Installing Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance and Intersight Assist on VMware vSphere
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Intersight Virtual Appliance and Intersight Assist OVA must be deployed using VMware vCenter. The OVA cannot be directly deployed on ESXi servers. Use the steps in the following task to install and deploy the appliance on VMware vSphere. To install and deploy a multi-node Intersight Virtual Appliance on VMware vSphere, repeat the steps in the following task three times. |
Before you begin
Ensure that you have downloaded the Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance package from the URL provided by your Cisco representative or a location accessible from your setup, such as a local hard drive, a network share, or a CD/DVD drive.
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Procedure
Step 1 |
Log in to VMware vSphere Web Client with administrator credentials. |
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Step 2 |
Right-click on the host and select Deploy OVF Template. |
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On the Deploy OVF Template wizard Select template page, specify the source location, and click Next. You can specify a URL or browse to location accessible from your local hard drive, a network share, or a DVD/CD drive. |
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On the OVF Template Details page, verify the OVF template details and click Next. No input is necessary. |
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On the Select a name and location page, add/edit the Name and Location for the Virtual appliance and click Next. |
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On the Select a resource page, select the specific Host (ESX station), Cluster, Resource Pool, or virtual appliance you want to deploy and click Next. Each VM must be assigned to a specific host on clusters that are configured with vSphere HA or Manual mode vSphere DRS. |
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On the Review details page, verify the OVA template details and click Next. |
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On the Configuration page, select a deployment configuration and click Next. |
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On the Select storage page, select a destination storage (hard drives) for the VM files in the selected host (ESX station) and click Next. Select the Disk Format for the virtual machine virtual disks. Select Thin Provision to optimize disk usage. |
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On the Select networks page, for each network that is specified in the OVF template, select a source network and map it to a destination network and click Next. |
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On the Customize Template page, customize the deployment properties of the OVF template, and click Next.
Enabling DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) allows the Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance VM to obtain an IP address through a DHCP server running on the network that it is installed on. When this option is enabled, the Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance is equipped to handle IP address updates through DHCP, subject to lease requirements.
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On the Ready to Complete page, select Power On After Deployment and click Finish. For information on how to complete the set-up of your appliance, see Setting Up Intersight Virtual Appliance. |
Troubleshooting Tip: If the diag shell displays a hostname such as 192:, then it is possible that while deploying the appliance, the input for one or more network parameters (such as IP address, netmask, gateway, DNS servers, etc.) was entered incorrectly. It is also possible that the appliance VM is connected to a portgroup/vswitch that does not allow it to connect to the network and perform a successful DNS lookup. If you encounter this issue, check the inputs to the OVA as well as other network parameters. You can rectify the incorrect inputs using the diag shell.
The diagnostic tool aims to:
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Detect and display issues with the installation prerequisites.
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Enable editing the inputs that are provided during the OVA deployment.
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Assist with continuing the installation after you fix the settings, or set network interface properties such as IP addresses, subnet mask, and default gateway during the OVA deployment.
For more information, see Maintenance Shell for Intersight Virtual Appliance and Intersight Assist.
For a demonstration of the Intersight Virtual Appliance Installation and troubleshooting, watch Cisco Intersight Appliance Installation and Debug.