Swarm Cluster Installer (SCI) Deployment

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Last updated: Feb 16, 2024
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Overview

Swarm Cluster Installer (SCI) is a browser-based installation utility for vCenter environments.

Important

SCI pre-installer requires direct internet access. If internet access is not possible, then the Swarm infrastructure cannot be installed using SCI, and an alternative deployment method is required. Contact DataCore Support to request any further assistance.

Prerequisites

Warning

  • The SCI installer only works with standard switches. The installation does not support a vCenter environment with only distributed switches.

  • Set DRS to manual if Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) is in use. Otherwise, a VM will be placed on a host that does not have access to the Swarm storage network.

vCenter credentials

vCenter server

admin username

admin password

vCenter Infrastructure details

Datacenter

Datastore

ESX host FQDN

Management Network (Public network)

Pxeboot network (Private network)

Swarm Pre-Installer package

Available to download on DataCore support portal

Supported Versions

This Windows-based installer provides automatic installation and allows configuring the Swarm ecosystem on VMware vCenter. SCI supports the following versions:

  • ESXi 7

  • vCenter 7

  • Windows Server 2016 and above

  • Windows 10 and above

Installation Steps

 

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