3 HP VSC Software Installation

This chapter provides installation instructions and the basic configuration for the HP VSC. Topics in this chapter include:

•HP VSC Installation Notes

•HP VSC Software Installation Procedure on KVM

•Emulated Disks Notes

•Emulated Ethernet NIC Notes

•HP VSC Software Installation Procedure on VMware

•Installing HP VSC on ESXI Using OVA

•HP VSC Basic Configuration

•HP VSC Boot Options File Configuration

•HP VSC System and Protocol Configuration

•System-level HP VSC Configuration

•In-band and Loopback IP Interfaces

•Post-install Security Tasks

HP VSC Installation Notes

Part of the XML definition of the HP VSC virtual machine is to “pin” the virtual CPUs (vCPUs) to separate CPU cores on the hypervisor. These settings are required for stable operation of the HP VSC to ensure internal timers do not experience unacceptable levels of jitter.

Hyperthreading must be disabled to achieve the best use of the physical cores.

For the HP VSC hardware and software requirements, consult the current HP Distributed Cloud Networking Release Notes.

HP VSC Software Installation Procedure on KVM

This section describes the process of loading the HP VSC software onto the dedicated server. At the end of the procedure, the HP VSC image will be running on the server, and HP VSC prompts you to log in.

There are two types of deployment, with a single qcow2 disk or (legacy) with two qcow2 disks (see Emulated Disks Notes).

This installation procedure assumes:

•The Linux server is a clean installation with a minimum of configuration and applications.

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