Installing Cisco IMC Supervisor on VMware vSphere
Before you begin
You must have system administrator privileges for VMware vSphere or vCenter
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If you want to use a static IP address rather than DHCP, you must know the following information:
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VMware vSphere ESXI 6.5 , 6.7, 7.0, and 7.0 U3 are the qualified version for OVA deployment. Ensure that the IP address of the source is different from the IP address of the target system. |
Procedure
Step 1 |
Log in to VMware vSphere Client. |
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In the Navigation pane, click the vSphere host on which you want to deploy. |
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Choose .The Deploy OVA Template window appears. |
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On the Source screen pane of theDeploy OVF Template, do one of the following to choose your OVA source location:
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On the OVA Template Details screen, verify the details and click Next. |
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On the Name and Location screeen, do the following:
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Select a compute resource by selecting the IP address under which the VM has to be tagged and click Next. Review the template details. Details about the publisher, Download size, the size on the disk and extra configuration will be displayed. |
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On the Storage screen, choose the storage location for the VM and click Next. |
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In the Disk Format pane, from the drop down options available, choose one of the following and click Next:
By default 100gb of data storage will be allocated. |
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In the Network Mapping pane, choose network for VM and click Next. |
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In the Properties pane, enter the following information and click Next:
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In the Ready to Complete pane, verify the options selected, and click Finish. Make sure you have sufficient vCPU and memory to power on the VM. |
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After the appliance has booted up, copy and paste the Cisco IMC Supervisor IP address that appears into a supported web browser to access the Login page. |
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On the Login page, enter |
What to do next
Update your license.