Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) is an OVF
file packaged with a base image Ubuntu image and installed with EFA.
Before you begin
- The virtual machine (VM) on which you deploy
the OVA requires a network adapter with a valid IP address and DNS. You use
the IP address when you configure the SLX devices to forward syslog entries
to the VM. The VM needs DNS configuration to resolve the URL during setup
and forwarding of events to the notification subscriber.
- The VM must be able to access devices and
the notification subscriber.
- For networks without DHCP,
you must assign valid, static IP addresses and DNS. Then reboot the VM.
Ensure that all services are up and running before running commands.
About this task
OVA is compatible with VMware ESXi servers and can be deployed with VMware products. For more
information about supported Ubuntu versions, see Supported Platforms and Deployment Models.
Use the OVA image for new installations only.
Warning
The EFA 2.x.x OVA is not
supported for Oracle VirtualBox. The syslog service requires port forwarding for
ports 514 and 6514 on UDP. However, the source IP address of the syslog message will
be changed from the SLX device to the host IP, which the syslog service
ignores.
Procedure
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Download the EFA_v2.x.x_<build_number>.ova file.
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Run the OVA.
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Start the VM.
The credentials for the OVA installation
are one of the following:
- User name/Password:
ubuntu/ubuntu
- User name/Password:
root/dca123
When the VM starts, a start-up script
checks whether the IP address of the primary interface eth0 has changed since it
was last configured. If the IP address has changed, the script updates the EFA
profile and configuration files appropriately and reapplies the K3s application
deployment template. This operation takes a few minutes to complete. On
subsequent VM reboots, if the IP address has not changed, no operation is
performed by the start-up script. The logs are located under /var/log/efa/installer.
