Table Of Contents
Cisco CPAM Deployment on UCS-B and C-series Platforms
Contents
Implementing CPAM on the UCS B- and C-Series Platforms
Solution Components
Logical Network Topology
Deploying the OVF Template
Configuring Ethernet 0 IP Address
Related Documentation
Cisco CPAM Deployment on UCS-B and C-series Platforms
Contents
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Implementing CPAM on the UCS B- and C-Series Platforms
•Deploying the OVF Template
•Configuring Ethernet 0 IP Address
•Related Documentation
Implementing CPAM on the UCS B- and C-Series Platforms
This section summarizes the high-level design recommendations and best practices for implementing CPAM on the UCS B- and C-Series platforms. In some instances, existing network equipment and topologies have the necessary configuration and performance characteristics to support high-quality CPAM. Figure 1 represents a virtualized CPAM application running on a UCS B-Series platform.
Figure 1 Cisco Physical Access Manager on UCS.
Solution Components
The components required for designing and deploying CPAM on UCS B-and C-Series platforms include:
•UCS B- and C-Series servers—The Cisco UCS Servers can be deployed as rack-mount servers (C-Series) or blade servers (B-Series) running the ESXi 5.0 virtualization software. The B-Series servers deliver a scalable and flexible architecture to meet your data center needs while helping to reduce the total cost of ownership. The C-Series servers address fluctuating workload challenges through a varying balance of processing, memory, I/O, and internal storage resources.
•Cisco Physical Access Manger (CPAM) software—This software runs on UCS B-or C-Series server in a virtualized environment. The CPAM on UCS software is available for download with purchase of the CPAM on UCS software license R-CIAC-PAME-VM-K9=. This software is an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file on Cisco.com. The OVA package is a tar file with the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) directory inside.
Logical Network Topology
Figure 2 illustrates the overall logical topology of the networking and CPAM components, including a UCS B-Series containing the ESXi host running CPAM, gateways, expansion modules, and the operator workstations running the CPAM client.
Figure 2 Logical Network Topology
Note This guide does not describe the configuration and operation of the Cisco Physical Access Manager (CPAM) products, For more information see, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9688/prod_installation_guides_list.html
Deploying the OVF Template
Tip Before performing the following steps, ensure that the ESXi 5.0 Hypervisor is installed on the UCS B- and C-Series platforms.
To deploy the OVF template, complete the following procedure:
Step 1 Log in to VSphere Client.
Step 2 From the File menu, select Deploy OVF Template. The Deploy OVF Template page opens
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Step 3 Click Browse to select the path of the OVF file from local directory or URL using source window.
Step 4 Click Next and the OVF Template Details page appears displaying the CPAM version and disk properties.
Step 5 Click Next and the Name and Location page opens.
Step 6 Enter the CPAM appliance name.
Step 7 Click Next, the Disk Format page opens.
Step 8 Select the desired provisioning policy for the virtual disk file.
Note It is advisable to choose either Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed or Thin Provision. It takes a longer time to create a disk with Thick Provision Eager Zeroed format.
Step 9 Click Next, the Ready to Complete page opens.
Step 10 Check the Power on after deployment checkbox.
Step 11 Click Finish to start the OVF deployment process.
Step 12 While processing, the following dialog box appears.
Step 13 When deployment is complete, the following dialog box appears.
Configuring Ethernet 0 IP Address
To configure Ethernet 0(eth0) IP address, complete the following procedure:
Step 1 Launch console connection for the installed Cisco Physical Access Manager from VSphere Client.
Step 2 Login with the default user name and password (cpamadmin/cpamadmin).
Step 3 Change the permission to super user.
Step 4 Copy ifcfg-eth0 file in /home/cpamadmin to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ using the following command:
cp /home/cpamadmin/ifcfg-eth0 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
Step 5 Edit the file using vi and change the default IP ,subnet mask and the default Gateway for ifcfg-eth0 file in - / etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/.
Sample configuration of ifcfg-eth0:
Note The above network parameters IPADDR, NETMASK, and GATEWAY must be configured based on network.
Step 6 Restart the network services using - /sbin/service network restart
Step 7 Check eth0 configuration using - /sbin/ifconfig
Step 8 Restart cpamadmin service using- /sbin/service cpamadmin restart
Now the CPAM appliance is ready for the Initial setup.
Note The CPAM VM, gateways, expansion modules, and CPAM client workstations are reachable in the network.
Related Documentation
For more information on Cisco-related products, see the following resources:
Cisco Physical Security product information:
http://www.cisco.com/go/physec/
Cisco UCS Manager Configuration Guide:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html
Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers Data Sheet and Literature:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10280/prod_literature.html
Cisco Physical Access Manager User guide:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9688/products_user_guide_list.html
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