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About This Guide......................................................................................................................................

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Audience .................................................................................................................................................

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1 HP DCN: Overview and Infrastructure............................................................

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HP DCN Overview....................................................................................................................................

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HP DCN Infrastructure Requirements and Recommendations ...........................................................................

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Data Center IP Network........................................................................................................................

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NTP Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................

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Domain Name System..........................................................................................................................

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Certificate Authority .............................................................................................................................

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HP DCN Installation Overview....................................................................................................................

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2 HP DCN Software Installation .....................................................................

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HP VSD Hardware and Software Requirements ............................................................................................

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HP VSD Installation Overview ....................................................................................................................

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Installation Types ................................................................................................................................

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High Availability ...........................................................................................................................

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Installation Methods ............................................................................................................................

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Notes on Reinstallation: MySQL Root Password.......................................................................................

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HP VSD Installation Using QCow2 Image ...................................................................................................

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Set Up Appliance VMs ........................................................................................................................

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Connect to Appliance VMs .............................................................................................................

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Connect Via VNC ....................................................................................................................

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Connect Via virsh Console.........................................................................................................

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Configure Networking....................................................................................................................

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Configure DNS Server....................................................................................................................

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Configure NTP Server ....................................................................................................................

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Install HP VSD using qcow2............................................................................................................

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HP VSD Installation Using ISO Disc Image .............................................................................................

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Set Up VM for ISO ........................................................................................................................

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Extract and Mount ISO Image .........................................................................................................

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Configure Networking, DNS, and NTP.............................................................................................

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Install HP VSD Using ISO................................................................................................................

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Import Certificates on the Servers ..............................................................................................................

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LDAP Store.........................................................................................................................................

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Example of Load Balancer Configuration ...............................................................................................

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3 HP VSC Software Installation ......................................................................

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HP VSC Installation Notes ........................................................................................................................

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HP VSC Software Installation Procedure on KVM.........................................................................................

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Emulated Disks Notes.........................................................................................................................

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Emulated Ethernet NIC Notes ..............................................................................................................

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HP VSC Software Installation Procedure on VMware....................................................................................

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Installing HP VSC on ESXI Using OVA ..................................................................................................

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HP VSC Basic Configuration......................................................................................................................

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HP VSC Boot Options File Configuration................................................................................................

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HP VSC System and Protocol Configuration ...........................................................................................

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System-level HP VSC Configuration .................................................................................................

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System Name .........................................................................................................................

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NTP Servers and Time Zone......................................................................................................

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XMPP and OpenFlow...............................................................................................................

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In-band and Loopback IP Interfaces ...........................................................................................

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Network Protocols (OSPF and BGP) ...........................................................................................

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