Cisco Cisco Expressway Installation Guide
Deploying ova to host using vSphere client
These instructions represent a typical installation. The Deploy OVF Template wizard dynamically changes to
reflect host configuration.
reflect host configuration.
1. If the .ova file is already preloaded onto the ESXi Host datastore (for example, in Cisco Business Edition
6000 deployments):
a. Using a web browser, go to https://<VMwareHost>/folder supplying any required credentials (typically
the same username and password as used to log into the vSphere client).
b. Navigate through the index of datacenters to find the .ova file you want to deploy from the datastore.
c. Right click on the .ova file and select
c. Right click on the .ova file and select
Copy Link Location
.
(If the .ova file is not preloaded on the datastore, you can select and upload it in the following steps.)
2. Log in to the vSphere client to access the ESXi Host.
3. Select
File > Deploy OVF Template
.
4. On the
Source
page, identify where the .ova file is located, and then click Next.
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If the .ova file is already preloaded onto the ESXi Host datastore, paste the URL you copied from step
1 above. You may have to re-enter username and password credentials so that the vSphere client can
access the web server.
1 above. You may have to re-enter username and password credentials so that the vSphere client can
access the web server.
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If the .ova file is not preloaded on the datastore, Browse to the location of the .ova file.
5. On the
OVF Template Details
page, check that the Publisher certificate is valid and click Next.
6. On the
End User License Agreement
page:
a. Read the EULA
b. If you accept the EULA, click Accept then Next.
b. If you accept the EULA, click Accept then Next.
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