Dell Active System Manager Setup Guide
Active System Manager for VMware
Boot from SAN
Active System 1000
Active System 800
Active System 200
Active System Manager for VMware Boot from SAN
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Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 5
Active System 1000 converged infrastructure .................................................................. 5
Active System 800 converged infrastructure .................................................................... 5
Active System 200 converged infrastructure .................................................................... 5
Terminology ............................................................................................................. 5
Boot from SAN ........................................................................................................ 5
Server Template/Profile ............................................................................................ 6
Prerequisites ............................................................................................................ 6
Boot from SAN ........................................................................................................... 6
AS 1000 Current Limitation and Assumptions ................................................................... 6
Creating a Server Template........................................................................................... 6
Update the Boot from SAN template ........................................................................... 10
Scheduling the template ......................................................................................... 10
Server migration using Active System Manager ................................................................. 11
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Figures
Figure 1. Operations ................................................................................................... 7
Figure 2. Clone Template............................................................................................. 7
Figure 3. Clone Server Template .................................................................................... 7
Figure 4. AS800 and AS200 Network Settings page ............................................................... 9
Figure 5. Global Parameters ....................................................................................... 10
Figure 6. Add a Dell Server ......................................................................................... 11
Figure 7. Inventory................................................................................................... 12
Figure 8. Added global parameters ............................................................................... 12
Figure 9. Switch to source server ................................................................................. 13
Figure 10. Source server Properties view ......................................................................... 14
Figure 11. Target server Properties view ......................................................................... 15
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Introduction
Active System Manager Version 7.1 is designed to enable a stateless server environment where servers
are hot-swappab le elem ent in the VMware compute cluster/cloud. Active System Manager includes
server profile templates and IO identities that support the seamless migration of servers from the
running cluster .
Active System 1000 converged infrastructure
The Active System (AS) 1000 solution is an enterprise infrastructure solution that has been designed
and validated by Dell™ Engineering. It is available to be racked, cabled, and delivered to your site, to
speed deployment. Dell Services will deploy and configure the solution tailored for business needs and
ready to be integrated into your datacenter. AS1000 is offered in configurations with either VMware®
vSphere® (vStart 1000v) or Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 with Hyper-V® role enabled (AS1000m)
Hypervisors.
AS1000v includes Dell PowerEdge™
Compellent™ Storage, Dell Force10™ network switches, Brocade Fibre Channel switches, and VMware
vSphere. The solution also includes Dell PowerEdge R620 servers as management servers. VMware
vCenter Server, Compellent Enterprise Manager, and OpenManage™ Essentials are also included with
the solution.
M1000e blade chassis, Dell PowerEdge M620 blades, Dell
Active System 800 converged infrastructure
The Active System 800 solution is an enterprise infrastructure solution that is designed and validated by
Dell™ Engineering. Active System 800 is offered in configurations with either VMware® vSphere®
(Active System 800v) or Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 with Hyper-V® role enabled (Active System
800m) Hypervisors.
Active System 200 converged infrastructure
The Active System 200 solution is a virtualization infrastructure solution that has been designed and
validated by Dell Engineering. It is delivered racked, cabled, and ready to be integrated into your
datacenter.
The configurations include Dell PowerEdge R720 servers running VMware ESXi 5.1, Dell EqualLogic
PS6100X iSCSI storage, Dell PowerConnect 7048 or 6248 switches, and a Dell PowerEdge R620 server
that manages the solution by hosting Dell management tools.
Terminology
The following terms define concepts or components used by Active System Manager.
Boot from SAN
Boot from SAN is the technique of installing and booting an ESXi server which is installed on a remote
iSCSI or Fibre Channel media. This enables movement of the boot media from one server to another.
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