Use the Forge 11 Rebuild Kit to rebuild PlateSpin Forge appliance version 3. Before you begin this process, make sure that you have your VMware ESXi 5.5 license available.
At a high level, the Forge 11.0, Appliance Version 3* rebuild process consists of the following major steps:
(Conditional) Re-creating the RAID array on the appliance*
Setting up the system BIOS
Re-installing the hypervisor
Re-deploying Forge software (including the Forge Management VM and the Forge Appliance Configuration Console (Forge ACC)
Re-licensing all components
NOTE:The rebuild process erases all data in the Forge appliance's local storage.
If you need only to revert the appliance to its factory default state, use the Factory Reset feature that the appliance ships with Forge 11.0. See Resetting Forge to Factory Defaults
in the PlateSpin Forge 11.0 User Guide.
The complete rebuild instructions that are in this section should be used only when Factory Reset is not working or is not applicable (for example, after a major hardware failure that prevents Factory Reset from working, or when you are upgrading from an older version of the appliance).
*If you upgraded your Forge Appliance to version 11.0 from an earlier release prior to this rebuild, you will be reconfiguring the RAID controller for Forge Appliance Version 2 on earlier hardware.
The following table lists information that can help you identify the RAID configuration that applies to the Forge Appliance that you purchased. For additional technical specifications, see The PlateSpin Forge Product Information Web page.
Table 1-1 RAID configuration for Forge Appliances
|
Forge Series ID |
Hardware Model |
Disk Array |
RAID |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Forge 300 |
|
|
RAID 1 |
|
Forge 500 |
|
|
RAID 5 |
|
Forge 700 |
Dell PowerEdge R720 |
8 x 4 TB |
RAID 6 |
For information about configuring the RAID controller for rebuild, see Section 2.0, Reconfiguring the RAID Controller (Conditional).