Requirements

• VMware vCenter Server v5.x
• ESX server capable of running the appliance with 2GB vRAM
• IP address for the appliance (DHCP supported)
• IP connectivity between the appliance and the vCenter server, ports: 443
• IP connectivity from the vCenter client(s) to the appliance, ports: 80, 443
• IP connectivity from the appliance to the InfiniBox systems, ports: 80, 443
• Fiber Channel zoning and connectivity from the ESX server to the InfiniBox systems
• vCenter client running on a Windows host with Internet Explorer 9 or newest

Instructions

1. Configuring the vCenter runtime settings
   1. Administration > vCenter Server Settings from the menu. Click the Runtime Settings tab. The runtime settings allow running multiple vCenter Servers in the same environment
      

   2. Provide the following runtime settings:

      1. Managed IP address: The vCenter Server system IP address 

      2. Name: The fully qualified domain-name of the cVenter Server system 

         Inserting an invalid vCenter Server system IP address results in an incomplete installation 

2. Deploying the OVA template
1. Download the appliance from our package repository

2. Open the vCenter client and select File > Deploy OVF Template from the menu

3. On the Source pane, browse to the installation file that you downloaded on Step 1 above

4. Click next

5. Review the details on the OVF Template Details pane and click Next

6. Review the Name and Location of Host PowerTools for VMware. Click Next

7. Select a host, or cluster on which the template will be deployed

8. Select between thick and thin provisioning formats, all supported by Infinidat

9. Click Next on the Service Binding screen

10. Review a summary of the deployment settings and click Finish

11. The template is deployed.

12. Close the vCenter client and open it again to allow the INFINIDAT plug-in to be loaded