vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D Connect to vSZ Using CLI

Follow the below procedures for vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D to connect to vSZ.
Open a CLI console window to run the deployed vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D.

Run vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D on the console

  1. At the login prompt, login using administrator credentials of username and password. At the > prompt, enter the enable (en) command and the admin password to change the mode to Privileged-exec mode.

    Login and Privileged mode

  2. Run the setup command to configure the IP address for management and data interface. It is recommended to add a new host if you have multiple hosts for various configurations

    Execute the setup command

  3. Choose the IP address setup (IPv4 only or IPv4 and IPv6) for Management and Data interface by either selecting manual or DHCP. On defining the IP setup the process of vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D connecting to vSZ controller starts.

    Management interface

    Data interface

  4. Enter the DNS setting and select Enter to skip the NAT IP setting.

    DNS setting

  5. Enter vSZ control interface IP address. Follow the set of sequences as seen below for the vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D to connect to vSZ controller. This changes the mode for vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D as well as for vSZ.

    vSZ control IP address

    Connecting to vSZ

  6. Exit from CLI console.
  7. To view and approve the vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D, login to the web interface. Navigate to Clusters > Data planes. Select the vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D and click on Approve. On approval the status is greyed.

    Approve the vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D

    Approved status

    You have successfully added the vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D image to the vSZ controller.
    Note: Once the vSZ-D is registered and managed by the vSZ controller, the CLI login credentials will be the same as the vSZ superadmin. The CLI enable password remains the admin password set during vSZ-D configuration.
Parent topic: Deploy vSZ-D with 40GB NIC on ESXi Server