VSI consists of two components—a VM and a plug-in for vCenter that is deployed when VSI is registered for the vCenter. The VSI 10.2 OVA template is available on the Dell Technologies support website and is supported with vSphere 6.7 U2 (and later) through 8.0.x for deployments with an embedded PSC.

Deployment

A deployed VSI VM requires 3.7 GB (thin) or 16 GB (thick) space on a datastore and is deployed with 2 vCPUs and 16 GB RAM. The VSI VM must be deployed on a network with access to the vCenter server and PowerStore.

Figure 7.   VSI VM deployment

Register VSI plug-in in vCenter

When the VM is deployed and started, you can access the plug-in management with https://<VSI-IP>

A wizard helps you register the plug-in in a vCenter. Initial setup only requires that you set the VSI password for the internal database, and supply vCenter address with username/password. Multiple vCenters can be registered if they are in a linked mode group.

Figure 8.   Registering the plug-in

Figure 9.   VSI supported areas of operation for PowerStore. Lifecycle management is performed from the VxRail Manager workflow for upgrades.

For additional details, see the Dell PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide