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Deployment Guide—VMware IaaS on PowerEdge MX Servers and PowerMax Storage
Introduction Predeployment Requirements Physical Layout Network Configuration SAN Storage Deployment and Configuration Management Cluster Deployment
Installing ESXi on the management hosts
Configuring the ESXi management network
Configuring standard virtual switches
Creating a management datastore from the PowerMax LUN
Deploying vCenter Server Appliance
Adding vCenter Server to Unisphere storage management
Configuring Active Directory authentication (optional)
Disabling SSH on ESXi hosts (optional)
Configuring the management cluster
Compute Cluster Deployment Management Software and Data Protection Deployment References Site Survey

Configuring the management cluster

Configuring the management cluster

  • After completing the preceding procedures, complete the management cluster setup by creating the virtual datacenter and management cluster, and then add the ESXi management hosts to the cluster.

    This section uses the following information from Table 19 of the site survey:

    • Management cluster name—MgmtPod
    • Virtual datacenter name—Site A
    • Cluster hosts—Mgmt01, Mgmt02

    Create datacenter and cluster containers

    Create the datacenter and cluster containers within vSphere:

    1. Open a web browser and go to the vSphere Web Client at https://<vCenter Server Appliance FQDN or IP>/vsphere-client.
    1. Log in with an account that has administrator privileges.
    2. On the Home page, go to Hosts and Clusters.
    3. Under Navigator, right-click the top-level vCenter Server Appliance object, as shown in the following figure, and click New Datacenter.

    Figure 24.     Creating a datacenter

    1. Right-click the new virtual datacenter object that appears in the Navigator menu, and then click New Cluster.
    2. Enter the name for the datacenter, and then click OK.
    3. In the New Cluster dialog box:
      1. Enter the cluster name.
      2. Enable Distributed Resource Scheduler and HA by selecting Turn ON next to each item.
      3. For a two-node management cluster, do not enable admission control.
    4. Click OK to complete creating the cluster.

    Note: To change heartbeat settings within the vSphere Web Client, go to Hosts and Clusters > <Cluster_Name> > Configure > vSphere Availability > Edit > Heartbeat Datastores.

    Add ESXi hosts to the management cluster

    Add the three management hosts to the new management cluster as follows. First perform the following steps on the management server that is running vCenter Server Appliance, and then repeat the steps on the remaining hosts.

    1. Open a web browser and go to the vSphere Web Client at https://<vCenter Server Appliance FQDN or IP>/vsphere-client.
    1. Log in with an account that has administrator privileges.
    2. On the Home page, go to Hosts and Clusters.
    3. Right-click the management cluster object, and then select Add host.
    4. Enter the DNS name or IP address for the first management host.
    5. Complete the remainder of the Add Host wizard by entering the username root and the ESXi host password.
    6. Wait for the host to be added and for HA to be configured.
    7. Repeat the preceding steps for the remaining hosts.

    You might receive vCenter cluster-level alerts. These alerts can be reset to green during the cluster configuration process.