Appendix G Installing Awms On Vmware Esx (3I V. 3.5); Creating A New Virtual Machine To Run Awms; Installing Awms On The Virtual Machine - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

This appendix provides complete instructions for installing AWMS on VMware ESX (3i v. 3.5) and includes the
following sections:
"Creating a New Virtual Machine to Run AWMS" on page 271
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"Installing AWMS on the Virtual Machine" on page 271
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"AWMS Post-Installation Issues on VMware" on page 272
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Creating a New Virtual Machine to Run AWMS

1. Select Create a new virtual machine from the VMware Infrastructure Client.
2. Select Next to select a Typical > Virtual Machine Configuration.
3. Name your virtual machine (AirWave Management Platform) and then click Next.
4. Select an available datastore with sufficient space for the number of APs your AWMS will manage, choosing
the right server hardware to comply with the hardware requirements in this document. Select Next.
5. Select the Linux radio button and select Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit) from the drop-down menu,
then click Next.
6. Select a minimum of two virtual processors, then click Next.
7. Enter 3072 as the minimum virtual RAM (more virtual RAM may be required; refer to the section "Choosing
the Right Server Hardware" for a table listing RAM requirements for AWMS). Select Next.
8. Accept the VMware default virtual network adapter and click Next.
9. Allocate a virtual disk large enough to contain the AWMS operating system, application and data files (refer
to the AWMS Best Practices Guide in Home > Documentation for suggested disk space allocations for typical
wireless network deployments).
10. Select Next.
11. Review the virtual machine settings, then click Finish when done.

Installing AWMS on the Virtual Machine

Running AWMS installation on a VMware virtual machine is typically done in one of three ways:
1. By writing an AWMS ISO to CD, inserting the CD into a physical drive on a VMware server, then configure
the AWMS virtual machine to boot from the CD.
2. By copying the AWMS ISO to the VMware server's datastore, or to a networked filesystem available to the
VMware server, then configure the AWMS virtual machine to boot from the ISO file.
3. By using either a local physical CD or an AWMS ISO file from the VMware Infrastructure Client, then create
a virtual CD on the virtual AWMS to point to and boot from that device.
Overall, the second option is likely the most efficient method to install AWMS. In addition, after booting the
AWMS virtual machine with either a physical CD or a ISO image file, the installation process with this method is
identical to the steps outlined in the AirWave Wireless Management Suite Quick Start Guide in Home >
Documentation.
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Appendix G
Installing AWMS on VMware ESX (3i v.
3.5)
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