NOTE: If a prior version CMC is installed on a management computer on the network, the VSA for vSphere installer updates the CMC to the current version in the same location. The user-specified location entered in the installer wizard is ignored.

NOTE: You cannot run concurrent installations of VSA with the same VSA name on one ESX server.

After the installation is complete, open the CMC and find the VSAs as storage systems in the CMC. You can then set up the clustered storage for the SAN, as described in “Getting started with HP StoreVirtual Storage” (page 14).

Table 2 Configuring the VSA for vSphere using the installer wizard

Installer step

Definition

Host Setup

ESX Server or vCenter Server that will host the VSA. Enter either the IP address or host name of

 

the server.

Select Host

Lists ESX hosts managed by the vCenter Server or ESX Server, and lists health status and

 

configuration details for the host. Select the specific host on the server that was entered in the first

 

step.

Type

Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) is the storage system. See the HP StoreVirtual Storage User Guide

 

for information about installing the Failover Manager (FOM).

Datastore

List of datastores available on the server. Select the desired datastore to host the virtual appliance

 

files.

Network

Network settings include the following information:

 

• DNS name for the VSA. Name for the VSA must be 80 characters or less. Valid characters

 

include a-z (case insensitive), 0–9, and –.

 

• NIC to configure. Available NICs are eth0 and eth1. The VSA can support up to two NICs.

 

◦ IP address

 

Reserved IP address is recommended. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway.

 

DHCP is available (requires statically assigned IP addresses).

 

◦ The network interface designated for the virtual machines. Select the appropriate interface

 

from the list.

 

• The NIC designated as the preferred interface for LeftHand OS. Select eth0 or eth1.

Virtual Machine

Information for creating the virtual machine, including the following:

 

• Name for the virtual machine in ESX Server or vCenter Server

 

• Type of data drives, virtual or raw

VMDK or Raw

One of two windows opens, depending on which type of drives were selected in the Virtual

Disk

Machine window.

 

Virtual or raw drive requirements

 

• Maximum of 5 drives

 

• Minimum size: 5 GB

 

• Maximum size: 2047 GB

 

Virtual hard drives window

 

Select up to 5 virtual hard drives and designate the size.

 

Raw Disk window

 

Select up to five raw disks that you have prepared, and which are available. These drives must

 

have no partitions or volumes on them, or the installer will not list them.

 

IMPORTANT: The raw disk can be greater than 2 TB in VMware. However, the total amount of

 

configured storage on the VSA cannot exceed 10 TB or virtual RAID configuration will fail.

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