Quick Start Guide Bare Metal This document outlines the procedures for using a compact PC as the platform to run a Silver Peak appliance on a 3rd or 4th generation NUC Deploying bare metal in either Bridge or Router modes requires the addition of physical ports via the use of a USB 30 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Bypass Adapter Bridge Mode (In-Line Deployment) Router Mode (Out-of-Path Deployment) lan0 wan0 USB 30 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Bypass Adapter (front view) 2015 Silver Peak Systems, Inc Hardware requirements for : Before You Begin Download either the Hyper-V, KVM, or Xen appliance ISO image available from the Support portal or Marketplace It must be Release 627 or later, except 70: - For a 30-day free trial, go to the Silver Peak Marketplace - If you ve purchased the product, then log in at the Silver Peak Support portal Processor i5-3427u, 18GHz or similar Memory 8GB minimum (2 x 4GB modules), 1600 MHz, 15 V, unbuffered, non-ecc SSD msata 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) LAN Platform examples: Intel NUC 3rd and 4th generation If not using DHCP, then get an IP address for the Silver Peak appliance Silver Peak Systems, Inc 2860 De La Cruz Blvd Suite 100 Santa Clara, CA 95050 18772107325 (toll-free in USA) +14089351850 wwwsilver-peakcom/support SUMMARY OF TASKS 1 Use Rufus to create a bootable USB drive 2 Cable the adapter to the 3 Install the ISO image onto the 4 Establish connectivity to the appliance 5 Run the Appliance Manager initial configuration wizard 6 Verify that the bypass feature is enabled PN 200876-001 Rev C» R62 1 of 10
VX Virtual Appliance / VMware vsphere / vsphere Hypervisor / Server Mode [Single-Interface Deployment] 1 Use Rufus to create a bootable USB drive You ll use Rufus to load the downloaded ISO image onto the USB flash drive, and then install it on the a Download the application, Rufus, from the site, http://rufusakeoie b Plug in the flash drive into the desktop or laptop c Run the Rufus application d Make the following selections: Click to browse to the downloaded ISO image Device Format Options Quick Format Create a bootable disk using Create extended label and icon files [should show the plugged in USB flash drive] [select] [select] ISO image [Click icon to browse to ISO image] [select] e Click Start and wait until the process is complete f When asked if you want to exit Visual BIOS, click Yes 2 of 10 PN 200876-001 Rev C» R62
Quick Start Guide 2 Cable the adapter to the USB 30 Std-A connector Micro B connector for keyboard/mouse Choose for monitor Power Supply USB 30 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Bypass Adapter (rear view) a Connect the USB 30 Type A M/Micro B cable to the Micro B port on the USB 30 Dual Gigabit Adapter b Connect the USB 30 Type A M/Micro B cable to an available USB port on the PN 200876-001 Rev C» R62 3 of 10
VX Virtual Appliance / VMware vsphere / vsphere Hypervisor / Server Mode [Single-Interface Deployment] 3 Install the ISO image onto the a Plug the USB flash drive into an available USB port on the b Plug in the s power cord and power on the device c Go to the BIOS screen, and change the system media boot order so that the USB flash drive is the primary drive Save the changes The compact PC reboots from the USB flash drive d When the Reboot screen appears, first remove the USB flash drive Then click Reboot VXOA loads after the reboot, and the Silver Peak User Interface appears 4 of 10 PN 200876-001 Rev C» R62
Quick Start Guide 4 Establish connectivity to the appliance a To add the mgmt0 port, press function key, F1, and enter the following command sequence You ll need to use the MAC addresses later, in the Silver Peak Initial Config Wizard, so write them down: [vx-appliance] > enable [vx-appliance] > config-t [vx-appliance] # interface mgmt0 mac address <Press Tab twice, and three MAC addresses appear Record the address that does not begin with 00:E0:ED> [vx-appliance] # system bypass type bpusb mac address <Press Tab twice, and three MAC addresses appear Record the lowest one that begins with 00:E0:ED> [vx-appliance] # write memory [vx-appliance] # reboot You are now ready to complete the Silver Peak appliance initial configuration wizard b To verify connectivity, press function key, F1, and enter the following command sequence: [vx-appliance] > enable [vx-appliance] # show ip default-gateway [vx-appliance] # ping <default-gateway> To stop the pinging, enter CTRL-C c The next task is to determine the appliance s IP address: If you re using DHCP, the appliance IP address displays in Silver Peak s Console User Interface PN 200876-001 Rev C» R62 5 of 10
VX Virtual Appliance / VMware vsphere / vsphere Hypervisor / Server Mode [Single-Interface Deployment] If you re not using DHCP, then you must configure the static IP address and default gateway In the appliance console, press function key, F4, and complete the remaining steps When prompted to choose the type of management interface, select Static (as opposed to DHCP) After selecting Apply, you can review the settings by selecting function key, F2 6 of 10 PN 200876-001 Rev C» R62
Quick Start Guide 5 Run the Appliance Manager initial configuration wizard a In a browser, enter the IP address that you just discovered or configured The Silver Peak Appliance Management Console login page appears b For both the User Name and Password, enter admin The initial configuration wizard appears c Complete the remaining wizard screens When you reach the screen which calls for assigning MAC addresses, you ll need to select the MAC addresses from the drop-down lists If you ve selected router (out-of-path) mode, you ll only select the MAC address for wan0 If you ve selected bridge (in-path) mode, you ll also select the MAC address for lan0 PN 200876-001 Rev C» R62 7 of 10
VX Virtual Appliance / VMware vsphere / vsphere Hypervisor / Server Mode [Single-Interface Deployment] For wan0, select the numerically smaller MAC address For lan0, select the numerically greater MAC address d Complete the remaining wizard screens e On the last wizard screen, click Apply When the appliance asks permission to reboot, allow it The Appliance Manager takes a few minutes to reboot and return to the login page 8 of 10 PN 200876-001 Rev C» R62
Quick Start Guide 6 Verify that the bypass feature is enabled a Return to the Silver Peak Console User Interface b To verify that the bypass feature is enabled, press function key, F1, and enter the following command sequence: [vx-appliance] > enable [vx-appliance] > config -t [vx-appliance] # show system When the results display, verify the values highlighted here in red: [vx-appliance] # show system Appliance System Settings: Running mode: * BYPASS * System Name: [vx-appliance] System Contact: System Location: Manual Bypass: Enabled PN 200876-001 Rev C» R62 9 of 10
VX Virtual Appliance / VMware vsphere / vsphere Hypervisor / Server Mode [Single-Interface Deployment] c To specifically validate the wan0 interface, enter the command sequence: [vx-appliance] # show interfaces wan0 When the results display, verify the values highlighted here in red: [vx-appliance] # show interfaces wan0 Interface wan0 state Admin up: yes Link up: yes IP address: Netmask: Speed: 1000Mb/s (auto) Duplex: full (auto) Interface type: ethernet MTU: 1500 (If, instead, Running mode is * NORMAL *, then Bypass is disabled) d To specifically validate the lan0 interface, enter the command sequence: [vx-appliance] # show interfaces lan0 When the results display, verify the values highlighted here in red: [vx-appliance] # show interfaces lan0 Interface wan0 state Admin up: Link up: IP address: Netmask: Speed: yes yes 1000Mb/s (auto) Duplex: full (auto) Interface type: ethernet MTU: 1500 e If your results agree with Steps 6b, 6c, or 6d, then you ve verified failover If they don t agree, then contact Silver Peak Support for assistance Otherwise, you are now ready to start using the appliance 10 of 10 PN 200876-001 Rev C» R62