Cisco DNCS System Release 2.8.1 3.8.1 4.3.1 Installation Guide
Chapter 2 Creating the New VM and Installing Solaris and Solaris Tools
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OVA Deployment
Important: You must copy the VMware OVA template file and the JumpStart
directory from the SR 7.0 installation ISO image to the vSphere system you will be
using to perform this installation.
directory from the SR 7.0 installation ISO image to the vSphere system you will be
using to perform this installation.
Follow these steps to copy these files/directories to the vSphere system and to
deploy the OVA:
1 Mount the ISO image on the vSphere PC using a third party application, such as
deploy the OVA:
1 Mount the ISO image on the vSphere PC using a third party application, such as
PowerISO, or mount on an existing UNIX system for copying over the network.
2
Copy the VMware directory from the ISO to the vSphere PC.
3 Copy the JumpStart directory from the ISO to the vSphere PC.
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Click File > Deploy OVF Template.
5 Click Browse and navigate to the VMware folder you copied to the local
machine.
6 Select the OVA template and click Next twice.
7 In the Name field, type the name for the virtual machine (VM) to be created and
7 In the Name field, type the name for the virtual machine (VM) to be created and
click Next.
8 From the Configuration drop-down list, select the following configuration based
on whether the VM is going to be configured as an EC or an RNCS EC. Then,
click Next.
click Next.
EC (240 M3) — 24 vCPU 96 GB RAM 512 GB HD
RNCS — 12 vCPU 24 GB RAM 256 GB HD
9 Select Thick Provisioned Lazy Zeroed and click Next.
10 For the following networks, click the network label and select the corresponding
10 For the following networks, click the network label and select the corresponding
name from the drop-down menu. Examples follow. Your specific network names
and configurations will come from the customer-specific network design.
and configurations will come from the customer-specific network design.
VM Network 1
TED XOR Network
VM Network 2
Headend Network
VM Network 3
Corporate Network
VM Network 4
Corporate Network
11 Click Next.
12 Verify the settings and click Finish.
13 After the Success message appears, click Close to return to the main menu
14 In the left panel, expand the host inventory by clicking the “+” next to the ESXi
12 Verify the settings and click Finish.
13 After the Success message appears, click Close to return to the main menu
14 In the left panel, expand the host inventory by clicking the “+” next to the ESXi
host.