Deployment Procedure

The following are basic instructions for setting up the controller on the ESXi server.
VMware ESXi 6.7 is installed and working.
For this deployment two different IP address domains are considered for controller interfaces. Refer to Topology
  1. Login to the server through vSphere client tool as seen below.

    Login to vSphere

    The vSphere Client management page appears as shown in the following figure.

    vSphere Client management page

  2. 5.0 Update
    Navigate to Configuration > Advanced Settings > Edit.

    DirectPath I/O Configuration Page

    The DirectPath I/O Configuration page appears.
  3. Select XL710 40GbE QSFP+ ports and reboot vSphere server.
  4. Download the controller (.ova file) from Ruckus support .
    Note: You must deploy the controller directly from the .ova file. Copying an instance of the controller from another controller template might not function properly.

    Deploy the file

  5. Click Browse, to select the source location and upload the .ova file.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Enter the vSZ datastore name and choose the disk format as seen below.

    Choose the disk format

  8. Click Next.
  9. From the controller, right-click the VM and select Edit Settings.

    Selecting Edit Settings

    The Virtual Machine Properties dialog opens.
  10. Select the destination network for each network source and click Add as shown in the following image.

    Virtual Machine Properties

  11. For 40Gb throughput performance ,select total number of CPU cores to 8.

    CPU cores

  12. Select 6GB memory size.

    Memory Size

  13. Click OK to start the deployment.
  14. The deployment progress is displayed. On successful deployment, by default the controller now supports two network interfaces for management and data.
Parent topic: Deploy vSZ-D with 40GB NIC on ESXi Server