Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.0 Installation Guide

See the “Understanding the Cisco IAC Installation Process and Preparing for the Installation” chapter of Cisco 
Intelligent Automation for Cloud Installation Guide

 

to prepare your environment to install the Cisco IAC solution. 

Deploy the Cisco IAC virtual appliance as described in 

.

Install Cisco Process Orchestrator and Cisco Server Provisioner. See the instructions described in Cisco Intelligent 
Automation for Cloud Installation Guide. Also, see

 Configuring Cisco Process Orchestrator, page 5.

Complete the configuration of the IAC solution. See 

.

The Cisco IAC Virtual Appliance is compatible with specific software, such VMware vSphere, and specific versions, as well as 
specific hardware. Please consult the Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud Compatibility & Requirements Matrix for more 
information.

Please consult the Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud Compatibility & Requirements Matrix for more information.

During deployments of Cisco IAC Virtual Appliance, ensure that you specify a network group that contains a DHCP server. The 
Cisco IAC Virtual Appliance is preconfigured for DHCP.

To deploy the Cisco IAC Virtual Appliance:

Download the OVA file for the Cisco IAC Virtual Appliance onto the machine where you installed VMware vSphere 
Client.

Launch your VMware vSphere client and connect to a vCenter Server.

Select File > Deploy OVF Template. 

Click Browse and navigate to the location where you have saved the OVA file. Select the OVA file, and then click Next.

The template details are displayed in the OVF Template Details window. Verify the details, then click Next.

The End User License Agreement window appears. Read the license agreement, click Accept, then click Next.

In the Name and Location window, specify a name for the virtual machine, and select the appropriate datacenter and/or 
folder for the virtual machine. The VM name must be unique within the datacenter and can contain up to 80 characters, 
excluding the usual special characters owned by the operating system (such as * . / and so on). Click Next.

The Host or Cluster window may appear depending on your VMware environment. If the Host or Cluster window 
appears, select the Cluster or the ESX host where you want the VM to be created. 

If the Resource Pool window appears, select a resource pool for the VM. 

In the Storage window, choose a datastore name that has enough available disk space, then click Next. The VM requires 
up to 40 GB depending on the disk format you will select in the next step. 

In the Disk Format window, specify the format for storing the virtual hard disk by clicking the appropriate radio button: