Workflow for new CLM system deployment

Purpose

The following is the sequence of high-level actions that you must perform in order to install a standalone or DR CLM system.

Stages
 

If using physical hosts for the VMs, perform To provision the network bridge for CLM VMs on each physical host to create a network bridge for KVM access to the guest VMs.


Commission the required stations for the CLM VMs.


Ensure that the RHEL chronyd time-synchronization service is running on each component, and that chronyd is actively tracking a central time source. See the RHEL documentation for information about using the chronyc command to view the chronyd synchronization status.

Note: CLM deployment is blocked if the chronyd service is not active.


Contact Nokia to obtain the required license for your deployment.


If you are using a custom TLS certificate for the deployment, perform To generate custom TLS certificate files for the CLM to generate the required TLS files.


Install the CLM in the standalone or primary data center; perform To install the CLM.


In a DR deployment, install the CLM in the standby data center; perform To install the CLM.