HP Hyper Converged 380 Installation guide

HPE Hyper Converged 380

Installation Guide

Abstract

This document describes how to install and configure the HPE Hyper Converged 380 appliance and expansion nodes. This document is for

the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and is skilled in network configuration and virtual environments. Hewlett

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Part Number: 860192-003

September 2016

Edition: 3

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Contents 3

Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 7

Product introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 7

Purpose of this guide ..................................................................................................................................... 7

Supported versions .................................................................................................................................................. 7

Before you begin ....................................................................................................................................... 8

Before installing ........................................................................................................................................................ 8

Networking requirements............................................................................................................................... 8

Preinstallation worksheets ...................................................................................................................... 14

Appliance networks ................................................................................................................................................ 14

Remote vCenter ..................................................................................................................................................... 15

Settings .................................................................................................................................................................. 16

iLO addresses ........................................................................................................................................................ 17

iLO IPv4 address requirements ................................................................................................................... 17

iLO address worksheet ................................................................................................................................ 17

Default user names and passwords ....................................................................................................................... 17

CloudSystem .......................................................................................................................................................... 18

Appliance components ........................................................................................................................... 20

Front panel ............................................................................................................................................................. 20

Rear panel components ......................................................................................................................................... 21

General virtualization and VDI rear panel components ............................................................................... 21

CloudSystem rear panel components ......................................................................................................... 22

Installing the HC380 appliance nodes .................................................................................................... 23

Optimum environment ............................................................................................................................................ 23

Space and airflow requirements .................................................................................................................. 23

Temperature requirements .......................................................................................................................... 24

Power requirements .................................................................................................................................... 24

Connecting a DC power cable to a DC power source ................................................................................. 24

Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................................ 25

Installing the node into the rack .............................................................................................................................. 26

Cabling the system ................................................................................................................................................. 27

General virtualization configuration (all 1 GbE appliance)........................................................................... 28

General virtualization (10GbE appliance) and VDI configurations .............................................................. 29

CloudSystem configuration ......................................................................................................................... 30

Configuring the system ........................................................................................................................... 32

Configuring the HC380 system .............................................................................................................................. 32

Configuring the network switches ........................................................................................................................... 32

Powering on all nodes ............................................................................................................................................ 33

Configuring a laptop or workstation to access the system ..................................................................................... 33

Testing network connectivity .................................................................................................................................. 34

Licensing and installing NVIDIA Tesla M60 GPUs ................................................................................................. 34

Installing the NVIDIA GPU mode change utility on the vSphere host ......................................................... 35

Verifying the NVIDIA GPU mode ................................................................................................................. 35

Installing NVIDIA GRID Manager Software on vSphere ............................................................................. 36

Configuring the HC380 using OneView InstantOn ................................................................................................. 36

Guidelines for using OneView InstantOn .................................................................................................... 36

Completing the Introduction screen ............................................................................................................. 37

Completing the vCenter screen ................................................................................................................... 37

Completing the Health screen ..................................................................................................................... 38

Completing the IP Assignments screen....................................................................................................... 39

Completing the Credentials screen ............................................................................................................. 40

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Completing the Settings screen................................................................................................................... 41

Completing the Review Configuration Screen ............................................................................................. 42

Completing the Next Steps screen .............................................................................................................. 43

Installing HC380 Management UI .......................................................................................................................... 44

Completing the initial HC380 Management UI configuration .................................................................. 46

Configuring the settings .......................................................................................................................................... 46

Performing the initial HC380 Management UI setup .............................................................................................. 46

Configuring LDAP or Active Directory .................................................................................................................... 47

User roles .................................................................................................................................................... 47

Installing CloudSystem ........................................................................................................................... 48

Limitations .............................................................................................................................................................. 48

Running the installation utility ................................................................................................................................. 49

Overview...................................................................................................................................................... 49

Downloading the MySQL JDBC driver ........................................................................................................ 49

Enabling SSH on each ESXi server ............................................................................................................ 49

Running the installation utility ...................................................................................................................... 50

Datastores ................................................................................................................................................... 57

Disabling SSH on each ESXi server............................................................................................................ 59

Upgrading CloudSystem ........................................................................................................................................ 61

Prerequisites for upgrading cloud ................................................................................................................ 61

Upgrading CloudSystem 9.0 to 9.01 and 9.02............................................................................................. 61

Tenant and Provider Networking ............................................................................................................................ 61

Tenant ......................................................................................................................................................... 61

Provider ....................................................................................................................................................... 62

External ....................................................................................................................................................... 62

Validating CloudSystem ......................................................................................................................................... 63

Create router .......................................................................................................................................................... 63

Expanding the system............................................................................................................................. 64

Prerequisites to expanding the HC380 system ...................................................................................................... 64

Expanding the HC380 using OneView InstantOn .................................................................................................. 64

Expanding CloudSystem ........................................................................................................................................ 69

Compute node expansion ........................................................................................................................... 69

Pre-expansion preparation .......................................................................................................................... 69

Configure the new node in the CMC ........................................................................................................... 70

Configure the volume in vCenter ................................................................................................................. 70

Configure the VDS of vCenter ..................................................................................................................... 71

Activate the compute host cluster ................................................................................................................ 72

Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................... 73

Troubleshooting OneView InstantOn ..................................................................................................................... 73

Certificate error when launching vCenter web client ................................................................................... 73

HC380 nodes are not discovered ................................................................................................................ 73

OneView InstantOn hangs during deployment ............................................................................................ 73

vCenter license status on Health screen is red ........................................................................................... 74

OneView InstantOn progress indicator appears to hang ............................................................................. 74

"Invalid username and password" error appears when you specify a local vCenter ................................... 74

Application performance on management VM might decrease ................................................................... 74

"The page cannot be displayed" error message appears ............................................................................ 75

OneView InstantOn hangs with error message "0:02 Adding SAN to vCenter" .......................................... 75

vSphere HA errors .................................................................................................................................................. 75

Troubleshooting CloudSystem ............................................................................................................................... 76

Connection error to vCenter server ............................................................................................................. 76

Installation utility cannot assign the DCM network VLAN to the ESXmgmt portgroup ................................ 76

Unable to migrate host to management cluster ........................................................................................... 77

Trouble setting up storage ........................................................................................................................... 77

Distributed switches were not created as expected .................................................................................... 78

Foundation or Enterprise zip files on the datastore supplied by the factory image are not found ............... 78

Foundation or Enterprise zip files can not be unzipped .............................................................................. 79

Storage is not available for OVA images ..................................................................................................... 79

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Issues creating first management appliance ............................................................................................... 79

CloudSystem was not deployed successfully .............................................................................................. 80

Could not update the hpcs-data* distributed switch .................................................................................... 80

Could not register vCenter with CloudSystem ............................................................................................. 80

Could not activate compute nodes .............................................................................................................. 81

Could not create Tenant VLAN Segment Ranges ....................................................................................... 81

Could not create Tenant and Provider VLAN Networks .............................................................................. 82

Could not add Subnets to Networks ............................................................................................................ 82

Could not create router ................................................................................................................................ 82

Could not update to 9.02 ............................................................................................................................. 82

Could not update passwords ....................................................................................................................... 83

VSA volumes did not stabilize in 10 minutes…cannot continue .................................................................. 83

VM <name> did not power off - <error msg>............................................................................................... 83

Problem finding original vCenter cluster ...................................................................................................... 83

Could not find the VSA VM on host <name> ............................................................................................... 84

Deploy CloudSystem ................................................................................................................................... 84

Appendix A: Network switch configuration .............................................................................................. 85

Hewlett Packard Enterprise switches ..................................................................................................................... 85

Network cabling ........................................................................................................................................... 85

Configuring the switches ............................................................................................................................. 86

Connecting to the serial console port .......................................................................................................... 86

IRF configuration ......................................................................................................................................... 86

Cisco Nexus networking ......................................................................................................................................... 91

Network cabling ........................................................................................................................................... 91

Configuring the switches ............................................................................................................................. 92

Validating the switch configuration .............................................................................................................. 96

Uplink into existing network infrastructure ................................................................................................. 100

Configuration worksheet ....................................................................................................................................... 100

Appendix B: CloudSystem 9.0 Management Host Networking ............................................................. 102

Appendix C: CloudSystem 9.0 Compute Host Networking ................................................................... 103

Appendix D: CloudSystem 9.0 Consoles .............................................................................................. 104

Appendix E: CloudSystem Network Diagram ....................................................................................... 106

Appendix F: Remote vCenter setup ...................................................................................................... 107

Appendix G: Management group quorum consideration ...................................................................... 109

Appendix H: IP addresses for sample cluster ....................................................................................... 110

ESXi management network IP addresses worksheet .......................................................................................... 110

vSphere vMotion network IP addresses worksheet ............................................................................................. 112

Storage network IP addresses worksheet ............................................................................................................ 113

CloudSystem network IP addresses worksheet ................................................................................................... 114

Warranty and regulatory information ..................................................................................................... 116

Warranty information ............................................................................................................................................ 116

Regulatory information ......................................................................................................................................... 116

Safety and regulatory compliance ............................................................................................................. 116

Belarus Kazakhstan Russia marking ......................................................................................................... 116

Turkey RoHS material content declaration ................................................................................................ 117

Ukraine RoHS material content declaration .............................................................................................. 117

Specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 118

HC380 specifications ............................................................................................................................................ 118

Support and other resources ................................................................................................................ 119

Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support ................................................................................................... 119

Information to collect ................................................................................................................................. 119

Accessing updates ............................................................................................................................................... 119

Websites ............................................................................................................................................................... 119

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Remote support .................................................................................................................................................... 120

Insight Remote Support installation ........................................................................................................... 120

Acronyms and abbreviations................................................................................................................. 121

Documentation feedback ...................................................................................................................... 123

Index ..................................................................................................................................................... 124

Introduction 7

Introduction

Product introduction

The Hyper Converged 380 system is a virtualization appliance that combines compute and storage

resources in the same chassis. It is designed to be deployed easily and yet manage a variety of virtualized

workloads in medium-sized businesses and enterprises.

The system is available in three workload configurations:

• General virtualization — supports general-purpose virtualization workloads

• HPE Helion CloudSystem — open and fully integrated cloud solution delivering automation,

orchestration, and control across multiple clouds

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) — supports specific VDI workloads

Purpose of this guide

All hardware comes preintegrated and ready to connect to a network switch. All software, with the

exception of the VDI-specific application, comes preloaded enabling a simple installation. This guide

contains information for installing and configuring the appliance and adding expansion nodes.

Use the instructions and guidelines in this guide to perform the following tasks.

• Initial installation and deployment tasks

o Plan for the installation by using the preinstallation worksheets to collect the information required

o Install the hardware into your datacenter environment

o Connect the appliance to your network and connect to the system

o Deploy the system using the HPE OneView InstantOn configuration utility

o Install HC380 Management UI

o Complete the initial configuration of HC380 Management UI

o Install Cloud System (optional)

• Adding HC380 expansion nodes

o Expand the system

NOTE: For information about installing the VDI configuation, see HPE Reference

Architecture for VMware Horizon (with View) 6.2.2 on HPE Hyper Converged 380 on the

Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/info/cv).

Supported versions

The HC380 ships with a supported set of software versions that comply with the HC380 firmware and

software compatibility matrix. Over time, the HC380 matrix may be updated to support newer versions.

Customers maintain the HC380 to be in compliance with the HC380 compatibility matrix. For more

information, see the HPE Hyper Converged 380 Firmware and Software Compatibility Matrix on the

Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/support/hc380CMen).

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Before you begin

Before installing

The HC380 installation process is designed for an IT specialist who is familiar with computer hardware

and software concepts and virtual machine networking. You are encouraged to read through this

document before you begin installation and familiarize yourself with each of the steps.

You need the following items to successfully complete the installation:

• Network switches and cables that meet the following requirements:

o 1Gb connections for each the iLO and 1Gb LOM ports on each node

o 1Gb or 10Gb connections the FlexLOM ports on each node

o 1Gb and 10Gb connections IPv6 capable and enabled

• Appropriate power and rack space for the HC380 nodes and any other hardware that may be part of

the environment

• Laptop or other computer that can be network cabled directly to a node to begin configuration. The

instructions assume that you are using a Windows-based computer with Remote Desktop Services

installed.

• VMware vSphere Enterprise or Enterprise Plus license

Networking requirements

Planning and executing the network installation is the single most important item to a successful

installation. Whether you are integrating into an existing data center infrastructure or isolating the

appliance from other resources, you must consider not only the initial appliance installation, but also plan

for any future expansion.

IMPORTANT: The networking choices made during the initial installation may not be

reversible at a later time without a complete reinstallation.

Flat or VLAN-tagged networks

The HC380 appliance creates and utilizes different internal networks to segregate traffic, including ESXi

management, vMotion, and storage. These networks may be configured in either a "flat" or VLAN-tagged

network topology, depending on the workload configuration and your specific network requirements. Here

are the options based on workload type:

• General virtualization: Flat or VLAN-tagged network

• CloudSystem: VLAN-tagged network only

• VDI: Flat or VLAN-tagged network

If you have a choice and are unsure about which network type to use, consult your network administrator.

IPv6 enablement at switch level

The HC380 requires that the 1Gb and 10Gb switches be IPv6 enabled.

Most switches have IPv6 enabled by default, but some companies may explicitly disable IPv6 Link Local

by setting up access control lists (ACLs) or performing other IT functions.

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If IPv6 is not enabled, the HC380 nodes will not be discovered during the installation progress and the

installation and deployment will not complete.

IP address assignments

Note the following points about the IP address assignments:

• The appliance uses a private IPv4 network (192.168.42.0/24) for internal system communications

that can not be used by other devices sharing the same network.

• If you plan to expand the number of nodes in the future, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends

that you preallocate and leave enough room in the IP address ranges. Preallocating allows you to

add future nodes with IP addresses matching the initial installation subnet ranges. If you choose not

to preallocate the IP addresses now, the future nodes require IP addresses within the subnet ranges

used during initial system deployment.

• You need between 5 and 119 IPv4 addresses, depending upon whether you are performing an initial

configuration or expanding the HC380 cluster.

o If you are performing an initial configuration, the system requires between 15 and 119 IPv4

addresses, depending on the number of nodes in your initial configuration and whether you are

installing CloudSystem.

o If you are expanding an existing HC380 cluster, you need between 5 and 70 IPv4 addresses,

depending on the number of nodes you are adding and whether you are using CloudSystem.

• Since the OneView InstantOn configuration utility accepts a starting IP address and automatically

increments the IP addresses by the number of nodes in the initial configuration or expansion, some

of the IP addresses must be contiguous.

• For examples and worksheets to help you plan your networks, see "Appendix H: IP addresses for

sample cluster (on page 110)."

Planning your appliance networks

Use the topics in this section to plan your appliance networks and determine the IP addresses that are

required for your installation.

ESXi management network IP addresses

The ESXi management network assigned in OneView InstantOn requires contiguous IP addresses. When

assigning IP addresses for the ESXi management network, the Management VM IP address is assigned

first and is the starting IP address. Record the starting IP address on the preinstallation worksheet

("Preinstallation worksheets" on page 14).

You must choose separately the HC380 Management UI and HC380 OneView VM IP addresses on the

ESXi management network so that they do not conflict with the IP addresses assigned by OneView

InstantOn.

When planning the ESXi management network, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you use

the convention shown in the table.

Network

Addresses

Purpose Example Count Notes

W.X.Y.n

HC380

Management UI VM

172.28.0.1

1

This value is provided during the

HC380 Management UI

installation.

W.X.Y.n+1

HC380 OneView

VM

172.28.0.2

1

This value is provided during the

initial configuration of the HC380

Management UI

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Network

Addresses

Purpose Example Count Notes

W.X.Y.n+2

HC380

Management VM

172.28.0.3

1

This value is the starting IP

address on the IP assignments

screen of OneView InstantOn.

W.X.Y.n+3 -

W.X.Y.n+18

ESXi Nodes (16

nodes)

172.28.0.4 –

172.28.0.19

1 - 16

These address values are

automatically and sequentially

assigned to the nodes by

OneView InstantOn, starting

immediately after the HC380

Management VM IP address.

W.X.Y.n+19 –

W.X.Y.n+43

CloudSystem

Management &

Compute VMs

(optional)

172.28.0.20 -

172.28.0.44

25

For CloudSystem only.

W.X.Y.n+44 –

W.X.Y.n+46

CloudSystem

Console VIP

(optional)

172.28.0.45 –

172.28.0.47

3

For CloudSystem only.

The examples shown above show that all IP addresses are contiguous. However, the only addresses that

the system requires to be contiguous are the addresses used by HC380 management VM and the ESXi

management network nodes. The other addresses are not required to be contiguous, but Hewlett Packard

Enterprise recommends that they be in the same address range, to enable expansion at a later date.

Use one of the following calculations to help you determine the number of IPv4 addresses you need for

your ESXi management network, where N is the number of nodes in your cluster.

• N + 3 (for General virtualization and VDI)

• N + 31 (for CloudSystem)

Use the following guidelines and examples for a 16-node and two-node cluster.

16-node cluster

For a 16-node cluster, you need between 19 and 47 IP addresses.

Purpose Example Count

HC380 Management UI VM

172.28.0.1

1

HC380 OneView VM

172.28.0.2

1

HC380 Management VM

172.28.0.3*

1

ESXi Nodes (16 nodes)

172.28.0.4* -

172.28.0.19*

16

Total: 19

CloudSystem Management & Compute

VMs (optional)

172.28.0.20 -

172.28.0.44

25

CloudSystem Console VIP (optional)

172.28.0.45 –

172.28.0.47

3

Total: 47

* Must be contiguous

Two-node cluster

For a two-node cluster, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you reserve IP addresses to allow

for future expansion. Therefore, you need between 19 and 47 IP addresses.

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Purpose Example Count

HC380 Management UI VM

172.28.0.1

1

HC380 OneView VM

172.28.0.2

1

HC380 Management VM

172.28.0.3*

1

ESXi nodes (two nodes)

172.28.0.4*

172.28.0.5*

2

Reserved for expansion

172.28.0.6* -

172.28.0.19*

14

Total: 19

CloudSystem Management & Compute

VMs (optional)

172.28.0.20-

172.28.0.44

25

CloudSystem Console VIP (optional)

172.28.0.45 –

172.28.0.47

3

Total: 47

* Must be contiguous

vSphere vMotion network IP addresses

The vSphere vMotion network requires contiguous IPv4 addresses, one for each HC380 node in the

cluster. In OneView InstantOn, you provide the first IP address as the starting address, and the program

automatically assigns all other IP addresses in sequence. Record the starting IP address on the

preinstallation worksheet ("Preinstallation worksheets" on page 14).

If you are installing CloudSystem, no additional IP addresses are needed.

Use the following examples for the required number of IP addresses:

• For a 16-node cluster, you will need 16 contiguous IPv4 addresses.

• For a two-node cluster, you will need 2 contiguous IPv4 addresses.

• For a three-node cluster, you will need 3 contiguous IPv4 addresses.

Storage network IP addresses

The storage network requires five contiguous IPv4 addresses for the first node and three contiguous IPv4

addresses for every additional node. These IP addresses are used by the HC380 Management VM, iSCSI

initiators, and HPE StoreVirtual.

Use the following examples for the required number of IP addresses:

• For a sixteen-node cluster, you will need 50 contiguous IPv4 addresses

• For a two-node cluster, you will need 8 contiguous IPv4 addresses

• For a three-node cluster, you will need 11 contiguous IPv4 addresses

In OneView InstantOn, you provide the first IP address as the starting address, and the program

automatically assigns all other IP addresses in sequence. Record the starting IP address on the

preinstallation worksheet ("Preinstallation worksheets" on page 14).

Planning for expansion

If you are planning to expand in the future, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you preallocate

the IP addresses that are needed for the future nodes. For each new expansion node, you need five IPv4

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addresses for OneView InstantOn. HC380 Management UI also requires the iLO IPv4 address for the

node.

The five IPv4 addresses are used as follows:

• One address is used for the ESXi host.

• One address is used for the vSphere vMotion component on the ESXi host.

• Three addresses are used by the storage network, including two for the iSCSI initiators.

The following IP addresses from the initial system deployment are reused for the expansion process:

• HC380 Management UI VM

• HC380 OneView VM

• HC380 Management VM

• StoreVirtual cluster

If you are planning to expand to a 16-node system in the future, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends,

but does not require, that you preallocate the IP addresses that will be needed for the remaining nodes

now. Preallocating IP addresses for all 16 nodes allows you to assign contiguous blocks of IP addresses

to the various networks.

For each network type (ESXi, vSphere vMotion, Storage), you choose the first IP address in that group’s

range. After that IP address is chosen, OneView InstantOn will automatically increment and assign the

remaining IP addresses for that group.

VMware vCenter

The HC380 can be deployed with either a local vCenter Server instance, or with a remote vCenter Server

(or vCenter Server appliance) instance. Regardless of the vCenter Server location, it must have HPE

OneView for vCenter integrated. During OneView InstantOn configuration, OneView InstantOn checks

that the specified vCenter Server has OneView for vCenter configured, and will not continue until this

check is complete. For additional information, see "Appendix F: Remote vCenter setup (on page 107)."

NOTE: A remote vCenter setup is not supported with CloudSystem.

Before deploying the HC380 with the remote vCenter option, ensure that the following requirements are

met on the remote server on which VMware vCenter Server and OneView for VMware vCenter are

installed:

• Verify that the remote server is configured on a network that is accessible to the 10 GbE switches

that are connected to the HC380 system. You need the IP address for the remote vCenter server and

the default port used for SSO.

• Verify that the remote vCenter is not running on a host intended to be an HC380 appliance instance.

• Disable the firewalls for the HC380 appliance, or enable the following ports for inbound access:

o HPE HTTPS Port 3501 TCP

o HPE UIM Port 3504 TCP (must be accessible from the Management VM of the system running

OneView InstantOn)

NOTE:

• For more information about these ports, see “Default port values” in HP OneView for

VMware vCenter Installation Guide found on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website

(http://www.hpe.com/info/ovvcenter/docs).

• These firewall or port settings are only required during deployment of a new system

installation or a system expansion. Once that deployment is complete, you can either

re-enable the firewalls or disable port access.

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• Install VMware vCenter Server. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you always install the

latest updates of the software.

• Install OneView for VMware vCenter and ensure that it has access to the networks that will be used

for HC380 ESXi management and for HC380 storage.

• Ensure that you have access to the OneView for VMware vCenter administrator credentials on the

remote server. These credentials are used by OneView InstantOn during deployment.

• Verify that the remote server can support the additional system hosts, datacenter, and Virtual

Machines that will be installed or added (expanded).

NOTE: To determine the supported limits for each version, see the VMware vCenter Server

documentation.

HPE iLO 4

Although iLO 4 is not required for daily use, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you configure

the iLO of each HC380 server as part of the initial setup. iLO is required when performing a node

recovery, for perform a firmware update, and for CloudSystem. The default iLO credentials can be found

on the toe tag on each HC380 node.

For more information about configuring iLO, see HPE iLO 4 User Guide, which is available on the Hewlett

Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/info/ilo/docs).

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Preinstallation worksheets

This section contains information lists for data needed during the appliance installation and configuration.

If you are expanding an existing configuration, you will need to obtain data from the existing appliance and

add any data for an expansion node.

Appliance networks

For each network type (ESXi, vSphere vMotion, Storage), you choose the first IP address in the range for

that group. Once that IP address is chosen, OneView InstantOn automatically increments and assigns the

remaining IP addresses for that group. Each network type assigned in OneView InstantOn requires

contiguous IP addresses.

Use the worksheets for an initial installation and for an expansion.

ESXi Network Components

To help you plan the ESXi management network, see "ESXi management network IP addresses (on page

9)."

ESXi network components Value

Starting IP address

(used by the HC380 Management VM during

initial installation or by the first ESXi node being

added during an expansion)

Subnet Mask

Gateway

vSphere vMotion IPs

To help you plan the vSphere vMotion network, see "vSphere vMotion network IP addresses (on page

11)."

vSphere vMotion IPs Value

Starting IP address

Subnet Mask

VLAN ID (optional, for CloudSystem)

Storage network IPs

To help you plan the storage network, see "Storage network IP addresses (on page 11)."

Storage network IPs Value

Starting IP address

Subnet Mask

Gateway

VLAN ID (optional, for CloudSystem)

HC380 Management UI VM

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For the HC380 Management UI initial configuration, you assign two additional IPv4 addresses for the

HC380 Management UI and HPE OneView components, listed in the worksheet.

To help you determine the IP addresses to use in this worksheet, see "ESXi management network IP

addresses (on page 9)."

Item

Value

HC380 Management UI VM administrator

password

HC380 Management UI VM IP address

Subnet Mask

Gateway

HPE OneView VM IP address

Subnet Mask

Gateway

Remote vCenter

Use this section only:

• if you plan to use a remote vCenter in your initial HC380 installation

• if you are expanding and you selected the remote vCenter option during the initial installation

Initial installation

If you choose the remote vCenter option on the OneView InstantOn vCenter screen, you are required to

enter an HC380 Management VM IP address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS addresses into the

Management VM ESX Connectivity area on that screen. These values are used to configure the

Management VM so that HP OneView InstantOn can verify that the remote server can be accessed and

that the remote instance of HPE OneView for VMware vCenter is installed at the correct, minimum

version.

The HC380 Management VM IP address, subnet mask and gateway are automatically populated on the

OneView InstantOn IP assignment screen as the starting address for the ESXi Network Component. The

DNS value is used on the OneView InstantOn Settings screen.

For more information on a remote vCenter setup, see "Appendix F: Remote vCenter setup (on page

107)."

Item Value

IP address of remote vCenter system

Port on remote vCenter system

User name for vCenter on remote system

Password for vCenter on remote system

IP address for HC380 Management VM on the ESXi

management network

(same as starting address of the ESXi components

on IP assignment screen)

Subnet Mask for the HC380 ESXi management

network

(same as subnet mask value of the ESXi components

on IP assignment screen)

Gateway on the HC380 ESXi management network

(same as gateway value of the ESXi components on

IP assignment screen)

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Item Value

DNS Server on the HC380 ESXi management

network

(same as DNS value from Settings screen)

Expansion

During an expansion, you are required to provide the password for the remote vCenter user name.

Remote vCenter server item Value

IP address

Automatically populated from initial installation

Port

Automatically populated from initial installation

User name

Automatically populated from initial installation

Password

Settings

Use the following checklist to set up your storage network for a new installation.

Item Value

StoreVirtual user name

Must contain 3–30 characters, begin with a letter,

and can include numbers, or the _* characters

StoreVirtual password

Must contain 5–40 characters and not include the

\ / , . ; ' " : characters

vSphere license (optional)

Only needed if connecting to a local vCenter

Storage network DNS

Storage network NTP (optional)

Storage network mail server

Storage network mail server port

Sender email

Recipient email

NFS file share path (for 2-node system)*

* For more information, see "Appendix G: Management group quorum consideration (on page 109)."

Use the following checklist for an expansion.

Item Value

StoreVirtual user name

Use same value provided during initial installation

StoreVirtual password

Use same value provided during initial installation

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iLO addresses

iLO IPv4 address requirements

Each HC380 server has an iLO which is manually configured with an IPv4 address on the ESX

management network. HC380 Management UI imports the iLO for each of the servers by IP address

during its configuration process, so that it can then manage the iLOs.

HC380 Management UI does not require that you enter the serial number, but it does associate each IP

address to a serial number. All of the iLO IP addresses must be accessible from the ESXi management

network.

For more information about iLO, see "HPE iLO 4 (on page 13)."

iLO address worksheet

Use the worksheet to record the node serial number and the iLO IP address associated to that serial

number.

During an expansion, you can use this same worksheet and then manually enter the IPv4 addresses into

HC380 Management UI (Settings area) for each new node that you are adding.

Node Serial number iLO IP address

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Default user names and passwords

The following default usernames and passwords are shipped with the appliance or are needed to

complete the setup.

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Item Username Password

vCenter Server (local)

administrator@vsphere.local

HyperConv!234

HC380 Management VM

administrator

HyperConv!234

ESXi shell

root

HyperConv!234

iLO administrator

CloudSystem Operations

Console

admin

unset

OpenStack Horizon Console

admin

unset

CloudSystem Management

Appliances

cloudadmin

CSA MarketPlace Portal

consumer

cloud

Operations Orchestration

administrator

unset

For more information about iLO, see "HPE iLO 4 (on page 13)."

CloudSystem

Use the following worksheet to assist in the pre-planning for the CloudSystem workload configuration. If

you are installing the general virtualization or VDI workload configurations, you can skip this spreadsheet.

While the Block and Object networks are not used, the installation process requires a VLAN for each

network. Assign two unused VLAN IDs for these networks that do not interfere with any of your other

networks.

For more information, see "Appendix E: CloudSystem Network Diagram (on page 106)."

Item Value

Data Center Management Network

DCM IP Range: (25 contiguous IPs)

DCM VLAN ID:

DCM CIDR:

DCM Gateway:

DCM Management Appliance VIP:

DCM Management Appliance FQDN:

DCM Cloud Controller VIP:

DCM Cloud Controller FQDN:

DCM Enterprise Appliance VIP:

DCM Enterprise Appliance FQDN:

Cloud Management Network

CLM VLAN ID:

Consumer Access Network

CAN IP Range: (+3 contiguous IPs)

CAN VLAN ID:

CAN CIDR:

CAN Gateway:

CAN Cloud Controller VIP:

CAN Cloud Controller FQDN:

CAN Enterprise Appliance VIP:

CAN Enterprise Appliance FQDN:

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Item Value

External Network

External VLAN ID:

Provider Networks

Provider 1 VLAN ID:

Provider 1 CIDR:

Provider 2 VLAN ID:

Provider 2 CIDR:

Provider 3 VLAN ID:

Provider 3 CIDR:

Provider 4 VLAN ID:

Provider 4 CIDR:

Tenant Networks

Tenant 1 VLAN ID:

Tenant 1 CIDR:

Tenant 2 VLAN ID:

Tenant 2 CIDR:

Tenant 3 VLAN ID:

Tenant 3 CIDR:

Tenant 4 VLAN ID:

Tenant 4 CIDR:

Block Storage Networks

Block Storage VLAN ID:

Object Proxy Network

Object Proxy VLAN ID:

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Appliance components

The following diagrams are examples to help you understand important component locations. Because

the HC380 is available with an array of options, storage, networking and power components will vary

depending on your specific configuration.

Front panel

• Front panel with HDDs or SSDs in all three storage bays

Item Description

1

Bay 3, with 8 HDDs or SSDs (optional)

2

Bay 2, with 8 HDDs or SSDs (optional)

3

Bay 1, with 8 HDDs or SSDs

• Front panel hybrid configuration with 6 HDDs and 2 SSDs in each storage bay

Item

Description

1

Bay 3, with 6 HDDs and 2 SSDs (optional)

2

Bay 2, with 6 HDDs and 2 SSDs (optional)

3

Bay 1, with 6 HDDs and 2 SSDs

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