Before you begin:

From the UCS Tools page, download the IMM Transition Tool .ova file to your computer in a place that is easy to find when you start to deploy the OVF template.

An Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) is a prebuilt software solution that comprises one or more virtual machines (VMs) that are packaged, maintained, updated, and managed as a single unit. The Cisco Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool OVA has a preinstalled operating system and includes application functionality that is necessary for the IMM Transition Tool functionality. The IMM Transition Tool as an OVA can be deployed on a VMware vSphere infrastructure.

From IMM Transition Tool, 3.1.1 onwards, you can take a backup of the tool data and restore it on the same or another instance of the IMM Transition Tool. For more details, see Backup/Restore.

1. Log into the HTML5 vSphere Web Client and go to the VMs tab.

2. Right-click the host or cluster on which you want to deploy the IMM Transition Tool, and choose Deploy OVF Template.

   

3. On the Select an OVF template page:

   

   1. Click the Local file radio button, click Choose Files, and then browse to the downloaded OVA file.

   2. Click Next.

4. On the Select a name and folder page:

   1. Select the location where you want to deploy the virtual appliance.

   2. Click Next.

5. On the Select a compute resource page:

   

   1. Select the resource you want to use to run the virtual appliance.

   2. Click Next.

6. On the Review details page:

   

   1. Review the package details, that contain advanced configuration options.

   2. Click Next to accept these options.

7. On the Select storage page:

   

   1. Select the desired storage location from the list of datastores.

   2. Click Next.

8. On the Select networks page:

   

   1. Select a destination network from the dropdown list for each source network.

   2. Click Next.

9. On the Customize template page:

   

   1. Customize the deployment properties by entering the Network settings values and setting up the System Password.

      An auto-generated default password is used as a replacement for any existing password in UCS Manager/UCS Central policies such as Virtual Media, iSCSI Boot that are converted. Similarly, another auto-generated password is used for Mutual CHAP Authentication in iSCSI Boot Policy. You should change the password for the converted policies after those are pushed to Intersight.

      Note	You should change the password for the converted policies after those are pushed to Intersight. It is mandatory to enter the NTP field. The default value is ntp.ubuntu.com Software Repository Disk Size should have a minimum value of 10 and a maximum value of 5000.

   2. Click Next.

10. On the Ready to complete page:

    

    1. Review the configuration data.

    2. Click FINISH.

       The system will import and deploy the file.

11. Click the Refresh button to update the system.

    The VM will be visible in the center windowpane.

12. Select the VM and click Power On.

13. Once the VM is powered on, click the Open Console icon to open the VM console in a new window.

    You have successfully deployed the OVA template and powered on the VM.