Installing The System; Overview Of Installing On Citrix Xenserver; Preparing For Installation - Brocade Communications Systems 5600 Installation Manual

Installing the System

● Overview of installing on Citrix XenServer...................................................................... 11
● Preparing for installation................................................................................................. 11
● Downloading the Brocade vRouter files for XenServer...................................................12
● Installing the Brocade vRouter XenServer template....................................................... 12
● Installing the Brocade vRouter ISO on XenServer..........................................................14
● Operating a Brocade vRouter virtual machine................................................................ 15
● Testing your installation.................................................................................................. 15

Overview of installing on Citrix XenServer

Citrix XenServer is a server virtualization platform. Like other virtualization platforms, XenServer
provides the ability to run multiple virtual machines on a single hardware platform. XenServer runs on
both Windows and Linux operating systems. Refer to XenServer documentation for more details.
XenCenter is the management system for XenServer. XenCenter enables you to manage multiple
physical servers by running XenServer, in addition to all the virtual machines that are running on each
of the physical servers.
On XenServer, virtual machines are created by using virtual machine templates. For each release of its
software, Brocade provides an XenServer virtual machine template to create virtual machines that are
running the Brocade vRouter. Brocade also provides an ISO image that can be installed as a domU
(guest) on any system that is running a hypervisor.

Preparing for installation

The VM install image is the simplest way to get a vRouter up and running quickly. If the parameters of
the VM install image do not meet your requirements or additional settings are required, then the vRouter
can be installed from the ISO.
Before installing the Brocade vRouter software, prepare for the installation by performing the following
steps:
• Download the Brocade vRouter XenServer files. Refer to
XenServer
• Install XenServer on a server and install XenCenter on a management station. Refer to
www.citrix.com
• Ensure that you have a minimum of 2 GB of free space on the system for a root partition. A minimum
of 4 GB of free space is recommended for a production installation.
• Ensure that you have a minimum of 2 GB of RAM on the system. A minimum of 4 GB is
recommended.
• Ensure that you have a minimum of 2 CPUs on the system. A minimum of 4 CPUs is recommended.
Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide
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on page 12 for instructions on how to download the available files.
for instructions on downloading and installing Citrix products.
Downloading the Brocade vRouter files for
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