Dell Active Fabric Manager Installation Manual
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1. The password must have 8 to 32 characters and include at least 3 categories from the following a lowercase alphabetic character b uppercase alphabetic character c digit number 0 9 d special character 4 Pressthe Enter button 5 Inthe Confirm New Superuser Password field enter the new superuser password one more time to confirm the superuser password 6 Pressthe Enter button to return to the main menu Update the AFM Server To upgrade the AFM server 1 Update the AFM Server 2 Set AFM Software to Next Reboot 3 Restart AFM Application or 4 Reboot the AFM server To update the AFM server 1 Select the Update AFM Server option and press the Enter button The UPDATE AFM Server screen displays gP 192 168 127 157 PuTTY 2 Enter y to download the latest AFM software package RPM format file from remote URL to available partition or enter n to download the AFM software package RPM format file from the local workstation where the AFM console is launched to the AFM server 3 If the location is a remote server enter the URL location of the RPM file on the remote server and then click the Enter button using the following formats 19 https ipaddress path_to_rpm file ftp ipaddresslpath to rpm file Sftp ipaddresslpath to rpm file 4 fthelocation is local enter the absolute path of the RPM file and then click the Enter button 5 If required enter you username and pas2. 0 0 2am The folder to store backed up database files If the folder does not exist the backup program will try to create it 23 wnm database hbase backup folder data backup hbase The backup job will be started every day at 1am wnm database hbase backup schedule 0 0 1am Save the file using the vi editor commands such as w save file and quit q quit editing Press the Enter button to return to the main menu Uploading Switch Software Image To upload a new switch software image which is not already packaged as part of AFM server to the AFM local FTP TFTP server from a remote URL use the Upload Switch Software Image option To upload switch software from the AFM 1 24 Select the Upload Switch Software Image option and press the Enter button Enter a switch model option 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 UPLOAD Switch Software Image Use lt CTRL C gt key to return to previous page Choose a switch model 1 MXL Blade 2 34818 3 4828T 939 569 b Z98988 7 560888 Enter switch model option 1 2 1 MXL Blade 2 84810 3 84820T 4 8S55 5 860 6 29000 7 6000 For FTP enter your user name and password This option transfers the FTOS image file into the data FTOS SwitchModeb directory It also copies the files into the TFTP FTP location Enter the URL location to upload the switch software image using the formats listed in the Upload Switch Software Image scre
3. PuTTY Figure 8 Transfer Files 2 Press the Enter button 3 Enter the file type to transfer 1 Syslog 2 AFM Database Backup 3 AFM Performance Database Backup Press the Enter button Click y to upload all the files to the FTP or TFTP server Press the Enter button 93 og s Press the Enter button to return to the main menu Editing AFM Files You can edit the following types of files using the Edit File option 21 e 1 logback xml The logback xml file contains the database logging file and enables or disables debugging By default the logging level is set to INFO The logging levels are as follows ALL DEBUG ERROR INFO OFF TRACE or WARN The typical use case is change the logging level from INFO to DEBUG lt logger name com dell indigo level INFO change to logger name com dell indigo level DEBUG gt lt logger name com dell dfm level INFO changed to logger name com dell dfm level DEBUG gt logger name com dell wnm level INFO gt changed to lt logger name com dell wnm level DEBUG gt 2 config properties The config properties file contains the system level configuration for the database backup It is performs the database backup based on Linux cron job To edit a logback xml AFM system file 1 Select the Edit File option 2 Enter the edit file option 1 to select the 1 logback xml option EP 192 168 127 163 PuTTY F
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5. the terms of the license Agreement option and then the Next button The System Screen displays From the System IP Address pull down menu select the IP address to manage the AFM and then click the Next button NOTE If there are multiple network interface card NIC adapter cards on the AFM select the IP address to manage the AFM The SNMP and CLI screen displays In the Switch SNMP Configuration area configure the following settings a Inthe Read Community String field enter the read community string for example public b Inthe Write Community String field enter the write community string for example private In the Switch CLI Credentials FTOS CLI user credentials area configure the following settings a From the Protocol pull down menu select one of the following protocols Telnet or SSHv2 b Inthe User Name field enter the user name c Inthe Password field enter the password d Inthe Confirm Password field enter confirm the password e Inthe Enable Password field enter the enable password f In the Confirm Enable Password field confirm the enable password Click the Next button to go to the Service Protocols screen In the TFTP FTP Settings area select one of the following options Local Provisioned the AFM as a TFTP or FTP server g Important When you use the Local option the TFTP or FTP server must be in the same subnet Ifyou select the local TFTP server option the TFTP server use
6. trademark of Oracle Corporation and or its affiliates Citrix Xen XenServer and XenMotion are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems Inc in the United States and or other countries VMware vMotion vCenter vCenter SRM and vSphere are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware Inc in the United States or other countries IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 2013 12 Rev A0X Contents 1 Configure Active Fabric Manager as a Virtual Appliance ssssssssssssssesesssnseeees 5 Id IO ETC X 5 Hardware Requiremiernts 5 eii ee dee e UR E beca Le Ped e eo oec dts oe E De nds 6 Virtual Appliance Requirements esses sense nannten etnia nennen stet rate theta tetra ne th tn stet nene sett stets 6 Deploy the OVF with HA and FT sessi seseeeeeenenete tnter nene tent testen tntn intret sten te ntn eniti ns tens tens 6 Deploy the OVF without HA and FT esee essen tenete tnt entn ntn aaa ah aa a aaia vuo Easy 6 Deploy the OVE with HA e 6 AFM Client Browser Requirements ccsccsessscscesscesesesescsescseseseseseceseceeecaeecacaesesesesseecacseacaeacaeseaesesecaeesatasacaeaeaeees 7 OMNM Requirements rtr e ertet n ed ae Tee EUER A sa XXE IR TERT N Eee Xa a Re ein 7 Port Usage ede E ENE TAEA AEA ette eie o diee bet dette o ba ede et
7. virtual appliance 1 Review the Prerequisites 2 Deploy the OVF Template 3 Start the AFM VM 4 Manage the AFM Virtual Appliance 5 Perform Initial Configuration Prerequisites NOTE If you are using the AFM VM as a syslog and a TFTP or FTP server you do not need to gather the following information Before you begin gather the following information e Obtain your local or remote DHCP information e Define whether you want to use a Telnet or SSH session within the fabric e Obtain the SNMP community string By default it is private for set and public for get e Syslog IP addresses IP address of remote syslog server e TFTP or FTP server address IP address of TFTP or FTP server for the Dell Networking Operating System FTOS software images and configuration files during bare metal provisioning BMP If you are using an FTP server obtain the user name and password e Ifyou are using the Active Link Settings option gather the following OMNM server information OMNM server IP address Communication protocol HTTP or HTTPS User name and password See OMNM Requirements Hardware Reguirements Table 1 Hardware Reguirements Hardware Requirement Processor Intel Xeon E5620 2 4Ghz 12M Cache Turbo HT 1066MHz Max Mem System Type 64 bit operating system Memory 32GB Memory 8x4GB 1333MHz Dual Ranked LV RDIMMs for 2 Processors Advanced ECC Disk Space 1TB 7 2K RPM SATA 3 5 Hot Plug Hard D
8. Active Fabric Manager AFM Installation Guide 2 0 Notes Cautions and Warnings K NOTE A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer CAUTION A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem A WARNING A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage personal injury or death 2013 Dell Inc All Rights Reserved Trademarks used in this text Dell the Dell logo Dell Boomi Dell Precision OptiPlex Latitude PowerEdge PowerVault PowerConnect OpenManage EqualLogic Compellent KACE FlexAddress Force10 Venue and Vostro are trademarks of Dell Inc Intel Pentium Xeon Core and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries AMD is a registered trademark and AMD Opteron AMD Phenom and AMD Sempron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Microsoft Windows Windows Server Internet Explorer MS DOS Windows Vista and Active Directory are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and or other countries Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries Oracle is a registered
9. TTPS TCP Port 443 ports used by web server make sure that you configure your firewall to allow access to these ports so that they can be used for HTTP services To configure the firewall on CentOS to allow the HTTP and HTTPS port to connect to the AFM server 1 Set the hostname of web server The following example shows you how to set the hostname to Centos62 vi etc sysconfig network NETWORKING yes HOSTNAME Centos62 GATEWAY 10 16 148 254 wq 2 2 Add the hostname in etc hosts file The following example adds the IP address 10 16 148 119 and hostname Centos62 to this file vi etc hosts 127 0 0 1 localhost localhost localdomain localhost4 localhost4 localdomain4 1 localhost localhost localdomain localhost6 localhost6 localdomain6 10 16 148 119 Centos62 3 Configure the IP table to accept the webserver port 443 and 80 AFM uses HTTPs port 443 and HTTP port 80 for the webserver vi etc sysconfig iptables Firewall configuration written by system config firewall 31 32 Manual customization of this file is not recommended filter INPUT ACCEPT 0 0 FORWARD ACCEPT 0 0 OUTPUT ACCEPT 0 0 A INPUT m state state ESTABLISHED RELATED j ACCEPT A INPUT p icmp j ACCEPT A INPUT i lo j ACCEPT A INPUT p tcp m state state NEW dport 80 j ACCEPT A INPUT p tcp m state state NEW dport 443 j ACCEPT A INPUT m state state NEW m tcp p tcp dport 22 j ACCEPT A INPUT j REJECT reje
10. assword is used for both the web URL login and console login g Important The AFM user name is superuser and password is Superuser1 When the software requires an ESXi Shell CLI command the ESXi Shell CLI user name is superuser and the password is Superuser1 Once the VM is powered on an IP address is automatically assigned to the VM when the DHCP is available If no IP is assigned to the VM which means that the DHCP is not enabled AFM prompts you with following message There is no IP address assigned Press the Enter to start doing network configuration If this message is displayed press the Enter key and do the following a Selectthe Configure System option and press the Enter button b When the network configuration warning message appears Enter Y to continue The Select Action screen displays c Selectthe Device configuration option To navigate between elements use the Tab and down arrow keys The Network Configuration screen displays d In the Static IP field specify the static IP Address of the AFM server To verify connectivity ping the IP address assigned to the AFM If the destination host is unreachable assign the same IP address e Select OK to save your changes f Select Quitto exitthis screen Manage the AFM virtual appliance See Step 3 Manage the AFM Virtual Appliance 11 4 Step 3 Manage the AFM Virtual Appliance After you have deployed the AFM 0VF and performed the initial config
11. ct the Configure System option and press the Enter button r EP 172 16 113 30 PuTTY ca amp e a onfigure Syste Figure 2 Configure System The following network configuration warning message displays 15 192 168 127 163 Pull k Figure 3 Network Configuration System Warning Message 2 Enter Y to continue The Select Action screen displays Select Action DNS configuration Save amp Qu i t Quit Figure 4 Select Action Screen 3 Select the Device configuration option To navigate between elements use the Tab and down arrow keys The Network Configuration screen displays Network Configuration Name Device Use DHCP Static IP Netmask 255 259 255 8 Default gateway IP 192 168 149 1 Primary DNS Server Secondary DNS Server lt Tab gt lt Alt Tab gt between elements lt Space gt selects Figure 5 Network Configuration Settings 4 Modify the following settings as needed Name Assign the name of AFM Server Device Assign or select the NIC Card to be used Use DHCP Select to enable DHCP to assign an IP address to the VM Static IP Specify the static IP Address of the AFM server NOTE To verify connectivity ping the IP address assigned to the AFM If the destination host is unreachable assign the same IP address Netmask Specify the subnet mask of the static IP address for the AFM Server Default gate
12. ct with icmp host prohibited A FORWARD j REJECT reject with icmp host prohibited COMMIT After the firewall configuration has been modified to accept the port numbers restart the iptables to accept the changes using the service iptables restart command and then use the service iptables status command to check the status of the service service iptables restart iptables Flushing firewall rules OK iptables Setting chains to policy ACCEPT filter OK iptables Unloading modules OK iptables Applying firewall rules OK service iptables status Table filter Chain INPUT policy ACCEPT num target prot opt source destination 1 ACCEPT all 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 state RELATED ESTABLISHED 2 ACCEPT icmp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 ACCEPT all 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 ACCEPT tcp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 state NEW tcp dpt 80 5 ACCEPT tcp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 state NEW tcp dpt 443 6 ACCEPT tcp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 state NEW tcp dpt 22 7 REJECT all 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 reject with icmp host prohibited Chain FORWARD policy ACCEPT num target prot opt source destination 1 REJECT all 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 reject with icmp host prohibited Chain OUTPUT policy ACCEPT num target prot opt source destination num target prot opt source destination Step 2 Install the AFM RPM Software on the Linux CentOS Machine To install the AFM Package Manager RPM Software on the Linux CentOS Machine NOTE Before y
13. d Summary To change al default credentials go to Administration Settings page System Information em Hostname System IP Address Switch SNMP Configuration Read Community String Write Community String Trap Host Trap Port SNMP Port Switch CLI Credentials Protocol User Name Priviege Levei TF TP F TP Settings Server Location fe Transfer Protoco IP Address NTP Server Settings Optional Primary IP Address Secondary IP Address DHCP Server Settings Server Location Syslog IP Addressies IP Address Active Link Server Settings Optional Active Link Type Step 8 of 8 The following services are configured through the AFM setup wizard System SNMP switch CLI and Telnet credentials e Service Protocols TFTP FTP NTP and DHCP e Optional Active Link Settings To perform initial configuration D Teinet somn Not Configured Not Configured local 10 162 102 3 Not Configured 27 28 Start a browser In the URL field enter the following information using this format to login to the AFM using one of the following URL syntax http vm ip address Mhttps vm ip address Enter your user name and password The AFM Setup wizard starts and displays the Introduction screen F Important Specify the user name as superuser Review the Introduction screen Click the Next button to go to the License Agreement screen Check the Accept
14. e Table 2 Ports FTP 22 SSH and SCP communication to switches and CLI access to AFM server DHCP TFTP Telnet communication to switches 80 AFM server port listening for client connection and reguests 8080 OMNM client connection 8089 OMNM web service port 8443 OMNM client HTTPS connection 123 NTP et For the SNMP get and set protocol between AFM server and switch 162 For the SNMP trap listener between AFM server and switch 443 For the HTTPS communication protocol where the AFM takes requests from the client browser 8080 TCP UDP ActiveMQ Disabling VMotion on an ESX ESXi Host For information on how to disable VMotion on an VMware ESX ESXi host see the VMware documentation at http kb vmware com selfservice microsites search do lanquage en_US amp cmd displayKC amp externalld 1010376 or perform a search in the VMware knowledge using the key words Disabling VMotion on an ESX ESXi host Step 1 Deploy the OVF Template You can deploy the Open Virtualization Format OVF template with the VMware ESX virtual machines Deploy the OVF Template Using a VMware ESX Virtual Machine Before you can configure and use AFM deploy the provided OVF template on a VM on your ESX ESXi server ma Important By default the AFM VM CPU is set to 2 To use the HA FT or both change the virtual CPU to 1 To deploy the AFM 0VF with the vSphere client 1 Start the VMware vSphere 5 1 client on your ESX se
15. en Press the Enter button to return to the main menu Restoring Database To restore the AFM configuration database 1 Select the Restore Database option The RESTORE DATABASE screen displays af 192 168 127 157 PuTTY Figure 11 AFM Restore Database Options 2 Enter 1 for the 1 AFM Database option The AFM DATABASE FILES screen displays 3 Enter an AFM database file option 4 Enter Y to restore the database process and restart the AFM application To restore the AFM performance database 1 Select the Restore Database option The RESTORE DATABASE screen displays 25 gP 192 168 127 157 PuTTY Figure 12 Restore Performance Database Option 2 Enter 2 for 2 AFM Performance Database option The PERFORMANCE DATABASE FILES screen displays 3 Enter a performance database file option For example enter 1 4 Enter Y to restore the selected performance database and restart the AFM application Logging Out of the AFM Virtual Appliance To log out from the AFM virtual appliance 1 Select the Log out option 2 Press the Enter button 26 Step 4 Perform Initial Configuration After you deploy the AFM server as a virtual appliance the AFM setup wizard is displayed when the browser client is connected for the first time introduction v License Agreement v System SNMP and CL v Service Protocats v 5ysiog IP Addresses v Active Link Settings v Figure 13 AFM Setup Wizar
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17. igure 9 Edit AFM File System 3 Press the Enter button 4 Search for com dell dfm and com dell wnm keyword Change the logging level from level INFO to level DEBUG For example lt logger name com dell dfm level DEBUG gt lt appender ref ref DCM MESSAGE gt lt appender ref ref DCM ERROR gt appender ref ref DCM TRACE gt lt logger gt 22 logger name com dell wnm level DEBUG gt lt appender ref ref WNM MESSAGE gt lt appender ref ref WNM ERROR gt lt appender ref ref WNM TRACE gt lt logger gt Save the file using the vi editor commands such as w save file and quit q quit editing Press the Enter button to return to the main menu To edit a config properties AFM system file 1 2 Select the Edit File option Enter the edit file option 2 and then select the 2 config properties option ap 192 168 127 163 PuTTY Figure 10 Edit AFM File System Press the Enter button To change the time of the cron job search for 2am or 1am keyword You can change the 2am to 3am for backup postgres DB or change it from 1am to 4am for the Hbase For example The folder to store backed up database files If the folder does not exist the backup program will try to create it wnm database backup folder data backup postgres The backup job will be started every day at 2am wnm database backup schedule
18. ill receive error messages Ignore the messages run the script again to clear the error messages Your output should look similar to the following usr hbase hbase 0 94 1 bin initTable sh 0 row s in 3 0460 seconds 0 row s in 1 1920 seconds 0 row s in 1 0470 seconds 0 row s in 2 0710 seconds 0 row s in 0 2530 seconds 0 row s in 1 0560 seconds 0 row s in 2 1750 seconds 0 row s in 0 1950 seconds 0 row s in 1 0770 seconds 33 0 row s in 2 1620 seconds 0 row s in 0 3120 seconds 0 row s in 1 0470 seconds 0 row s in 2 1200 seconds 0 row s in 0 2780 seconds 0 row s in 1 0680 seconds 0 row s in 2 1250 seconds 0 row s in 0 1780 seconds 0 row s in 1 0540 seconds 0 row s in 2 1300 seconds 0 row s in 0 3530 seconds 0 row s in 1 0800 seconds 0 row s in 2 1860 seconds 0 row s in 0 1700 seconds 0 row s in 1 0590 seconds 0 row s in 2 1360 seconds 0 row s in 0 2000 seconds 0 row s in 1 0550 seconds 0 row s in 2 0990 seconds 0 row s in 0 2750 seconds 0 row s in 1 0630 seconds 0 row s in 2 1860 seconds 0 row s in 0 1620 seconds 0 row s in 1 0570 seconds 0 row s in 2 1250 seconds 0 row s in 0 1730 seconds 0 row s in 1 0620 seconds 0 row s in 2 0980 seconds 0 row s in 0 1860 seconds 0 row s in 1 0810 seconds 0 row s in 2 0790 seconds 0 row s in 0 1780 seconds 0 row s in 1 0530 seconds Link the AFM startup script dfmserver to the AFM as show below cd etc init d In s opt dell dfm bin dfmSer
19. l dfm_old Extract the AFM 2 0 RPM in the opt dell dfm directory rpm ivhF AFM 2 0 0 lt label gt noarch Create the file dfmboot in etc sysconfig dfmboot directory with the following content vi etc sysconfig dfmboot RUN_FIRSTBOOT NO DFM CURBOOTDIR opt dell dfm old DFM_NEXTBOOTDIR opt dell dfm Create a new directory as usr share dfmscripts and copy the restartDFM sh script into the location mkdir f usr share dfmscripts cp opt dell dfm db restartDFM sh usr share dfmscripts restartDFM sh chmod x usr share dfmscripts restartDFM sh The RPM installation is now completed and ready to use Now link the startup script to the new directory to restart the AFM server upon any reboot cd etc init d rm etc init d dfmServer In s opt dell dfm bin dfmServer sh etc init d dfmServer The restartDFM sh script migrates the data from the old release to the new release After the database is completed it links the startup script and restarts the AFM server usr share dfmscripts restartDFM sh co N 38 8 Technical Support iSupport provides a range of documents and tools to assist you with effectively using Dell Networking equipment and mitigating the impact of network outages Through iSupport you can obtain technical information regarding Dell Networking products access to software upgrades and patches and open and manage your technical assistance center TAC cases Dell Networking iSupport prov
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21. onto the same server as the AFM To activate performance statistics login directly as write permission into Dell OMNM web service For OMNM requirements see and Prerequisites and OMNM Requirements Click the Next button to go to the Summary screen Carefully review your AFM setup settings and then click the Finish button After you click the Finish button the AFM UI displays the Getting Started screen 29 30 NOTE After installing AFM you can edit these settings later at the Administration gt Settings screen 6 RPM Installation Instead of using the OVF with the CentOS 6 2 64 bit architecture you can use the RPM to install the AFM software For information about using the OVF to deploy the AFM see Deploying the OVF Pre requisites Before you begin install the following 1 CentOS 6 x 64 bit For information about installing CentOS 6 x see http www centos org modules tinycontent index php id 30 We recommend that you use the CentOS 6 2 64 bit architecture For information about the CentOS 6 2 release notes see http wiki centos org Manuals ReleaseNotes Cent0S6 2 2 PostgreSQL 64 bit software version 9 1 The PostgresSQL core distribution and download URL is located at http www postgresgl org download linux redhat 3 Download the AFM RPM files from iSupport Step 1 Configuring CentOS Because the default iptables configuration on the CentOS does not allow access to HTTP TCP Port 80 and H
22. ou begin make sure you obtain the AFM RPM file from iSupport AFM2 0 0 lt abe gt noarch rpm 1 2 Download the AFM RPM files RPM AFM2 0 0 lt label gt noarch rpm from iSupport Search for the existing AFM package by using the RPM option of qa rpm qa grep AFM AFM2 0 0 lt label gt noarch If AFM already exists you can erase the package by using the RPM option of e nodeps noscripts notriggers with the package name The package name is return from the option of qa As show in the following example AFM2 0 0 labelZ noarch is returned from qa rpm e wv nodeps noscripts notriggers AFM2 0 0 lt label gt noarch Clean up the existing directory if the following directory already exists opt dell dfm and usr hbase rm rf opt dell dfm rm rf usr hbase Obtain the latest version of the AFM staller file from iSupport Install the AFM packaging using the RPM file You can view the AFMPackaging log file to view the files to be installed rpm ivh AFM2 0 0 lt label gt noarch After the AFM RPM file is installed go to the following directory opt dell dfm bin This file contains all the applications including hbase software Run the dfmDB sh script to install the postgresSQL Database opt dell dfm bin dfmDB sh Create the hbase table for the HBase database using the usr hbase hbase 0 94 1 bin initTable sh command to run the script When you run the script the first time you w
23. ployment into the DHCP server before you deploy the fabric Click the Next button to go to the Syslog IP Addresses screen In the Syslog IP Addresses area you can configure up to 8 syslog IP addresses to log events on the switches in the fabric By default the first syslog IP address entry is the AFM system IP address The AFM server logs all the system and switch events to the syslog server The log file is located in the following directory var log afm afm log Click the Next button The Active Link Settings screen displays Optional In the Active Link Settings area configure the following settings to display additional performance statistics through the AFM using a Dell OpenManage Network Manager ONMN server AFM provides integration with the Dell OMNM web application as view only a Checkthe Integrated to Dell OpenManage Network Manager OMNM option b Inthe Active Link IP Address field specify the Active Link server IP address of the element management system c Inthe Communication Protocol area select one of the following protocols Use HTTP protocol to connect through AFM Server Use HTTPS protocol to connect through AFM Server d Inthe User Name specify the EMS user name e Inthe Password field specify the EMS user password K NOTE After installing AFM you can later edit these settings at the Administrative gt Settings gt Active Link Settings screen Important Do not install the OMNM software
24. rive Virtual Appliance Requirements AFM runs as a virtual appliance It requires the following software to host the solution e VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5 1 and higher must meet virtual appliance port access and listening port requirements NOTE VMware vCenter is required for HA and FT Deploy the OVF with HA and FT The following are required to implement High Availability HA and Fault Tolerance FT using a VMware ESX Virtual Machine e VMware vCenter 5 0 Standard License e ESXi 5 0 Enterprise Plus License e Dell M1000e chassis if you are using MXL Blade switches e Shared storage for the OVF NOTE By default the AFM VM CPU is set to 2 To use the HA feature change the virtual CPU to 1 Deploy the 0VF without HA and FT The following are required to deploy AFM without the HA FT solution using a VMware ESX Virtual Machine e VMware ESXi 5 0 Open Source License e Servers rack or blade switch If you are using MXL blade switches requires a M1000e blade chassis e Shared storage for the OVF NOTE By default the AFM VM CPU is set to 2 Deploy the 0VF with HA When you deploy the AFM with HA only using a VMware ESX VM the requirements are as follows e VMware ESXi 5 0 Open Source License e Shared storage for the OVF NOTE By default the AFM VM CPU is set to 2 To use the HA feature change the virtual CPU to 1 AFM Client Browser Reguirements e Interne
25. rver or vCenterTM 2 Copy the AFM OVF template files from the directory where you have stored the AFM package to the location that the vSphere client can access it K NOTE If you are using HA or HA with FT make sure that the OVF uses shared storage To enable FT select the virtual host and then right click to select the Fault Tolerance gt Turn On Fault Tolerance option 3 Inthe vSphere client select File gt Deploy OVF Template 4 Choose the Deploy from file option and browse to where you copied the AFM OVF file 5 Select the AFM ovf file and then click the Next button Important At the Disk Format screen make sure you select the Thick Provision Lazy Zero option to ensure that the AFM has the required disk space for all storage to be immediately allocated 6 Start the VM See Step 2 Start the VM Step 2 Start the Virtual Machine After you have completed the OVF wizard and finished deploying the template you can start the AFM VM console K NOTE Before you start the VM console modify the VM settings as needed using the Edit Settings option 1 Start the VM by clicking on its name and choosing Power gt Power On Open the VM Console by right clicking on its name and choosing Open Console Open the Console and log in with the default credentials The first time you log in from the console or SSH using superuser if there is an IP assigned to the VM the AFM prompt you to change the password for superuser This p
26. s the AFM management IP address Ifyou select the local FTP server option the FTP server uses the AFM management IP address Enter the AFM user name and password Remote Use an external TFTP FTP server Ifyou select the FTP protocol and remote options enter the FTP server IPv4 address user name and password Ifyou select the TFTP protocol and remote options enter the TFTP IPv4 address From the File Transfer Protocol pull down menu select one of the following options TAP FTP default When you select this option enter the FTP username and password Optional In the NTP Server Settings area synchronize the system clock of the AFM to the remote the NTP time servers using the following settings a Inthe Primary IP Address field enter the primary NTP IPv4 address b Inthe Secondary IP Address field enter the secondary NTP IPv4 address In the DHCP Server Settings select one of the following settings Local Provision the AFM as a DHCP server When you select this option the AFM automatically integrates the generated dhcpd config file into the DHCP server on the AFM during pre deployment g Important AFM can be provisioned as a local DHCP server only when the AFM server belongs to the same subnet as the network switches management interface subnet Remote Use an external DHCP server When you select this option you must manually install the dhcpd conf file that is generated during pre de
27. scecceesceseseeeseseacsesesesesecesecaeecaeesacasaeaeeecaeecanesaeateneeaes 26 5 Step 4 Perform Initial Configuration eese eese reete rnnt ntnnnts 2 6 RPM InstallatiORisitienota t titt Dei Deae odd cab Toddler pd Tr c Pr ad Prezredqulsites rao ne onere ees poene quie ach dula Dent pne ede fan ada e dne avo ae e dee uio um ea en ue nua do Step 1 Configuring CentOS Step 2 Install the AFM RPM Software on the Linux CentOS Machine essere 33 7 Upgrading the RPM cei eer cnet i Dee adi du oie pa ee mm 37 9 Technical SUpDOFrE crei eod do God hon mit dedi aaa ACCESSING iSupport Services uscite retenir te ei ret deae ee nne al a aen oe inca a da rea fe do ea ovs a use Contacting the Technical Assistance Center cccccssccsescscssesecsssseeescsescseseseseseceeceeesaeesaeaeaeaceseeecaeeeanasaneeeneseeees Configure Active Fabric Manager as a Virtual Appliance You can deploy the Active Fabric Manager AFM as virtual appliance on a VMware ESX virtual machine In this guide you learn how to configure the AFM as a virtual appliance The instructions in this document assume you have already installed and configured an ESX host where you plan to run AFM For additional information about installing and configuring the ESX virtual host machine consult the VMware documentation K NOTE To deploy the AFM using the RPM installation instead of the OVF see RPM Installation To configure AFM as a
28. sword 6 Press the Enter button to return to the main menu NOTE To use the new RPM on the active partition Set the AFM Software to Next Reboot and then Restart the AFM Application Setting the AFM Software to the Next Restart There are two versions of the AFM software package one in the current partition and the other in the available partition To select the AFM software and partition for the next reboot G 1 Select the Set AFM Software to Next Restart option and press the Enter button 2 Enter y and then the Enter button to apply the available update on the next reboot 3 Pressthe Enter button to return to the main menu Restarting the AFM Application To restart the AFM application 1 Select the Restart AFM Application option and press the Enter button gp 192 168 127 157 PuTTY Figure 7 Restarting the AFM Application 2 Enteryto restart the application 3 Pressthe Enter button to return to the main menu 20 Rebooting the AFM Server VM To reboot the AFM Server VM 1 Select the Reboot AFM Server option and press the Enter button 2 Enter y to reboot the AFM Server VM 3 Press the Enter button to return to the main menu Transferring Files To transfer all files from the AFM server to the remote server using the FTP or TFTP K NOTE The FTP or TFTP was performed during the AFM server initial configuration set up 1 Select the Transfer File option gP 192 168 127 157
29. t Explorer 9 and higher e Firefox amp 12 and higher OMNM Requirements The following is required to use the OMNM feature on the AFM e OMNM Server Release 5 3 and higher e The OMMN server is not installed on the same server as the AFM To activate the performance statics login directly as write permission into Dell OMNM web service For information about how to install and configure OMNM see the following URL http www dell com support Manuals us en 555 Product dell openmanage network manager http www dell com support Manuals us en 555 Product dell openmanage network manager a Important By default the web service is turn off in the OMNM server To use the OMNM web service 1 On the OMNN server go to the server installation directory 2 Navigate to the installed properties file at C ProgramFiles Dell OpenManage Network Manager owareapps installprops lib Turn off Application Server and Synergy Network Management server Add the following three lines in the installed properties file com dorado core ws disable false com dorado core ws legacy soap enabled true oware webservices authrequired false 5 Turn on the Resource Monitoring option to enable performance monitoring 6 Start the application server and synergy network management server Port Usage The following table lists the default ports used by the various AFM services To troubleshoot connectivity issues with the AFM server use the following tabl
30. uration you can use the AFM Virtual Appliance to perform the following tasks e Configure the System e Change the AFM superuser password e Update the AFM Server e Set AFM Software to the Next Reboot e Restart AFM Application e Restart the AFM Server VM Transfer Files e Edit Files e Upload Switch Software Image e Restore Database e Log out K NOTE To access the AFM virtual appliance go to the AFM VM click the Console button and then login as superuser The first time you log in from the console or SSH using superuser if there is an IP assigned to the VM the AFM prompt you to change the password for superuser This password is used for both the web URL login and console login If no IP is assigned to the VM which means that the DHCP is not enabled AFM prompts you to do the network configuration The VM then reboots The AFM virtual appliance options are shown in the following screen shot 13 n 2 EP 17216 113 30 PuTTY o e c D Figure 1 AFM Virtual Appliance Options Configuring the System To configure the device settings use the Configure System option e Device configuration Network Configuration Use this option to use a static IP to the AFM Ethernet controller change another device eth0 attribute or add a new device such as a new interface e DNS configuration Use this option to configure the AFM DNS settings To configure device settings 1 Sele
31. ver sh dfmserver cd etc rc3 d In s init d dfmserver S99dfmserver cd etc rc3d In s init d dfmserver KO1dfmserver Restart the AFM server by using the dfmServer sh script which starts up AFM 2 0 software including the apache service PostgresSQL DB and HBase DB etc init d dfmserver start Starting AFM Server waiting to start postgres Starting postgresql 9 1 servic OK 12 Done Starting HBASE Server waiting to start HBASE starting master logging to usr hbase hbase 0 94 1 bin logs hbase root master Centos62 out Done waiting to start AFM Web Service nohup ignoring input and appending output to nohup out Done To verify that all the servers AFM HBASE are running correctly after restarting the AFM server enter the ps ef grep java command 35 36 Upgrading the RPM This section describes how to upgrade the 1 5 0 3 RPM and migrate the database When you upgrade the 1 5 0 3 RPM install the new RPM installation to a new location The data migration requires that you manually run it to upgrade the database The current data migration supports the upgrade from AFM 1 5 0 3 to release AFM 2 0 0 x To upgrade the RPM and perform data migration 1 Stop the watchdog software process and then stop the AFM server ps ef grep watchdfm kill 9 lt dfm_pid gt etc init d dfmServer stop Save the existing AFM release for example AFM 1 5 0 0 mv opt dell dfm opt del
32. way IP Specify the gateway IP Address of the AFM server Primary DNS Server Specify the primary DNS server address To enable the DNS server on AFM Server use this option Secondary DNS Server Specify the secondary DNS server address 5 Select OKto save your changes 6 Select Quitto exit this screen To configure AFM DNS settings 1 Select the Configure System option 2 Select the DNS configuration option To navigate between elements use the Tab and down arrow 3 Modify the following settings as needed 17 File Edit View Search Terminal Help r UNS configuration p lt Tab gt lt Alt Tab gt between elements lt Space gt selects lt F12 gt next screen Figure 6 DNS Settings Hostname Configure the hostname for the AFM server Primary DNS Configure the primary DNS Secondary DNS Optional Configure the secondary DNS Tertiary DNS Optional Configure Third DNS DNS search path Configure the DNS search path 4 Select the OK option to save your changes 5 Select Quit to exit this screen Changing the AFM Superuser Password To change the AFM superuser password 1 Select the Change AFM Superuser Password option 2 Pressthe Enter button The CHANGE AFM SUPERUSER PASSWORD screen displays 192 168 127 157 Pu 3 Inthe Enter current superuser password field enter the superuser password For example Superuserl K NOTE
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