Setting Up The Virtual Service Processor Connection With Vmware Esxi: Process Overview; Deploying The Virtual Service Processor On A Host With Vmware Esxi - HPE 3PAR StoreServ 9000 Customer Self Install Manual

Setting up the virtual service processor connection with
VMware ESXi: Process overview
Prerequisites
• Verify that you have the virtual service processor (SP) installation software on either a DVD or from an
email that was sent with a link to download the software, which might have gone to the email account
responsible for purchasing the storage system.
• Verify that you have administrative privileges. With Linux systems, you must have superuser access.
• Verify that both the SP and the storage system are on the same subnet.
• Verify that the host server time and date are properly set, either through the Network Time Protocol
(NTP) server or manually. Setting the correct date and time ensures virtual SP real-time monitoring
and access. If the host server virtual SP is set to a date older than the date in the virtual SP installation
package, the installation will fail. The time and date can be set manually through the VMware ESXi
console.
• Verify that the VMware vSphere client is available before deploying the virtual SP OVF file. Access
your ESXi server to download the VMware vSphere client or see the VMware website:
my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads
• Provision the virtual SP on a VMware server and ensure that the virtual SP boots from the local disk of
the assigned VMware server, not from the storage system LUNs.
• Do not install the virtual SP on the storage system, because it might lead to the inability of properly
managing the storage system when connectivity to the storage system is unavailable.
Procedure
1. Complete Deploying the virtual service processor on a host with VMware ESXi on page 42.
2. Complete Locating or assigning an IP address to the virtual service processor with VMware
ESXi on page 43.

Deploying the virtual service processor on a host with VMware ESXi

CAUTION: Do not install the virtual service processor (SP) on a host that is using storage from the
same storage system as the SP manages. Doing so may lead to the inability to properly manage
the array if connectivity to the storage is unavailable. Provision the virtual SP on a VMware server.
Ensure that the virtual SP uses the local boot disk of the assigned VMware server and does not
boot from the storage system LUNs.
VMware vMotion is not a supported application. Do not use vMotion to migrate the virtual service
processor (SP) from one physical server to another. Using vMotion might cause communication
failure and interrupt storage system service.
You can deploy the virtual SP on VMware by importing an OVF file.
For information about the system requirements and installation process for VMware vSphere, see the
VMware vSphere documentation available at the VMware vSphere Documentation website:
www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-pubs.html
NOTE: These steps might vary depending on the version of VMware ESXi.
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