Virtual SMU Installation and Upgrade Guide for Hitachi NAS Platform

Version: 15.2.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-92HNAS074-21
Published: 2024-07-05

System requirements
Installation requirements
Considerations when using a virtual SMU
Browser support
Memory and CPU resource allocations
Support for a virtual SMU running CentOS Stream 8
VMware vSphere ESXi– Installing and configuring a virtual SMU
Installing the vSphere ESXi host and client
Deploying the SMU OS
Increasing memory and CPU resource allocations
Installing the SMU software
Configuring the SMU software
Installing VMware Tools
Adding an optional eth1
Hyper-V – Installing and configuring a virtual SMU
Downloading the SMU OS files
Deploying the SMU OS
Renaming the virtual SMU VM
Modify the SMU VM resource and network settings
Installing the SMU software
Configuring the SMU software
Guidelines and requirements
Upgrading Firmware on a NAS Virtual SMU
Migrating an existing virtual SMU from CentOS 6 to CentOS Stream 8
Configuring the SMU Software
Migrating a Physical SMU to a Virtual SMU
Prerequisites
Prep Work
Migration of a Private Management Network to a Customer Management Network
Reconfiguration of the Management and Quorum Network
Reconfiguration of the SMU (if necessary)
Migration of Physical SMU 400 to a Virtual SMU Stream 8
Physical SMU
Virtual SMU (vSMU)
End of Migration Procedures
Installing and Configuring a Standby Virtual SMU
Advanced features
vSphere High Availability features
Guidelines and requirements

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