Installing SBC SWe Lite on VMware ESXi

This section provides information on installing and running

Prerequisites

Install vSphere

 If there is a need to access the ESXi server remotely, download and install vSphere Client to the desktop.

1. From the VMware ESXi Welcome page, click Download vSphere Client for Windows.

   Download vSphere Client

   
   
   

2. After installing, login to the vSphere Client using the appropriate login credentials.

   Logon to VMware vSphere

   

3. Identify and reserve two static IP addresses prior to creating the virtual

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   .
   Note

   One IP address each is required for the management port and media port. In the examples below, the management port is on the 10.56.230.x subnet and the media port is on the 10.56.227.x subnet.

Install SBC SWe Lite on the ESXi Server

1. Enter the ESXi server IP address into a browser to login.

   ESXi IP Address

   

2. After landing on the ESXi server, select Deploy OVF Template from the File drop-down menu.

   Deploying OVF Template

   

3. Select the location of the OVF package, and then click Next.

   OVF Template Location

   

4. The OVF Template Details screen displays. Make note of the information listed and then click Next.

   OVF Template Details

   

5. The Name and Location screen displays. Rename the

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    instance to make it unique in the inventory folder, and then click Next.

   Rename the File

   

6. Select the Resource Pool to deploy the template, and then click Next.

   Select Resource Pool

   

7. Ensure the Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed option is selected on the Disk Format screen, and click Next.

   Disk Format

   

8. On the Network Mapping screen, if required, select a different media port network interface from the Destination Networks drop-down menu, and click Next.

   Network Mapping

   

9. Make note of the deployment settings, and then click Finish to create the

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   .

   Ready to Complete

   

Edit the Virtual Machine Settings

1. Select the newly-created 

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   from the list in the left window pane as shown below.

2. Select the Edit virtual machine settings link on the Getting Started tab.

   Note

   The default

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   comes with 1 GB memory, one CPU and five network interfaces. 

   Edit Virtual Machine Settings

   

3. From the Hardware tab, select Memory from the left panel.

4. From the Memory Configuration panel, modify the memory size if required by clicking the arrows in the Memory Size field and click OK.

   Note

    The default memory size is 1 GB. Memory size can be increased to more than 1GB if desired.

   Check/Set Memory Size

   

   Configuring Virtual Network Adapters

5. Select Network adapter 1 from the Hardware tab of Virtual Machine Properties.

6. In MAC Address section of the right window pane, select Manual. Default is Automatic.

   Note

   The MAC address field is populated with the first three octets.

7. Finish configuring the static MAC address based upon local requirements.

8. Repeat steps 5 through 7 for the remaining four Network adapters (2 -5).

   Configure Network Adapter 1

   

9. Configure at least two network interfaces for the appropriate network.

10. Click OK to save and exit the Settings window.

    Configure at least two network interfaces

    

11. Power on the

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     by selecting Power on the virtual machine link on the Getting Started tab.

    Power on Virtual Machine

    

12. Click the Console tab, and wait for the login prompt (press enter a few times if nothing appears).
    
    

    Configuration

    
    Note

     To Access the SBC SWe Lite virtual machine, you need to further configure the network interfaces from the virtual machine console.

13. Login as user netconfig and password Config!, this automatically launches the interface mapping shell script.

14. User is prompted to change the netconfig password. The password requirement is six characters with a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and other characters.

    Netconfig

    

15. Enter the admin interface name and Ethernet 1 media interface name as indicated below.

    Note

    The interface mapping shell script prompts the user to provide the Interface name to map to the Ethernet Interface that will show in the WebUI.  In order to correctly map the Interface, the MAC address gathered from the virtual machine editing session performed earlier in this procedure is required. Entering the interface name and MAC address mapping activates the interface, otherwise by just pressing Enter, the interface will not be specified and it will not show on the WebUI.

    Interface Mapping

    

16. Verify the admin port is connected to a network that has DHCP enabled.

    Note

    If the network mapping and the connection are correct, the admin IP address should show on the console port as shown below. If the Admin IP address is not present, check your connections and mappings.

    Admin IP Address

    

17. If access to the root of the console is required before the WebUI initial setup, the login is root and the default password is chorus.

    Login to Root

    

Complete Initial Setup

1. Enter the initial Admin IP address of the
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   into a web browser.

2. Verify/change information on the Initial Sonus SBC Setup window as required, and click OK.

   Initial Sonus SBC Setup

   
   Note

   After completion of the previous step, the VM automatically reboots. Once the reboot completes successfully,  the

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   is ready to be configured for use.