Setting up the installation environment
1. Set up an independent Layer 2 network either by having a separate physical network using a simple Layer 2 switch or a separate virtual LAN (VLAN). This independent network is referred to as the installation network in the rest of this guide.
2. Set up the ESXi server with one NIC connected to the installation network.
3. Download the Riverbed Edge Installation Server OVA from the Riverbed Support site to your Windows desktop.
4. Log in to the vSphere client.
5. Log in to the target ESXi where you will deploy the OVA.
6. Choose File > Deploy OVF Template.
7. Browse to the location of the OVA you just downloaded.
8. Specify a name for the Edge Installation Server VM and click Open.
9. In the Disk Format page, select the datastore and select Thin Provision as the disk format. Click Next. In the Network Mapping page, two attached NICs are displayed. The first NIC is for the installation network, which is used for PXE boot. The second NIC is for the management network.
10. Connect the first NIC to the installation network.
11. Connect the second NIC to the management network.
12. Click Finish to start the OVA deployment, which takes approximately two minutes.
13. Click Power On to boot the deployed Edge Installation Server.
14. Locate the management IP address of the OVA you just deployed. This is the IP address of the Edge Installation Server that you will connect to.
15. Log in using the management IP address to the Edge Installation Server using putty or a similar program with the following credentials. The default credentials are admin and password.
16. Enter the sudo init-pxeserver command to start the Edge Installation Server:
admin@RVBD-PXE:~$ sudo init-pxeserver
Wait for about 30 seconds to discover DHCP server
Making sure that these services are started on bootup
Starting DHCP, TFTP, APACHE2, NFS Services
17. Enter the check_conf command to verify whether the required services are running:
admin@RVBD-PXE:~$ check_conf
isc-dhcp-server running.
tftpd-hpa running.
nfs-kernel-server running.
apache2 running
If any of the services are not running, repeat Step 16.
18. Activate the default Edge image that is bundled with the Edge Installation Server.
admin@RVBD-PXE:~$ update_srse_image -i /var/www/html/images/srse/Default/srse-esxi.tar.gz
Started
Marking extracted edge image as active
Finished