Process

Resource

Task

Description

 

 

 

Enclosures

1. Add the enclosure.

• When you add the enclosure, specify an existing enclosure group.

 

 

• When you add an enclosure, you also must select a firmware baseline

 

 

and a licensing option.

 

 

• For more information about enclosures, see “Managing enclosures and

 

 

enclosure groups” (page 131), the online help for the Enclosures screen,

 

 

or the REST API scripting help for enclosures.

 

 

 

Server Profiles 2. Do one of the following:

•Create a server profile and assign it to the server hardware.

•Copy a server profile and assign it to the server hardware, then modify it as necessary.

3.Power on the server hardware.

For a server blade to connect to a data center network, it must have a server profile assigned to it, and that server profile must include a connection to either the network or a network set that includes the network:

•If there is an existing server profile that matches how you want the server hardware configured, you can copy that server profile and assign it to the server hardware.

•Otherwise, you must create or copy and modify a server profile that includes at least one connection to the network or a network set that contains the network.

•Server profiles contain much more configuration information than the connections to networks. For more information about server profiles, see “Managing servers and server profiles” (page 111), the online help for the Server Profiles screen, or the REST API scripting help for server profiles.

11.3Scenario 2: Defining network connectivity before the enclosure is added

In this scenario, you configure the logical interconnect group, including its uplink sets, and the enclosure group before you add the enclosure. After you define those configurations, the process is the same as adding an enclosure to an existing enclosure group.

For a step-by-step illustrated example of this scenario, see “Provisioning eight host servers for VMware vSphere Auto Deploy” (page 238).

Prerequisites

•Minimum required privileges: Infrastructure administrator or Server administrator.

•The hardware configuration of the enclosure interconnects must match the configuration expected by the logical interconnect group that you create.

•All data center switch ports that connect to the VC (Virtual Connect) interconnect modules are configured as described in “Data center switch port requirements” (page 115).

•The networks and network sets, if any, have been added to the appliance. To add networks or network sets, see “Quick Start: Adding a network to an existing appliance environment” (page 95) or “Managing networks and network resources” (page 115).

•See “Prerequisites for bringing an enclosure under management” (page 131) for prerequisites and preparation you must complete before you add an enclosure.

•See “Prerequisites for bringing server hardware under management” (page 112) for prerequisites and preparation you must complete before you add a server.

11.3 Scenario 2: Defining network connectivity before the enclosure is added 101