HP Distributed Cloud Networking Deployment of dVRS, Information Needed, Verifying Deployment

dVswitch

This is the dvSwitch we created in Creating the dVSwitch.

Note down the name of the port group ending with "-OVSPG", for example, "<CLUSTER_NAME>-OVSPG."

"dataNetworkPortgroup":"DVRS Datapath", "mgmtNetworkPortgroup":"Lab Management", "vmNetworkPortgroup":"<CLUSTER_NAME>-OVSPG"

Deployment of dVRS

Note: If you have a small number of hypervisors, you can manually deploy the OVF Template from the vSphere Client (File > Deploy OVF Template).

Information Needed

Fill in the metadata in the "vrs-metafile.config" file:

•vCenter IP

•Hypervisor(s) IP, login, pass

•IP of to assign to the DVRS VM(s) (Management and Data network: IP, netmask, gateway)

•HP controller IPs

•Port Groups created in the previous step

Deployment of dVRS on ESXI with OpenStack or CloudStack

Before installing dVRS on ESXI, add a configuration parameter to the "vrs-metafile.config" file.

1.Find the last line in the properties section of this file is:

“requireNuageMetadata”: TRUE_OR_FALSE

2.Change this line to:

“requireNuageMetadata”:”false”

Verifying Deployment

DRS Enablement

Verify that the cluster has DRS enabled (Cluster > right click > Edit settings > Cluster Features > Turn ON vSphere DRS checked).

dVRS Files Downloaded

Verify that you have downloaded the dVRS files (ovs, vmdk, and mf) to a directory on the local machine.

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