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| <section id="installation_steps_overview"> |
| <title>Overview of Installation Steps</title> |
| <para>For anything more than a simple trial installation, you will need |
| guidance for a variety of configuration choices. It is strongly |
| recommended that you read the following:</para> |
| <itemizedlist> |
| <listitem><para>Choosing a Deployment Architecture</para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para>Choosing a Hypervisor: Supported Features</para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para>Network Setup</para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para>Storage Setup</para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para>Best Practices</para></listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
| <orderedlist> |
| <listitem> |
| <para> |
| <emphasis role="bold">Prepare</emphasis> |
| </para> |
| <para>Make sure you have the required hardware ready</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>(Optional) Fill out the preparation checklists</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para><emphasis role="bold">Install the &PRODUCT; software</emphasis></para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Install the Management Server (choose single-node or multi-node)</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Log in to the UI</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para><emphasis role="bold">Provision your cloud infrastructure</emphasis></para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Add a zone. Includes the first pod, cluster, and host</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Add more pods</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Add more clusters</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Add more hosts</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Add more primary storage</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Add more secondary storage</para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para><emphasis role="bold">Try using the cloud</emphasis></para> |
| </listitem> |
| <listitem> |
| <para>Initialization and testing</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </orderedlist> |
| </section> |