Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.3.1 User Guide
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Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 3.1 Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Solution Prerequisites
Customer Environment
Networks
Prepare your networks to include the following requirements:
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At least one VLAN to use as a destination network for provisioning servers. You can define a
destination network as a community, user, or management network when you create the network in
Cloud Portal.
destination network as a community, user, or management network when you create the network in
Cloud Portal.
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Community networks are used by the shared zone and any server owner can provision servers
to the shared zone.
to the shared zone.
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User networks are assigned to specific Virtual Data Centers owned by an organization.
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Management networks within the cloud system may be used to manage cloud servers, for
example, for remote access and monitoring.
example, for remote access and monitoring.
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Optional: A private VLAN for use by Cisco Server Provisioner for server deployment. This is only
needed if any of the following features are enabled: Virtual Machine and Install OS Ordering,
Physical Server Ordering, ESXi Provisioning.
needed if any of the following features are enabled: Virtual Machine and Install OS Ordering,
Physical Server Ordering, ESXi Provisioning.
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Optional: A VLAN to use as a destination network for ESXi hosts. This infrastructure network
represents the management network the host will use to communicate with your vCenter Platform
Element. This is only needed if the ESXi Provisioning feature is enabled.
represents the management network the host will use to communicate with your vCenter Platform
Element. This is only needed if the ESXi Provisioning feature is enabled.
Storage Management Preparation
Prepare your storage management system using the following checklist and information:
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Install and configure SAN storage or iSCSI storage required for DRS clusters. For iSCSI or NFS
storage solutions, VMware
storage solutions, VMware
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supports DHCP. It is important that any of these solutions use DHCP,
otherwise static IP information, wherever it is applicable, will have to be configured manually after
the automated process is complete.
the automated process is complete.
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Create the storage volumes that will be used for the datastore clusters.
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vCenter datastores map to or reference specific LUNs. These mappings will replicate to a new host if the
host blade has been given the same LUN access as all the other hosts in the cluster. This is accomplished
through WWN pools.
host blade has been given the same LUN access as all the other hosts in the cluster. This is accomplished
through WWN pools.
LUN configuration can be assigned to any WWN that is within a specific range. For a new host to be
assigned WWNs that are within that range, ensure that it is coming from the pre-defined pool. Whenever
a service profile is created from a service profile template for a blade, specify that the template generate
WWN assignments from a specific pre-defined pool in Cisco UCS Manager. Datastore access should be
automatically be in sync with all the other hosts in that cluster when the service profile template is used
to provision the blade.
assigned WWNs that are within that range, ensure that it is coming from the pre-defined pool. Whenever
a service profile is created from a service profile template for a blade, specify that the template generate
WWN assignments from a specific pre-defined pool in Cisco UCS Manager. Datastore access should be
automatically be in sync with all the other hosts in that cluster when the service profile template is used
to provision the blade.
Cisco UCS and Bare Metal Operating System Provisioning Preparation
Prepare your Cisco UCS environment according to requirements for the following:
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1. For the supported VMware version, see the