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Dell EMC Networking SmartFabric Services Deployment with VxRail 7.0.202 Deployment Guide
Notes, cautions, and warnings Introduction Hardware Used in this Guide Topology Deployment Planning Configure the First Leaf Switch Pair Deploy First VxRail Cluster Expand to Multirack Add a second VxRail cluster Deploy and Configure OMNI
Deploy OMNI VM
OMNI console configuration
OMNI web UI configuration
Register vCenter Server in OMNI
Validated Components CLI Commands Cisco Nexus External Switch Configuration Example Support and Feedback

Deploy OMNI VM

Deploy OMNI VM

  • OMNI may be deployed to a VxRail or ESXi host. In this example, OMNI is deployed to a VxRail host in the first VxRail cluster. See the OpenManage Network Integration for SmartFabric Services User Guide, Release 2.1 for OMNI deployment options.

    The OMNI VM is available for download from the Dell EMC OpenManage Network Integration for VMware vCenter website. Download OMNI-version#.zip and extract the  OMNI-version#.ova file to a location accessible from the vSphere client.

    1. To deploy the OMNI VM, launch the vSphere Client and go to Hosts and Clusters.
    2. Right-click the destination VxRail cluster and select Deploy OVF Template.
      Figure 93. Deploy OVF template
    3. On the Select an OVF template page, point to the location of the OMNI .ova file and click NEXT.
    4. Enter a Virtual machine name and select a location for the OMNI VM. The default location is used in this example, as shown in the following figure.
      Figure 94. OMNI VM name and folder
    5. Click NEXT .
    6. On the Select a compute resource page, select a VxRail cluster. Ensure Compatibility checks succeeded displays at the bottom of the page.
      Figure 95. VxRail cluster selected
    7. Click NEXT. After the validation is complete, the Review details page displays.
      Figure 96. Review details page
    8. Acknowledge the certificate warnings and click NEXT.
    9. On the License agreements page, review the terms provided. If you agree, check the I accept all license agreements box and click NEXT.
    10. On the Select storage page, select the VxRail vSAN datastore. Ensure that the Compatibility checks succeeded message displays at the bottom of the page.
      Figure 97. VxRail vSAN datastore selected
    11. Click NEXT.
    12. On the Select networks page, change the two destination networks to match the two source networks, as shown in the figure below.
      Figure 98. Select networks 
    13. Click NEXT.
    14. On the Ready to complete page, review the settings.
      Figure 99. Review settings
    15. Click FINISH to deploy the OMNI VM.
    Note: OMNI VM installation may take 2 to 3 minutes.

    When complete, the OMNI VM appears under the VxRail cluster, as shown below.
    Figure 100. OMNI VM deployed