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8.10.1. Configuring Public Network with a Dedicated NIC for XenServer (Optional) ....... 106
8.10.2. Configuring Multiple Guest Networks for XenServer (Optional) .... ............ ........ 106
8.10.3. Separate Storage Network for XenServer (Optional) ............ ........... ............ .... 107
8.10.4. NIC Bonding for XenServer (Optional) ........................................................... 107
9. Installing KVM for CloudPlatform 111
9.1. System Requirements for KVM Hypervisor Hosts ....... ........... ............ ........... ............ .. 111
9.1.1. Supported Operating Systems for KVM Hosts ........ ........... ............ ........... ........ 111
9.1.2. System Requirements for KVM Hosts ............................................................. 111
9.2. Install and configure the Agent .................................................................................. 112
9.3. Installing the CloudPlatform Agent on a KVM Host ... ........... ............ ............ ........... .... 112
9.4. Physical Network Configuration for KVM .................................................................... 113
9.5. Time Synchronization for KVM Hosts ......................................................................... 114
9.6. Primary Storage Setup for KVM (Optional) ................................................................. 114
10. Installing VMware for CloudPlatform 117
10.1. System Requirements for vSphere Hosts ................................................................. 117
10.1.1. Software requirements ................................................................................. 117
10.1.2. Hardware requirements ................................................................................ 117
10.1.3. vCenter Server requirements: ....................................................................... 118
10.1.4. Other requirements: ..................................................................................... 118
10.2. Preparation Checklist for VMware ............................................................................ 119
10.2.1. vCenter Checklist ......................................................................................... 119
10.2.2. Networking Checklist for VMware .................................................................. 119
10.3. vSphere Installation Steps ....................................................................................... 120
10.4. ESXi Host setup ..................................................................................................... 120
10.5. Physical Host Networking ........................................................................................ 120
10.5.1. Configure Virtual Switch ............................................................................... 120
10.5.2. Configure vCenter Management Network ...................................................... 121
10.5.3. Configure NIC Bonding for vSphere .............................................................. 121
10.6. Configuring a vSphere Cluster with Nexus 1000v Virtual Switch .......... ............ ........... 122
10.6.1. About Cisco Nexus 1000v Distributed Virtual Switch .......... ............ ........... ...... 122
10.6.2. Prerequisites and Guidelines ........................................................................ 122
10.6.3. Nexus 1000v Virtual Switch Preconfiguration .......... ............ ........... ............ .... 123
10.6.4. Enabling Nexus Virtual Switch in CloudPlatform ......... ............ ............ ........... . 126
10.6.5. Configuring Nexus 1000v Virtual Switch in CloudPlatform . ............ ............ ...... 126
10.6.6. Removing Nexus Virtual Switch .................................................................... 127
10.6.7. Configuring a VMware Datacenter with VMware Distributed Virtual Switch ........ 127
10.7. Storage Preparation for vSphere (iSCSI only) ...... ........... ............ ........... ............ ....... 132
10.7.1. Enable iSCSI initiator for ESXi hosts ............................................................. 132
10.7.2. Add iSCSI target .......................................................................................... 132
10.7.3. Create an iSCSI datastore ............................................................................ 133
10.7.4. Multipathing for vSphere (Optional) ............................................................... 133
10.8. Add Hosts or Configure Clusters (vSphere) .............................................................. 133
11. Bare Metal Installation 135
11.1. Bare Metal Host System Requirements .................................................................... 135
11.2. About Bare Metal Kickstart Installation ..................................................................... 135
11.2.1. Limitations of Kickstart Baremetal Installation .......... ............ ........... ............ .... 136
11.3. Provisioning a Bare Metal Host with Kickstart ........................................................... 136
11.3.1. Download the Software ................................................................................ 136
11.3.2. Set Up IPMI ................................................................................................ 136
11.3.3. Enable PXE on the Bare Metal Host ............................................................. 137
11.3.4. Install the PXE and DHCP Servers ............................................................... 137
11.3.5. Set Up a File Server .................................................................................... 138