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ClearCube Technology, Inc.

ClearCube Virtualization

Deployment Guide

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Summary of Contents for R2200

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Page 2: ...of this material Trademarks Sentral ClearCube C3 Architecture Blade Switching BackPack PC Blade and C Port are trademarks of ClearCube Technology Inc Product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies Patents The ClearCube Architecture and its components described in this user manual are protected by numerous granted and pending U S and internati...

Page 3: ... Storage Volumes 9 Setting up iSCSI 10 Understanding the iSCSI Storage System Components 11 Obtaining EMC Documentation 11 Installing VMware ESX Server 13 Installing Virtual Infrastructure Client 16 Completing Steps for USB Support 21 Deploying VMware Server 23 Overview 23 Satisfying Installation Prerequisites 23 Installing VMware Server 23 Installing Windows Server 2003 23 Installing IIS 6 0 24 S...

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Page 5: ...n platforms that ClearCube supports A general description of each platform architecture is provided and links to referenced and additional documentation are provided Deploying ESX Server on page 7 provides an overview of the VMware ESX Server installation process It also provides installation instructions for EMC AX150i iSCSI data storage system ESX Server and virtual machines and the Virtual Infr...

Page 6: ...ers Installation and Upgrade Guide ESX Server 3 0 1 and VirtualCenter 2 0 1 Describes how to install and upgrade VMware VirtualCenter and ESX Server Basic System Administration ESX Server 3 0 1 and VirtualCenter 2 0 1 Describes how to manage the Virtual Infrastructure components Server Configuration Guide ESX Server 3 0 1 and VirtualCenter 2 0 1 Describes how to configure networking for ESX Server...

Page 7: ...e Network attached data storage system such as iSCSI or NAS Sentral system Users attach to VMs via Ethernet VM hosts provide a virtual router in each host and a virtual network interface controller NIC for each instantiated VM Client systems include ClearCube Windows XPE or NeoLinux I Ports connecting through Remote Desktop Protocol RDP or the Sentral I Port client ClearCube I8330 I Ports connecti...

Page 8: ...imum number of VMs per RAM on an R2200 Blade Table 1 R2200 Recommended Maximum VMs Power limitations on R2200 Blades with 3 8 GHz processors allow using only one hard disk Administrators may want to standardize on R2200s equipped with only one hard drive Figure 1 VMs Hosted on ESX Server RAM Maximum VMs 4 GB 7 6 GB 12 8 GB 15 Virtual Router Virtual NICs Sentral Blade Client XP OS User Appli cation...

Page 9: ... MB of RAM for the VMware Server host and 512 MB per VM The following table lists the recommended maximum number of VMs per RAM on an A1010 Blade Table 2 A1010 Recommended Maximum VMs Figure 2 VMs Hosted on VMware Server RAM Maximum VMs 2 GB 3 3 GB 5 4 GB 6 Virtual Router Virtual NICs Sentral Blade Client XP OS User Appli cations Sentral Blade Client XP OS User Appli cations Sentral Blade Client X...

Page 10: ...6 Understanding Virtualization in a ClearCube Environment ClearCube Virtualization Deployment Guide ...

Page 11: ...all ESX Server on an R2200 series Blade with a minimum of 4 GB RAM a Configure USB settings during VI Client installation to enable your USB mouse and keyboard to connect to your administrator C Port For more information see Step 9 on page 14 b To install ESX Server from a CD ROM you must attach a CD ROM drive to the C Port USB port c Before you can install ESX Server on a disk that use the SATA i...

Page 12: ...orm the following steps a Mount floppy drive image to install OS b In a ClearCube environment VMware ESX Server sees virtual machines as virtual small computer system interface SCSI drives You must install the SCSI drivers contained in the lsi flp floppy image file on a Blade before you can install Windows on your virtual machines The lsi flp file virtualizes the floppy disk driver c Install host ...

Page 13: ...image to deploy to other computers in a group on entire enterprise To deploy VMs you can Duplicate the VM on additional Blades by copying and pasting the appropriate VM files VMX and VMDK files Note Do not copy VM configuration file VMX file or it will duplicate the MAC address of the machine in the system equal to the number of the same configuration file Use an imaging tool such as Norton Ghost ...

Page 14: ...Supported SCSI controllers include Adaptec Ultra160 and Ultra320 LSI Logic FusionMPT and most NCR Symbios cards Supported RAID adapters include HP Smart Array Dell PercRAID Adaptec RAID and LSI MegaRAID and IBM Adaptec ServeRAID controllers Supported Fibre Channel adapters include Emulex and QLogic host bus adapters HBAs A SCSI disk Fibre Channel LUN or RAID LUN with unpartitioned space In a minim...

Page 15: ... typical tasks ClearCube does not support Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAP in VMware environments Obtaining EMC Documentation The following list details the location of EMC documents that are referenced in the following sections and provides links to customized documentation Documents referred to in this section are included on the EMC AX150 Series Documentation CD ROM included wit...

Page 16: ... standard NEMA cabinet rack g Step 5 Connect ac power h Step 6 Power up the AX150i AX150SCi and UPS i Step 7 Connect Management ports to a network 2 Install storage system software For more information see Step 8 Initialize the AX150i AX150SCi in the EMC Getting Started document 3 Configure storage system software You can use Navisphere Express which you installed and configured earlier in this se...

Page 17: ...ROM in your CD ROM drive to display the installation start screen Figure 2 ESX Server installation start screen 2 You must type exactly one of the following lines to start installation in the graphical or text mode Note The text displayed that describes how to specify installation mode does not work in the ClearCube environment Type one of the lines shown below These instructions describe the grap...

Page 18: ...cify the device on which to install ESX Server and then click Next 8 The installation Wizard displays a warning Click Yes to display the Partition Disks screen Follow the on screen instructions to make any changes Click Next to display the Advanced Options screen 9 Select the boot specification appropriate for your environment Note You must type the following line to enable USB connectivity after ...

Page 19: ... portion of the screen Click Next 12 Set the root password and click next 13 Review your selections and click Back to make changes or click Next to install ESX Server and display the installation progress meter 14 The wizard should display a screen indicating that installation is complete Point your browser to the URL indicated on the screen The URL displays a page that enables you to download Vir...

Page 20: ...load page is automatically displayed after installing ESX Server Click Download the Virtual Infrastructure Client and install the executable Figure 4 Downloading the VI Client 2 Double click the VI Client icon located on your desktop after VI Client installation to display the VI Client login screen Perform the following steps a Type the IP address of your ESX Server b Type the your username and p...

Page 21: ...k the Configuration tab and then click the Add Networking link on the right side of the screen to open the Connection Type window Figure 6 Adding virtual network components 4 To specify a static IP address for the VMkernel choose the VMkernel option Ensure that you add the VMkernel to the same switch the service console uses Click Next to open the VMkernel Network Access window 5 Choose Create a V...

Page 22: ...right portion of the window to open the License Sources window 11 Choose the license server or license file option as appropriate for your environment and then click OK 12 In the Configuration tab click Storage SCSI SAN and NFS in the Hardware panel Then click the Add Storage link in the upper right portion of the window to open the Select Storage Type window 13 Choose the storage option appropria...

Page 23: ...vironment to select a datastore as described earlier in the procedure Click Next 20 Choose the Microsoft Windows operating system option and then select Microsoft Windows XP Professional Click Next 21 Specify the appropriate number of virtual processors and then click Next 22 Use the slider bar to specify the appropriate memory for the VM and then click Next 23 Use the drop down boxes to specify t...

Page 24: ...file perform the following steps Note These instructions assume that you are installing the operating system from an ISO image not from a physical CD ROM The instructions also assume that the OS and floppy files are located on the machine that runs the VI Client Locating these files on the VI Client machine ensures their accessibility during installation a Right click the VM and select Open Consol...

Page 25: ... i Windows Setup displays a message requesting you to insert a disk in the drive Press the ENTER key to display the SCSI Adapter screen j Press the ENTER key to specify the LSI Logic driver and then press the ENTER key again to install the operating system Install Windows XP Professional as appropriate for your environment Completing Steps for USB Support To enable USB support on Blades and C Port...

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Page 27: ...sites Working IP Ethernet network with communication between connected components Machine on which to install VMware Server Necessary operating system software and licenses Installing VMware Server This section describes all the steps you must perform to install VMware Server Installing Windows Server 2003 Install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 as appropriate for your environment ensuring that you ...

Page 28: ...l FTP service Enables users to upload and download files Network News Transfer Protocol NNTP service Enables discussion group hosting Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP service Enables sending and receiving e mail IIS is located on Windows Server 2003 installation CD ROM Note ClearCube also supports IIS 5 0 Starting the Installation and Creating Virtual Machines 1 Double click the VMware Server ex...

Page 29: ... Figure 2 Creating a new virtual machine 3 Click Next to open the Select the Appropriate Configuration window 4 Select Typical and then click Next to open the Select a Guest Operating System window 5 Choose the Microsoft Windows option and then select Windows XP Professional in the Version drop down box Figure 3 Specifying the OS for a virtual machine Windows XP Professional ...

Page 30: ...Virtual machine name text box and then click Browse to specify the directory where VMware Server will place the VM Click Next to open the Network Type window Figure 4 Specifying the name and location of the virtual machine 7 Choose Use bridged networking and then click Next to open the Specify Disk Capacity window ...

Page 31: ...r while creating the VM Figure 5 Indicating VM creation progress VMware Server is now creating the VM s file structure Once the virtual machine is created you can install the operating system on the VM Installing the Operating System This section assumes that you are using a disk image ISO to install Windows XP Professional on your virtual machine Perform the following steps to install the Windows...

Page 32: ...ualization Deployment Guide 1 Right click the VM on which you are installing the OS and click Settings You can specify the location of the operating system disk image that you are going to install on the VM Figure 6 Locating the OS disk image ...

Page 33: ...ization Deployment Guide Deploying VMware Server 29 2 Click CD ROM on the Hardware tab and then choose Use ISO in the Connection pane Click Browse to find the XP Professional ISO Figure 7 Installing the operating system ...

Page 34: ...page 30 Note You must click in the VM portion of the window to gain keyboard and mouse focus so you can respond to the interactive installation Figure 8 Viewing Windows XP Professional setup on a VM Installing VMware Tools VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that significantly improves the performance of the OS on a VM The Virtual Machine Guide located on VMware Server Online Library describes ho...

Page 35: ...pter 3 Using VMware Tools shown below the red arrow in the following figure for information about how to install VMware Tools Figure 9 Using VMware Tools section of Virtual Machine Guide Deploying Virtual Machines To deploy a VM you can Copy and paste an existing VM Using VI Client GUI Note Do not copy VM configuration file or it will duplicate the MAC address of the machine in the system equal to...

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Page 37: ...environment you must use a network attached storage volume to store virtual machine data You can use NFS for demonstration purposes however ClearCube does not support NFS in deployments The following instructions detail NFS version 3 over TCP SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Setting up NFS ClearCube has tested SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 running NFS versions 2 3 and 4 Kernel version 2 6 13 KDE 3 4 2 level b ...

Page 38: ...to ensure that connections to data storage are not lost For more information about the VMkernel see Installing VMware ESX Server on page 13 Setting up NFS The following steps describe how to set up NFS on SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 running the K Desktop Environment KDE Release 3 4 2 level b If you are working in a different environment perform the same steps using the interface that your environment...

Page 39: ...a shared directory ESX Server creates a folder for each VM in your environment in this directory and stores all VM related data there Type a forward slash in the directory text box and then type the name of a new subdirectory beneath the root directory root myVMdirectory Where myVMdirectory is the name of the directory that contains all VM related data Use any name that is consistent with your nam...

Page 40: ...NFS to the VMware environment Adding NFS to VMware Infrastruture 3 The directory you created in the previous section is shared so any computer running Linux with an NFS client including ESX Server can access the directory You can now use VI Client to add the directory to the VMware environment The following steps assume that VI Client is on a computer running Windows XP Professional Perform the fo...

Page 41: ... System in the Storage Type pane and then click Next to display the Locate Network File System dialog box 5 Type the IP address of the ESX Server in the Server text box and then type path of the directory your created in Setting up NFS on page 34 in the Folder text box Note Ensure that you type the final forward slash at the end of the line Leave Mount NFS read only unchecked 6 Type a name for the...

Page 42: ...d Note Ensure that you include the final forward slash at the end of the line especially if you create a VM data folder using VI Client Using VI Client it is possible that the correct permission are not applied to the folder if you omit the final forward slash 4 Type the following line to apply the appropriate read and write permissions to the folder you created in the previous step rw no_root_squ...

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