Brocade Virtual ADX Installation and Deployment Guide (Supporting ADX v03.1.00) - Manual (Page 41)

Brocade Virtual ADX Installation on Citrix XenServer
● Brocade Virtual ADX on XenServer: overview................................................................ 41
● Brocade Virtual ADX on XenServer: prerequisites..........................................................41
● Brocade Virtual ADX download.......................................................................................42
● Brocade Virtual ADX on XenServer: installation............................................................. 43
● Brocade Virtual ADX on XenServer: installation validation............................................. 51
● VLAN configuration using OpenvSwitch......................................................................... 51
● Additional interfaces........................................................................................................53
● TCP checksum offload.................................................................................................... 55
This section describes how to download and install the Brocade Virtual ADX on the Citrix XenServer
hypervisor platform. You will learn about the installation prerequisites, download location, and other
information to get started.
Brocade Virtual ADX on XenServer: overview
Citrix XenServer is a widely-deployed, open-source virtualization platform for managing cloud, server
and desktop virtual infrastructures. XenServer includes the Xen hypervisor, the enterprise-ready XAPI
toolstack and integrations for cloud, storage and networking solutions.
Brocade Virtual ADX on XenServer: prerequisites
System requirements
You will need an x86 server running the XenServer hypervisor from Citrix and a XenCenter client
installed on a Windows-based machine. The recommended minimum resources required by Brocade
Virtual ADX are shown below.
Hardware
The list of server hardware currently certified and supported for use with Citrix XenServer can be found
at
http://hcl.vmd.citrix.com/ .
The server hardware will require the following minimum resources:
• 4GB RAM
• 40GB disk space (One instance of Brocade Virtual ADX VM and XenServer)
• 2 physical ethernet port
Brocade Virtual ADX will require the following resources:
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