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Cisco Virtual Application Cloud Segmentation Services Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.4STV3.0

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Cisco Virtual Application Cloud Segmentation Services Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.4STV3.0

Chapter Title

Installing Cisco VACS

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Updated:
June 16, 2016

Chapter: Installing Cisco VACS

Installing Cisco VACS

This chapter contains the following sections:

Compatibility Information for Cisco VACS

The following table lists the compatibility information for Cisco VACS and Cisco UCS Director, and the relevant Cisco VACS components.

Table 1 Software Compatibility for Cisco VACS and Cisco UCS Director

Cisco VACS

Cisco UCS Director

Release 5.4STV3.0

Release 5.4 and the 5.4 based patch releases

Note   

  • We recommend that you install it on Cisco UCS Director Release patch 5.4.0.3.

  • Cisco VACS 3.0 is not supported on Cisco UCS Director Release 5.5.

  • VMware vSphere 5.5 or 6.0

  • Cisco Nexus 1000V 5.2(1)SV3(1.4)

  • Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.4.1b

  • Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 5.2(1)VSG2(1.3)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V XE 3.16.1a

  • Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv) 9.6.1

  • Server Load Balancer (SLB)

    1. Open Source HA-proxy, Release 1.5.2 1.5.2-2.el6 (on x86_64)

    2. Keepalived 1.2.15

Release 5.4STV2.1

Release 5.4

Release 5.3 and the Release 5.3-based patches are not supported.

  • VMware vSphere 5.1 or later

  • Cisco Nexus 1000V 5.2(1)SV3(1.4)

  • Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.4.1b

  • Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 5.2(1)VSG2(1.3)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V XE 3.16.1a

  • Server Load Balancer (SLB)

    1. Open Source HA-proxy, Release 1.5.2 1.5.2-2.el6 (on x86_64)

    2. Keepalived 1.2.15

Release 5.3STV2.0.1

Release 5.3 and the later releases
Note   

We recommend that you install it on Cisco UCS Director Release patch 5.3.1.2.

  • VMware vSphere 5.1 or later

  • Cisco Nexus 1000V 5.2(1)SV3(1.4)

  • Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.4.1b

  • Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 5.2(1)VSG2(1.3)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V XE 3.14.0

  • Server Load Balancer (SLB)

    1. Open Source HA-proxy, Release 1.5.2 1.5.2-2.el6 (on x86_64)

    2. Keepalived 1.2.15

Release 5.3STV2.0

  • Release 5.3 or the 5.3.1.0 patch

  • Release 5.2 or Release 5.2-based patch releases

  • VMware vSphere 5.1 or later

  • Cisco Nexus 1000V 5.2(1)SV3(1.4)

  • Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.4.1b

  • Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 5.2(1)VSG2(1.3)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V XE 3.14.0

  • Server Load Balancer (SLB)

    1. Open Source HA-proxy, Release 1.5.2 1.5.2-2.el6 (on x86_64)

    2. Keepalived 1.2.15

Release 5.3STV1.1.2

  • Release 5.3

  • Release 5.2
    Note   

    Apply the Cisco UCS Director maintenance patch (patch 1, which is cucsd_patch_5_2_0_1.zip) before installing or before upgrading to Cisco VACS Release 5.3STV1.1.2.

  • Release 5.1

  • VMware vSphere 5.1 or later

  • Cisco Nexus 1000V 5.2(1)SV3(1.1)

  • Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.2.2.b

  • Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 5.2(1)VSG2(1.1)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V XE 3.14.0

Release 5.2STV1.1.1

  • Release 5.2
    Note   

    Apply the Cisco UCS Director maintenance patch (patch 1, which is cucsd_patch_5_2_0_1.zip) before installing or before upgrading to Cisco VACS Release 5.3STV1.1.2.

  • Release 5.1

  • VMware vSphere 5.1 or later

  • Cisco Nexus 1000V 5.2(1)SV3(1.1)

  • Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.2.2.b

  • Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 5.2(1)VSG2(1.1)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V XE 3.14.0

Release 5.2STV1.1

  • Release 5.2
    Note   

    Apply the Cisco UCS Director maintenance patch (patch 1, which is cucsd_patch_5_2_0_1.zip) before installing or before upgrading to Cisco VACS Release 5.3STV1.1.2.

  • Release 5.1

  • VMware vSphere 5.1 or later

  • Cisco Nexus 1000V 5.2(1)SV3(1.1)

  • Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.2.2.b

  • Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 5.2(1)VSG2(1.1)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V XE 3.14.0

Release 5.1STV1.0

Release 5.1

  • VMware vSphere 5.1 or later

  • Cisco Nexus 1000V 5.2(1)SV3(1.1)

  • Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.2.2.b

  • Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 5.2(1)VSG2(1.1)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V XE 3.12.0

System Requirements for Cisco VACS

Cisco VACS has the following system requirements:

  • Cisco UCS Director Release 5.4 and the 5.4 based patch releases.

    Note

    We recommend that you install it on Cisco UCS Director Release 5.4.0.3.

  • VMware vSphere 5.5 or 6.0

Hardware Requirements for Cisco VACS

The following are the hardware requirements for installing Cisco VACS.

Components

Hard Drive in GB

RAM in GB

CPU

Cisco UCS Director

100

8

4

Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager (VSUM)

80

4

2

Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM

3

4

2

(Cisco VACS installs the Cisco Nexus 1000V in an HA pair)

Cisco Prime network Services Controller (PNSC)

220

4

4

Prerequisites for Installing Cisco VACS

The installation of the Cisco VACS has the following prerequisites:

  • You have installed Cisco UCS Director Release 5.4 and the 5.4 based patch releases.


    Note

    We recommend that you install it on Cisco UCS Director Release patch 5.4.0.3.

  • The setup meets the system requirements with respect to the memory, disk size, and so on.

  • You have administrator privileges to install Cisco VACS and the components.

Applying the Cisco VACS Patch to the Cisco UCS Director

Follow this procedure to apply the Cisco VACS patch to the Cisco UCS Director:

Before You Begin

  • Download the Cisco VACS patch from http:/​/​www.cisco.com. This patch file is a signed zip file with the name: VACS-5_4_STV_3_0-pkg.zip.

  • Unzip the zip file and place the software in the FTP or HTTP server that you plan to use to install the Cisco VACS patch.

    Attention:

    You must ensure that you have downloaded the packageVACS-5_4_STV_3_0-pkg.zip, unzipped it to extract VACS-5_4_STV_3_0.zip and placed it on an FTP or HTTP server that you plan to use to install the Cisco VACS patch.

  • If NFS mount is used for application storage, disable it before you apply a patch. If you do not, the upgrade will fail.


Note

  • We recommend that you take a snapshot of the Cisco UCS Director VM before you begin the upgrade. If you do this, you do not need to back up the existing configuration database through an FTP server.

  • The VACS-5_4_STV_3_0.zip file can only be applied to the Cisco UCS Director Release 5.4 and the 5.4 based patch releases. If you try to apply this patch file on any other Cisco UCS Director releases, the patch file will not be applied and you will get an error message.

  • In case of an Internet Information Services (IIS) HTTP server, the Cisco VACS install script may fail with the following error message:ERROR (TestAdapter.java:699) [TestAdapter] downloadPackageUrl - caught an exception java.net.SocketException: Connection reset. To resolve this problem, see Problems with Installing Cisco VACS.

    Step 1   Log in to the SSH application using the shelladmin credentials and proceed to the Cisco UCS Director Shell Menu, and enter the appropriate numbers from this menu.
    Step 2   In the shelladmin, choose Stop services to stop all services.
    Step 3   To verify that all services are stopped, choose Display services status.
    Step 4   (Optional)If desired, you can choose Backup database to back up the Cisco UCS Director database.

    You do not need to back up the database if you took a snapshot of the Cisco UCS Director VM before you started.

    Step 5   To apply the Cisco VACS patch, choose Apply patch.
    Step 6   When prompted, enter the location of the Cisco VACS patch.

    ftp://username:password@hostname|IP_address/software_location_and_name or http://http server name|IP_address/software_location_and_name.

    Note   

    In this procedure, we are using the FTP option to install the Cisco VACS patch.

    Step 7   Wait for the download and installation to complete.
    Step 8   After the installation is completed, choose Start services to start services.
    Upon a successful VACS patch installation (or an upgrade), you see the following options on the screen: 
     
vacs_pre_install_3.0.sh Begin .....
vacs_pre_install_3.0.sh End
vacs_post_install_3.0.sh Begin .....
vacs_post_install_3.0.sh End
Completed installing package 0
    Note   

    • After you apply the Cisco VACS patch and complete that installation, choose the Start Services option of shelladmin to start/restart the Cisco UCS Director services and complete the patch process. The patch process is not complete or successful until the Cisco UCS Director services have started, Cisco UCS Director is available, the login screen is displayed, and the admin user can log in to Cisco UCS Director.

      All Cisco UCS Director services must be started before you attempt to perform other shelladmin procedures, such as apply additional patches, take a database backup, or restore a database from a backup.

    • If the inframgr services are not running when you install fresh Cisco UCS Director, you must restart Cisco UCS Director.

    Verifying the Installation of Cisco VACS


    Note

    You must install the Cisco VACS license before you proceed with the verification of the installation.

    You can verify the installation of Cisco VACS using any of the following methods:

    1. Log in to the Cisco UCS Director through the web browser (with the admin credentials), and choose Solutions > VACS Container. You can view the Cisco VACS solution task icons.

    2. Log in to the Cisco UCS Director through the web browser (with the admin credentials), and choose Solutions > VACS Container > About VACS. You can view the installed version of Cisco VACS.

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