Dell Active Fabric Manager Manuale utente

Dell Fabric Manager

Installation Guide 1.0.0

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the

problem.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.

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PowerConnect™, OpenManage™, EqualLogic™, Compellent™, KACE™, FlexAddress™, Force10™and Vostro™are trademarks of Dell

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Corporation.

2012 - 06

Rev. A0X

Contents

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2

1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................5

Hardware Requirements...........................................................................................................................................5

Port Requirements....................................................................................................................................................5

Software Requirements ...........................................................................................................................................6

Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................................................6

2 Installing the Dell Fabric Manager...........................................................................................7

3 Accessing the Dell Fabric Manager .....................................................................................13

4 Starting and Stopping the DFM on Windows 7....................................................................15

5 Restarting the Dell Fabric Manager.......................................................................................17

Restarting the DFM on Linux CentOS.....................................................................................................................17

Restarting the DFM on Windows 7.........................................................................................................................17

6 Uninstalling the Dell Fabric Manager....................................................................................19

Uninstalling the DFM on Linux CentOS...................................................................................................................19

Uninstalling the DFM on Windows 7:......................................................................................................................19

Overview

In this guide, you will learn how to install the Dell Fabric Manager (DFM) in your environment. For additional information

about using DFM—see the

Dell Fabric Manager Deployment Guide

and Online Help. To view the

Dell Fabric Manger

Deployment Guide

in the DFM, click the Help pull-down menu in the upper right of the screen.

NOTE: You cannot install the DFM with an existing PostgreSQL database.

Hardware Requirements

Table 1. Linux CentOS Hardware Requirements

Hardware Requirement

Processor Intel®Xeon®E5620 2.4Ghz, 12M Cache,Turbo, HT, 1066MHz Max Mem

System Type 64-bit operating system

Memory For Linux CentOS, 32GB Memory (8x4GB), 1333MHz Dual Ranked LV RDIMMs for 2

Processors, Advanced ECC

Disk Space 1TB 7.2K RPM SATA 3.5 Hot Plug Hard Drive

Table 2. Windows 7 Hardware Requirements

Hardware Requirement

Processor Intel®Core (TM) i5–2520M CPU @2.50Ghz

Memory 8 GB

System Type 64–bit operating system

Disk Space 1TB 7.2K RPM SATA 3.5 Hot Plug Hard Drive

Port Requirements

Port Number Description

443 and 80 DFM Server ports used to take request from client (browser)

161 For SNMP get and set protocol between DFM Server and switch.

162 For SNMP trap listener between DFM Server and switch.

5432 Database server

61616 ActiveMQ

Software Requirements

Table 3. Software Requirements for Linux CentOS

Software Notes

Linux CentOS 5.7

and 5.8

Linux CentOS requires administrator permission on the target server. Make sure that you have

permission on the network service account to modify the system temp directory. For Linux

CentOS, the temp directory is temp /tmp.

Internet Explorer 9

Chrome 18 and

higher

Firefox 12 and 13

Table 4. Software Requirements for Windows 7

Software Notes

Windows 7 Windows requires administrator permission on the target server. Make sure that you have

permission on the network service account to modify the system temp directory. For Windows,

the temp directory is (%systemroot%\temp)

Internet Explorer 9

Chrome 18 and

higher

Firefox 12 and 13

Prerequisites

Before you begin, gather the following information:

• Telnet credentials.

• Syslog IP address–Use this address to store the syslog messages.

• TFTP server address–Use this address to load the Dell Force10 operating software (FTOS) software images and

configuration files during bare metal provisioning (BMP).

• Password for DFM superuser.

• Simple network management protocol (SNMP) read and write community strings.

Installing the Dell Fabric Manager

The following section describes how to install the DFM on Windows 7 and Linux CentOS 5.7 and 5.8. After installation is

complete, see the

Dell Fabric Manager Deployment Guide

and Online Help for configuration and deployment information.

NOTE: You cannot install the DFM with an existing PostgreSQL database.

1. Close all your programs before installing the DFM.

2. Download the DFM software package.

For Linux CentOS, the software package is titled dfm_1.0.0.bin.

For Windows, the software package is titled dfm_1.0.0.exe.

You can access the download page on the web: https://www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/Software/

Downloads.aspx

3. Click the software package link to begin the installation process.

The Introduction screen displays.

4. Click the Next button.

The License Agreement screen displays.

5. Click I accept the terms of the License Agreement and then click the Next button.

The Choose Install Folder screen displays.

6. In the Where Would you like to Install field, specify the destination directory to install the DFM.

For Linux, the default directory is /opt/dell/dfm.

For Windows, the default directory is C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell_Fabric_Manager.

The TFTP Information screen displays.

7. In the TFTP Address field, specify the trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP) server address to load the FTOS software

images and configuration files during bare metal provisioning (BMP). You can also select an address from the TFTP

address pull-down menu.

8. Click the Next button.

The Syslog/SNMP Information screen displays.

9. In the Syslog IP Address field, specify the syslog server IPv4 address to collect the syslog messages from the

switches in the distributed core.

10. Click the Next button.

11. In the SMNP Configuration area, enter the SNMP read and write community strings; for example, public and

private, so that the DFM can perform SNMP queries on the switches in the distributed core. The trap host uses the

default value from your current host IP address.

12. Click the Next button.

The Switch Telnet Credentials screen displays.

The Switch Telnet Credentials creates a user on the switches so that you can remotely make configuration

changes to the switches in the distributed core. The privilege level is set to 15 and is a read-only field. By default,

the installer uses the following switch credential information:

– default username—admin

– password— admin

– enable password— force10

13. From the Protocol pull-down menu, select one of the following protocols: Telnet, SSHv2, or Telnet & SSHv2.

14. Click the Next button.

The Port Configuration Information screen displays.

15. Enter the port number for the web servers and database server:

a) In the Web Server Port for (http) field; enter the HTTP web server port. The default value is 80

b) In the Web Server Port for (https); enter the HTTPS web server port. The default value is 443.

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