VMready Configuration Example

BLADEOS 6.5.2 Application Guide

This example has the following characteristics:

A VMware vCenter is fully installed and configured prior to VMready configuration and includes a “bladevm” administration account and a valid SSL certificate.

The distributed VM group model is used.

The VM profile named “Finance” is configured for VLAN 30, and specifies NIC-to-switch bandwidth shaping for 1Mbps average bandwidth, 2MB bursts, and 3Mbps maximum band- width.

The VM group includes four discovered VMs on switch server ports 1 and 2, and one static trunk (previously configured) that includes switch uplink ports 3 and 4.

1.Define the server ports.

RS G8124(config)# system server-ports port 1-2

2.Enable the VMready feature.

RS G8124(config)# virt enable

3.Specify the VMware vCenter IPv4 address.

RS G8124(config)# virt vmware vmware vcspec 172.16.100.1 bladevm

When prompted, enter the user password that the switch must use for access to the vCenter.

4.Create the VM profile.

RS G8124(config)# virt vmprofile Finance

RS G8124(config)# virt vmprofile edit Finance vlan 30

RS G8124(config)# virt vmprofile edit Finance shaping 1000 2000 3000

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G8124-E, G8124 specifications

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Blade ICE G8124-E manual VMready Configuration Example, Enable the VMready feature

Models: G8124-E G8124

BLADEOS 6.5.2 Application Guide