Deployment Requirements and Guidelines
You can deploy Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator in a number of different ways, such as using an OVA in vCenter, directly in the ESX server without using vCenter, or using a Python script. We recommend using the Python script for deploying Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator as it automates a number of manual steps and supports remote execution of subsequent Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator software upgrades.
Docker Subnet Considerations
The Multi-Site Orchestrator application services run in Docker containers. An internal 10.0.0.0/24 network is used by the Docker swarm application services and cannot be changed during the Multi-Site Orchestrator installation. No other services in your fabric should reside on this network.
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Multi-Site Orchestrator uses NTP for clock synchronization, so you must have an NTP server configured in your environment. You provide NTP server information as part of the Orchestrator installation procedure.
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VMware Tools provides an option to synchronize VMs' time with the host, however you should use only one type of periodic time synchronization in your VMs. Because you will enable NTP during Multi-Site Orchestrator deployment, ensure that VMware Tools periodic time synchronization is disabled for the Orchestrator VMs. |
VMware vSphere Requirements
The following table summarizes the VMware vSphere requirements for Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator:
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You must ensure that the following vCPUs, memory, and disk space requirements are reserved for each VM and are not part of a shared resource pool. In addition, a 10GHz CPU cycle reservation is automatically applied when deploying the Orchestrator using an OVA in vCenter. |
| Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator Version | VMware vSphere Requirements |
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Release 2.1(x) |
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