Step 1
| Choose the host
on which to deploy the
Cisco VSG VM.
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Step 2
| Choose
.
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Step 3
| In the
Deploy
OVF Template—Source window, browse to the path to the
Cisco VSG OVA file, and then click
Next.
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Step 4
| In the
Deploy
OVF Template—OVF Template Details window, review the product
information including the size of the file and the VM disk, and then click
Next.
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Step 5
| In the
Deploy
OVF Template—End User License Agreement window, click
Accept after reviewing the end user license
agreement and then click
Next.
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Step 6
| In the
Deploy
OVF Template—Name and Location window, do the following:
- In the
Name field, enter a name for the
Cisco
VSG that is unique within the inventory folder and has up to 80
characters.
- In the
Inventory Location pane, choose the location that
you would like to use for hosting the
Cisco
VSG.
- Click
Next.
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Step 7
| In the
Deploy
OVF Template—Deployment Configuration window, from the
Configuration drop-down list, choose
Deploy
medium VSG, and then click
Next.
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Step 8
| In the
Deploy
OVF Template—Datastore window, choose the data store for the VM and
click
Next.
The storage can
be local or shared remote such as the network file storage (NFS) or the storage
area network (SAN).
Note
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If only one
storage location is available for an ESXi host, this window does not display
and you are assigned to the one that is available.
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Step 9
| In the
Deploy
OVF Template—Disk Format
window, do the following:
- Click either
Thin
provisioned format or Thick provisioned format to store the VM vdisks.
The
default is thick provisioned. If you do not want to allocate the storage
immediately, use thin provisioned. Ignore the red text in the window.
- Click
Next.
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Step 10
| In the
Deploy
OVF Template—Network Mapping window, do the following:
- Choose
VSG Data for the data interface port profile.
- Choose
Management for the management interface port profile.
- Choose
VSG-ha for the HA interface port profile .
- Click
Next.
Note
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In this
example, for
Cisco VSG-Data and
Cisco VSG-ha port profiles created in the previous task, the management port
profile is used for management connectivity and is the same as in the VSM and
Cisco PNSC.
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Step 11
| In the
Deploy
OVF Template—Properties window, do the following:
- In the
OvfDeployment field, select
ovf to continue the configuration. Select
ignore for manual configuration.
- From the
HARole drop-down list, choose HA role.
- In the
HAid field, enter the high-availability
identification number for a
Cisco
VSG pair (value from 1 through 4095).
- In the
Password field, enter a password that contains at
least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, and one number.
- In the
ManagementIpV4 field, enter the IP address for the
Cisco
VSG.
- In the
ManagementIpV4 Subnet field, enter the subnet mask.
- In the
Gateway
field, enter the gateway name.
- In the
VnmcIpV4 field, enter the IP address of the
Cisco PNSC.
- In the
SharedSecret field, enter the
shared secret password defined during the
Cisco PNSC installation.
- Click
Next.
Note
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For the
shared secret password guidelines, see
Shared Secret Pasword section.
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Note
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In the
following step, make sure that red text messages do not appear before you click
Next. If you do not want to enter valid information
in the red-indicated fields, use null values to fill those fields. If those
fields are left empty or filled with invalid null values, the application does
not power on. Ignore the
Cisco PNSC Restore fields.
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Step 12
| In the
Ready
to Complete window, review the deployment settings information .
Note
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Review the
IP/mask/gateway information carefully because any discrepancies might cause the
VM to have bootup issues.
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Step 13
| Click
Finish. The
Deploying Nexus 1000VSG dialog box opens.
The progress
bar in the
Deploying Nexus 1000VSG dialog box shows how much of
the deployment task is completed before the
Cisco PNSC is deployed.
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Step 14
| Wait and click
Close after the progress indicator shows that the
deployment is completed successfully.
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Step 15
| From your
virtual machines, do one of the following:
- Right
click and choose
Edit Settings.
- Click the
Getting Started tab from the menu bar and then click
the link
Edit Virtual Machine Settings.
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Step 16
| In the
Virtual
Machine Properties window, do the following:
- From the
CPUs drop-down list, choose the appropriate vCPU
number.
For older
version of ESXi hosts, you can directly select a number for the vCPUs.
- From the
Number of Virtual Sockets drop down list, choose the
appropriate socket with cores.
For the
latest version of ESXi hosts, you can directly select a number for the vCPUs.
Choosing 2
CPUs results in a higher performance.
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Step 17
| Power on the
Cisco VSG VM.
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