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Quick Start Guide

VXOA· VIRTUAL APPLIANCE ·

KVMHypervisor

· Out-of-Path Deployment ·(Router Mode)

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In Router mode, the virtual appliance only uses mgmt0 and wan0.

Assumptions

Host platform is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2, with KVM virtualization package installed.

Before You Begin

Comply with the VXOA Virtual Appliance Host System Requirements [PN 200566-001]

From the Silver Peak Support portal, download the virtual appliance ISO file to the KVM host disk:

Obtain a VXOA virtual appliance activation license key

This Quick Start Guide only covers Router mode, the out-of-path deployment. These instructions show the VX-1000 Virtual Appliance as the example.

SUMMARY OF TASKS

1 Prepare the KVM server/host

2 Create and configure the virtual machine

3 Power on the virtual machine

4 Configure the Virtual Appliance

5 Run the Appliance Manager initial configuration wizard

Required Virtual Interface Maps to ...

mgmt0 bridge network interface = mgmt0

wan0 bridge network interface = wan0

mgmt1 network adapter not connected

lan0 network adapter not connected

VXOA Virtual Appliance / KVM Hypervisor / Out-of-Path Deployment [Router Mode]

TO BEGIN ... Launch Virtual Machine Manager from the desktop, and connect to the target KVM server.

1 Prepare the KVM server/host

In this section, you’ll create the following:

• Four bridge network interfaces

Now, you’ll create the two networks that actually carry traffic: For management traffic, you’ll pair one with mgmt0. For data traffic, you’ll pair a second one with wan0.

• Two virtual disks — one for the System, and one for Network Memory.

a. From the menu bar, select Edit > Connection Details. The <hostname> Connection Details page appears.

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b. Select the Network Interfaces tab.

To begin creating a bridge interface for mgmt0, click in the lower left corner.

The Configure network interface dialog box appears, showing Step 1 of 2.

c. Make sure that the Interface Type is Bridge, and then click Forward. The Step 2 of 2 dialog box appears.

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d. Complete the fields as follows:

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Name: mgmt0Start mode: onbootActivate now: [select it] IP settings: [Manually configure > No configuration]Bridge settings: STP offChoose interfaces to bridge: em2 [based on your host configuration, pick the physical adapter for mgmt0]

e. Click Finish. If the following warning message appears, click Yes.

The Network Interfaces page appears, with the newly added mgmt0 in the left pane.

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f. Repeat the procedures in Steps b through e for wan0. The left pane of the Network Interfaces pane shows the additions.

Finally, in the Router mode configuration, mgmt1 and lan0 are not used. Therefore, you must map them to bridge devices that are not connected to any physical interface.

g. To begin creating a bridge interface for mgmt1, click in the lower left corner of the Network Interfaces page.

The Configure network interface dialog box appears, showing Step 1 of 2.

h. As with the previous interfaces, make sure that the Interface Type is Bridge, and then click Forward. The Step 2 of 2 dialog box appears.

i. Complete the fields as follows:

Name: mgmt1Start mode: onbootActivate now: [select it] IP settings: [Manually configure > No configuration]Bridge settings: STP offChoose interfaces to bridge: [leave empty]

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j. Click Finish. The Network Interfaces page displays the three configured interfaces — mgmt0, mgmt1, and wan0 — in the left pane.

k. Repeat Steps g through j for lan0.

The Network Interfaces page displays all four configured interfaces in the left pane.

Now you’ll create the two virtual disks — one for System and the other for Network Memory.

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l. In the <hostname> Connection Details window, select the Storage tab and click LocalStore in the left navigation pane.

NOTE: In this example, LocalStore is a user-created storage pool, used for convenience. You can use any storage pool that meets the host requirements’ specifications.

m. Click New Volume. The New Storage Volume dialog box appears.

n. To add a 30-GB storage volume for the System, complete these fields as follows:

Name: VX1000-SYSFormat: rawMax Capacity: 30720 [MB] Allocation: 30720 [MB]

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o. Click Finish. The Storage tab displays the VX1000-SYS.img volume.

p. Again, with LocalStore selected in the left navigation pane, click New Volume. The New Storage Volume dialog box appears.

q. To add a 70-GB storage volume for Network Memory, complete these fields as follows:

Name: VX1000-NMFormat: rawMax Capacity: 71680 [MB] Allocation: 71680 [MB]

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r. Click Finish.

The Volumes area of the <hostname> Connection Details window’s Storage tab displays the two volumes you just finished creating.

s. Click Apply, and then close the <hostname> Connection Details window.

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2 Create and configure the virtual machine

This section includes the following tasks, in sequence:

• Creating the virtual machine

• Attaching the two volumes (virtual disks) — System and Network Memory — that you created earlier

• Modifying the existing NIC for mgmt0

• Adding three new NICS, in a specific order, for the remaining network interfaces

a. Returning to the Virtual Machine Manager window, move the mouse over the tool bar to find and click the icon for Create a new virtual machine.

The New VM dialog box appears, with the subheading, Step 1 of 5.

b. In the Name field, with Local install media (ISO image or CDROM) selected, enter VX-1000, and click Forward.

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c. In the Step 2 of 5 dialog box, select the following and then click Forward:

Use ISO image (Browse to select the file you already downloaded from Silver Peak’s website)OS type: LinuxVersion: Show all OS options > Fedora 14

d. In the Step 3 of 5 dialog box, enter the following to satisfy the VX-1000 host requirements:

Memory (RAM): 4096 [MB]CPUs: 2

e. Click Forward.

f. In the Step 4 of 5 dialog box, choose Select managed or other existing storage and click Browse.

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g. From the LocalStore storage pool, select VX1000-SYS.img and click Choose Volume.

When the Step 4 of 5 dialog box reappears, click Forward.

h. In the Step 5 of 5 dialog box, select Customize configuration before install, and click Finish.

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i. The VX1000 Virtual Machine window appears.

We still have to configure a few more parameters. Tasks include:

• modifying the existing System volume you created (in Step 2g of this document)

• attaching the volume (virtual disks) — Network Memory — that you created earlier

• modifying the existing NIC (associated with mgmt0)

• creating the three other NICs (also known as virtual interfaces or networks)

j. In the left navigation pane, select Disk 1, expand Advanced options to select Disk bus: Virtio, and then click Apply.

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k. Click Add Hardware. The Storage dialog box appears.

l. Click Select managed or other existing storage, and click Browse.

m. From the LocalStore storage pool, select VX1000-NM.img and click Choose Volume.

n. In the Storage dialog box, make the following selections.

Device type: Virtio DiskCache mode: defaultStorage format: [leave it blank]

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o. Click Finish. The VX-1000 Virtual Machine page appears, and Virtio Disk 2 has been added to the left navigation pane.

This completes the attachment of the virtual disks.

In the following section, you’ll be preparing to map virtual interfaces (also known as NICs or networks) to the appropriate physical adapters.

Now you must add the four virtual network interface in the required sequence:

1. mgmt0

2. mgmt1

3. wan0

4. lan0

For mgmt0, you’ll modify the existing NIC for mgmt0. Then you’ll create three additional NICs.

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p. In the left navigation pane of the VX-1000 Virtual Machine page, select the (only) NIC and specify the following:

Source device: Host device em2 (Bridge ‘mgmt0’)Device model: virtio

q. Click Apply. The Apply button dims.

You’ve just modified the existing NIC. Now you’ll add the second NIC (network), which the Silver Peak software associates with mgmt1.

r. With the previous NIC still selected, click Add Hardware. The Storage dialog box appears.

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s. In the left navigation pane, select Network.

t. Make the following selections:

Host device: Host device mgmt1 (Empty bridge)MAC address: [already populated]Device model: virtio

u. Click Finish. A second NIC displays in the left navigation pane.

v. To add a third NIC, for wan0, click Add Hardware. The Storage dialog box appears.

w. In the left navigation pane, select Network.

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x. Make the following selections:

Source device: Host device em3 (Bridge ‘wan0’)MAC address: [already populated]Device model: virtio

y. Click Finish. A third NIC displays in the left navigation pane.

z. To add the fourth NIC, for lan0, click Add Hardware. The Storage dialog box appears.

aa. In the left navigation pane, select Network.

ab. Make the following selections:

Source device: Host device lan0 (Empty bridge)MAC address: [already populated]Device model: virtio

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ac. Click Finish. A fourth NIC displays in the left navigation pane.

You have now finished adding all the NICs (virtual network interfaces).

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3 Power on the virtual machine

a. In the menu bar, click Begin Installation. The machine powers up.

b. When the console displays the Confirm screen, asking, “Install Silver Peak Appliance on KVM platform?”, press Enter to accept Okay.

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c. When the console displays the Install Done screen with Reboot selected, press Enter on the keyboard.

After the VX-1000 boots up, it arrives at the login prompt.

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4 Configure the Virtual Appliance

To access the VX-1000’s user interface, you’ll need to discover the IP address for its mgmt0 interface and enter it into a browser.

NOTE: You’ll be entering commands in the console. If you ever need to click outside the client window, press CTRL+ALT.

a. Log in as follows:

[vx name] login: admin [ENTER]Password: admin [ENTER]

If you’re using DHCP, then after you enter the password, the console displays the mgmt0 IP address to enter into your browser. Make a note of it.

NOTE: To get to the login prompt from this point, enter q for quit, or hit the spacebar to continue paging through the returned information.

If the console doesn’t display the [mgmt0] IP address, then you’ll need to configure a static IP address and add a default gateway. Make sure you have both addresses before continuing.

In this example we’ll say that mgmt0 = 10.0.42.84/24 and the default gateway is 10.0.42.65/24.

b. To configure mgmt0, enter the following command sequence:

[vx name] # enable [ENTER]

[vx name] # config t [ENTER]

[vx name] (config) # interface mgmt0 shutdown [ENTER]

[vx name] (config) # no interface mgmt0 dhcp [ENTER]

[vx name] (config) # interface mgmt0 ip address 10.0.42.84 /24 [ENTER]

[vx name] (config) # no interface mgmt0 shutdown [ENTER]

[vx name] (config) # show interfaces mgmt0 [ENTER]

c. To configure the default gateway, enter the following command sequence:

[vx name] (config) # ip default-gateway 10.0.42.65 [ENTER]

[vx name] (config) # show ip default-gateway [ENTER]

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d. To verify the configuration, enter the following:

[vx name] (config) # show interfaces mgmt0 [ENTER]

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5 Run the Appliance Manager initial configuration wizard

a. In a browser, enter the mgmt0 IP address you just discovered or configured. The Silver Peak Appliance Management Console login page appears.

b. For both the User Name and Password, enter admin. The initial configuration wizard appears.

c. Complete the remaining wizard screens.

• If desired, change the Hostname. This is the name by which the Silver Peak software knows the virtual appliance.

• When the wizard asks for the license number, it also provides a hyperlink to the Silver Peak Support portal. From there you can retrieve the key and paste it into the License field.

• Be sure to select Router mode.

d. On the last wizard screen, click Apply. The Appliance Manager takes a few minutes to reboot and return to the login page.

You are now ready to start using the appliance.

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