Status

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Summary of Contents for UNUM 4600

Page 1: ... Appliance Getting Started Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 1 of 60 Pluribus UNUM Management Platform Dell Virtual Edge Platform 4600 Getting Started Guide Version 5 2 0 June 2020 ...

Page 2: ... Networks All Rights Reserved Page 2 of 60 Table of Contents Legal Notice 3 Introduction 4 Specifications 5 Physical Installation 6 Hardware Overview 7 System Interface 9 UNUM VEP4600 Configuration 19 Submitting a Service Request 52 Appendix A 53 About Pluribus Networks 60 ...

Page 3: ...R ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE IN NO EVENT SHALL PLURIBUS NETWORKS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS OR LOSS OR DAMAGE TO DATA ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS MANUAL EVEN IF PLURIBUS NETWORKS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES Any Internet Protocol IP addresse...

Page 4: ...lications rely primarily on features of the Netvisor ONE such as VFLOWs mirrors and connections statistics but can also provide analytics in a non Pluribus environment At a high level UNUM supports the following deployment scenarios Netvisor ONE as a mirror switch an out of band Pluribus switch is configured as a mirror in either an existing Pluribus switched network or a non Pluribus switched net...

Page 5: ... UNUM on the DELL VEP4600 Hardware Single Server chassis 1 Rack Unit 8 CPU cores 16 vCPU 128 GB Ram 960 GB SSD Quad 1G Base T NIC dual 10G Base T NIC IPMI 2 0 KVM with Dedicated LAN Dual power supply Insight Analytics Ingest up to 1 000 connections second Retains up to 500 Million connections UNUM Standard Appliance Specifications UNUM Dell Virtual Edge Platform 4600 ...

Page 6: ... VEP4600 platform AC country and regional specifc ccabes t ctooec te A ptoee stoece t ecct to te pbc oterss A power supplies Two post rail kit mounting brackets for rack installation included Screws for rack installation 1 and 2 Phillips screwdrivers not included M2 Philips drive flat head screwdriver not included Ground cable screws included for L bracket order separately M3 ground lug assembly k...

Page 7: ...ane Development Kit DPDK Storage 960GB SSD DDR4 ECC 128GB RAM Two 10GbE SFP ports Four 1000Base T ports One MicroUSB B console port Two USB Type A ports for more file storage One board management controller BMC Two RJ 45 RS 232 serial console ports One 10 100 1000BaseT RJ 45 Ethernet management port for the processor One 10 100 1000BaseT RJ 45 Ethernet management port for the BMC One or two AC hot...

Page 8: ... by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 8 of 60 Hardware Overview cont d Physical Dimensions The VEP4600 platform have the following physical dimensions 434 x 381 x 43 6 mm W x D x H 17 1 x 15 x 1 72 inches W x D x H PSU fan tray handle 1 57 inches 40 mm ...

Page 9: ...ace VEP4600 System Overview I O Panel View I O Panel View 1 Platform status Icons LEDs 2 RS 232 console ports top and 10 100 1000 Base T ports bottom 3 SFP ports 4 Luggage tag 5 1000Base T networking ports 6 Processor power on off button 7 Micro USB B port 8 USB Type A ports 9 Optional VEP4600 Expansion Cards 10 Power Supplies ...

Page 10: ...Rights Reserved Page 10 of 60 System Interface cont d Power Supply PSU View Power Supply View 1 PSUs 2 Fans PSU LEDs Power Supply LEDs Solid green Input is OK Flashing yellow amber There is a fault with the PSU Flashing green blink at 1Hz Platform is in a standby CR state Off PSU is off ...

Page 11: ...l and on the drive carriers to keep you constantly informed of the overall status of the system Control Panel LEDs 1 Power LED 2 Master LED 3 System LED 4 Locator LED 5 Temperature LED 6 Fan LED 7 SFP indicator LED 8 10 100 1000 BaseT RJ 45 networking link left and activity right LEDs 9 10 100 1000 BaseT RJ 45 networking link left and activity right LEDs for the processor left and for the BMC righ...

Page 12: ...pply failure Power LED Off system off or in standby Solid Green Normal operation Solid yellow POST is in process Flashing yellow Power supply failed Master LED Solid green platform is in stacking Master or Stand alone mode Off system is slave of the stack or system in standby FAN LED Off system off or in standby Solid green Normal operation fan powered and running at the expected RPM Solid yellow ...

Page 13: ...nction enabled Flashing blue with 2 sec on and 1 sec off system in standby Temperature status LED Off system off or in standby Solid green temperature is normal Solid yellow temperature is at the limit Flashing yellow temperature is over the limit RJ 45 Ethernet LED Off no link and no activity detected On Activity on the port Solid yellow Link operating at a lower speed Solid green Link operating ...

Page 14: ... Link operating at a maximum speed auto negotiated forced or 1G Solid yellow Link operating at a lower speed auto negotiated forced or 10 100M Activity LED Off No link Flashing green Port activity SFP Port LEDs Link Activity LED Off No link Solid green Link operating at maximum speed 10G Solid yellow Link operating at a lower speed 1G Flashing green port activity for 10G Flashing yellow port activ...

Page 15: ...P4600 Appliance Getting Started Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 15 of 60 System Interface cont d Luggage Tag Luggage Tag 1 SVC tag 2 MAC address 3 PPID 4 Express service code ...

Page 16: ...RS 232 processor console port left BMC console port right Caution Ensure that any equipment attached to the serial port can support the required 115200 baud rate Note Before starting this procedure ensure that your PC has a 9 pin serial port and that you have installed a terminal emulation program on the PC Note Io ytoe PAss seeicb pte ccoot cccep c oercbe DB 9 ctooec te ose c DB 9 rcbe t rcbe cdc...

Page 17: ...it No flow control MicroUSB B Console Port Access The MicroUSB B console port is on the PSU side of the VEP4600 The terminal settings are the same for the serial console port and the RS 232 RJ 45 console port 115200 baud rate No parity 8 data bits 1 stop bit No flow control When you connect the microUSB B port it becomes the primary connection and while connected all messages are sent to the micro...

Page 18: ...nto the microUSB B console port on the platform 4 Power on the platform 5 Install the necessary USB device drivers 6 To download Dell EMC drivers see https www dell com support If your computer requires non Dell EMC drivers contact Dell EMC Technical Support for assistance 7 Open your terminal software emulation program to access the platform 8 Confirm that the terminal settings on your terminal s...

Page 19: ...wnloads tab You may download software directly from the Customer Portal Use your provided support credentials If you do not have credentials for the Customer Portal please Contact Support AND fill out the following Product Registration http www pluribusnetworks com support product registration Note The Serial Number is equivalent to UNUM s Machine ID You may not have a Serial Number if you have no...

Page 20: ... 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Upon successfully logging in you are greeted by a welcome screen Pluribus Networks Customer Portal Welcome Screen Select Software Downloads and follow the login instructions on the screen Please verify your support credentials again Pluribus Networks Cloud UNUM Login Screen ...

Page 21: ...UNUM VEP4600 Appliance Getting Started Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 21 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Pluribus Networks Cloud Welcome Screen and Menu ...

Page 22: ...ge Select CURRENT from the DOWNLOADS section of the sidebar menu Pluribus Networks Cloud UNUM Download Download the software to a local system You need to download and have readily available UNUM Provisioning OVA UNUM provision 5 2 0 xxxx xx ova UNUM Appliance OVA UNUM 5 2 0 xxxx xx st ova Virtual Netvisor OVA VNV 5010315465 ova example version only Note The downloaded vNV version has to match you...

Page 23: ...during ESXi configuration otherwise manually assign a static IP addresses for UNUM and vNV Please refer to the relevant documentation at https www pluribusnetworks com support technical documentation 3 Configure ESXi and create a new Virtual Machine VM using the configuration examples illustrated below 4 Connect to the UNUM host via a terminal session using SSH using the assigned IP address and ru...

Page 24: ...i Management Interface Licensing Tab No License Obtain a valid license key from the VMware website using the following steps and as illustrated in the following images 1 Navigate to https www vmware com products vsphere hypervisor html and select Download Now You may need to create a free account to continue 2 Register for the download when prompted 3 After registration you will be redirected to t...

Page 25: ...VEP4600 Appliance Getting Started Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 25 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d WMware Website Download License WMware Website VMware Licenses ...

Page 26: ...nce Getting Started Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 26 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Enter the key using Assign License ESXi Management Interface Licensing Tab Assign License ...

Page 27: ...g Started Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 27 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d The ESXi dashboard updates with the valid key information ESXi Management Interface Licensing Tab New License ...

Page 28: ...d Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 28 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Configure ESXi and Create VM From the ESXi Management Interface select Create Register VM ESXi Management Interface Create VM ...

Page 29: ...tarted Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 29 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Select Creation Type and click deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file ESXi Management Interface Deploy OVA ...

Page 30: ...rted Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 30 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Enter a name for the VM and select the provisioning OVA file ESXi Management Interface VM Name and OVA Installation File ...

Page 31: ...M VEP4600 Appliance Getting Started Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 31 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Select Storage ESXi Management Interface Select Datastore ...

Page 32: ...ted Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 32 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Deployment Options ESXi Management Interface Deployment Options Note Pluribus Networks recommends using Thin Provisioning ...

Page 33: ...VEP4600 Appliance Getting Started Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 33 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Ready to Complete ESXi Management Interface Ready to Complete ...

Page 34: ...Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 34 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d The ESXi Management Interface displays the progress of the VM provisioning status ESXi Management Interface VM Provisioning Status ...

Page 35: ...ted Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 35 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Upon successfully creating the VM the ESXi management Interface updates ESXi Management Interface VM Provisioning Complete ...

Page 36: ...00 Configuration cont d Use the Console within the ESXi Management Interface to review and record the assigned IP address Enter the UNUM login information username vcf password changeme and run the command ifconfig eth0 The following screen is displayed Take note of the assigned IP address ESXi Management Interface VM Console ...

Page 37: ...s Reserved Page 37 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d From a Terminal session enter the following commands ssh vcf 10 110 3 21 example only Enter the IP address you previously recorded from the steps above Enter the password changeme The following screen displays SSH Terminal VM Login ...

Page 38: ...ts Reserved Page 38 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d OVA Files Create a local directory to hold the OVA files SSH Terminal UNUM Create OVA File Directory Move the previously downloaded OVA files on your PC to the local OVA directory created above SSH Terminal UNUM OVA File Directory ...

Page 39: ...M VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Provision UNUM To access the requisite installation scripts enter cd home vcf srv vcf bin tools cluster at the command prompt SSH Terminal Cluster Directory Scripts Run the unum_provision sh script SSH Terminal UNUM Provision Script The following menu displays SSH Terminal Provision Menu ...

Page 40: ...3 Login to the VM and set up the Eth1 IP address 4 Add vnv s as a Seed Switch for UNUM Performed post vNV config setup vNV 1 Deploy VM 2 Obtain vmgmt0 IP address for vNV from DHCP 3 Disconnect the Network adapter 1 on the VM 4 Accept EULA 5 If fabric name is specified join fabric and errors out under the following conditions a fabric doesn t exist or is not reachable or is running a different vers...

Page 41: ...parameter defaults to 0 untagged 3 Assign a vnic to the vswitch This vnic is the physical port connected to the switch and needs to be entered correctly by the user for configuration to succeed Without this is the physical link the vNV cannot find the fabric to join vNV Configuration 1 vNVss Ne otek dcp ee 3 cssigoed t tis pte getop 2 vdata0 interface on vNV needs an IP address configured in the s...

Page 42: ...ved Page 42 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d UNUM Deployment Menu Select Option 1 Deploy Standalone VM Enter the requisite information for each configuration prompt See details below In many cases use the default value by hitting Enter or Return SSH Terminal UNUM Provisioning new VEP Inputs ...

Page 43: ... Inputs Enter UNUM VM Name unum vm Enter a name for the VM or use the default value Enter UNUM OVA home vcf ova_files UNUM 5 2 0 7217 11 st ova example version only Enter eth1 IP mask for UNUM VM 172 16 250 150 24 default value vNV Inputs Enter vNV OVA home vcf ova_files VNV 5010315465 ova Example version only The version you use must match the Netvisor ONE OS version running on your switches Ente...

Page 44: ...r vnv 2 vnv vm_2 Enter name or use default value Enter fabric to join on vNV 1 inband ureg example only Enter vNV connection mode for vnv vm_1 management inband management inband Enter vSwitch name for inband_vnv vnv switch_2 Available vmnics vmnic0 vmnic1 vmnic2 vmnic3 vmnic4 vmnic5 vmnic6 vmnic7 vmnic8 Enter up to 2 vmnic s connected to inband ureg separated by comma vmnic2 Enter portgroup for v...

Page 45: ...ght 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 45 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Provisioning After entering the requisite settings UNUM begins the provisioning process and reports each configuration step SSH Terminal UNUM Provisioning ...

Page 46: ...ted Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 46 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Optionally monitor the provisioning from the ESXi Management Interface ESXi Management Interface Monitor UNUM Provisioning ...

Page 47: ...ights Reserved Page 47 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d UNUM logs the provisioning output to the provision_log file which is available for subsequent review SSH Terminal UNUM Provisioning Log Output Note Once provisioning is complete we recommend powering down the Provisioning VM ...

Page 48: ...t d Autostart Settings for VMs After deploying the VMs enable autostart in the event the ESXi host reboots to ensure the UNUM VMs start as well From the ESXi Management Interface click Manage and choose Autostart Esxi Management Interface Configure Autostart Click on Edit Settings and set Enabled to Yes Esxi Management Interface Enable Autostart ...

Page 49: ...ted Guide Copyright 2020 by Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 49 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d Select the UNUM VM click on Enable Repeat the process for the vNV VM s Esxi Management Interface Enable Autostart All VMs ...

Page 50: ...uration cont d vNV Configured Switch Login to the newly configured seed switch using the mgmt ip address 10 110 0 216 in this example to review the configuration SSH Terminal UNUM Provisioning Show Switch Setup vNV Seed Switch Login to the UNUM instance Refer to the UNUM 5 2 0 Installation User Guide for more information on using UNUM ...

Page 51: ...s All Rights Reserved Page 51 of 60 UNUM VEP 4600 Configuration cont d The Topology dashboard displays the newly configured switches and vNV instances UNUM Topology Dashboard Post Provisioning Note Refer to the UNUM 5 2 0 Installation User Guide for more information on using UNUM ...

Page 52: ...tional support contracts from your partner reseller or Pluribus Networks Purchasing a support contract from a local partner is sometimes preferred due to geographical or language requirements Please contract your local partner to better understand the available service programs and pricing If you purchased a Pluribus FreedomCare maintenance agreement you can contact Pluribus Networks directly for ...

Page 53: ...Pluribus Networks All Rights Reserved Page 53 of 60 Appendix A Appendix 1 Login If desired to set a static IP for Pluribus UNUM log into the VM via the console with the credentials vcf changeme UNUm Console Login Screen 2 Run UNUM_setup sh Run UNUM_setup sh Script ...

Page 54: ... of 60 Appendix A cont d 3 Configure UNUM IP You may now configure the Host IP by selecting Option 1 Follow the on screen instructions for entering the Host IP address Note Before you can configure or edit UNUM IP Addresses you must first stop UNUM using Option 4 UNUM Options Menu UNUM Configure UNUM IP Menu ...

Page 55: ...tion via Netvisor REST This interface uses DHCP by default Eth1 used for internal system communication is set to IP address 172 16 251 1 by default WARNING If you change the IP address of Eth1 in a cluster configuration you disrupt normal operations Please contact Pluribus Networks Technical Support if you need or want to change the Eth1 address in a cluster configuration Eth2 Optional used to con...

Page 56: ...ty of deployments there is no need to change this address However if you use the default range as the UNUM management network there could be network conflicts within your network Therefore you have the ability to modify the docker0 interface IP address using Option 2 Configure docker0 IP UNUM Configure Docker0 VCFnet Bridge IP Select Option 2 Configure docker0 IP Enter the desired IP address range...

Page 57: ...pendix A cont d UNUM updates the docker0 IP address stopping and restarting services UNUM Configure Docker0 IP Press any key to continue If required view the new docker0 IP address using ifconfig from a command prompt UNUM New Docker0 IP Address Note The docker0 IP address has to be a specific host IP address and mask ...

Page 58: ... UNUM management network there could be network conflicts within your network Therefore you have the ability to modify the VCFnet interface IP address using Option 3 Configure vcfnet network UNUM Configure VCFnet Network IP Select Option 3 Configure vcfnet Network Enter the desired IP address range and mask Shown below as example only Enter the sudo password UNUM updates the vcfnet IP address stop...

Page 59: ...0 Appendix A cont d If required view the new vcfnet IP address using ifconfig from a command prompt UNUM New vcfnet IP Address Note The vcfnet IP address has to be a specific network IP address and mask If no further configuration changes are required use Option 3 to restart UNUM otherwise proceed to the next step ...

Page 60: ...fying network operations is Pluribus UNUM an agile multi functional web management portal that provides a rich graphical user interface to manage the Adaptive Cloud Fabric UNUM has two key modules UNUM Fabric Manager for provisioning and management of the fabric and UNUM Insight Analytics to quickly examine billions of flows traversing the fabric to ensure quality and performance Pluribus is deplo...

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