Install 编辑

This section contains procedures to guide you through the installation, configuration, and initial operation of Citrix Hypervisor.

This information is primarily aimed at system administrators who want to set up Citrix Hypervisor servers on physical servers.

Citrix Hypervisor installs directly on bare-metal hardware avoiding the complexity, overhead, and performance bottlenecks of an underlying operating system. It uses the device drivers available from the Linux kernel. As a result, Citrix Hypervisor can run on a wide variety of hardware and storage devices. However, ensure that you use certified device drivers.

For more information, see the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).

Before you start

Before installing Citrix Hypervisor 8 Cloud, review the System Requirements.

Install paths

You can get to the Citrix Hypervisor 8 Cloud release stream by one of the following paths:

• Perform a fresh installation of Citrix Hypervisor 8 Cloud release stream on your server
• Upgrade your existing Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 LTSR server to the Citrix Hypervisor 8 Cloud release stream

If your existing version of Citrix Hypervisor is not Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1 LTSR, you cannot upgrade directly to the Citrix Hypervisor 8 Cloud release stream. For more information, see Upgrade from other versions

Installation media

For both fresh installation and upgrade use the Citrix Hypervisor 8 Cloud Base Installation ISO located on the Citrix Hypervisor download page.

Install the Citrix Hypervisor server

Tip:

Throughout the installation, quickly advance to the next screen by pressing F12. Use Tab to move between elements and Space or Enter to select. Press F1 for general help.

The Citrix Hypervisor installer guides you through the steps required to install and configure a Citrix Hypervisor server.

Tip:

Throughout the installation, quickly advance to the next screen by pressing F12. Use Tab to move between elements and Space or Enter to select. Press F1 for general help.

Installing Citrix Hypervisor:

1. Back up any data you want to preserve. Installing Citrix Hypervisor overwrites data on any hard drives that you select to use for the installation.

2. Prepare the installation media:

   • To install the Citrix Hypervisor server from a bootable USB:

     1. Use a tool like rufus or diskpart to create a bootable USB by using the Citrix Hypervisor 8 Cloud installation ISO. Ensure that the tool does not alter the contents of the ISO file.
     2. Insert the bootable USB drive into the target system.
     3. Restart the system.

     4. In the BIOS, change the settings to boot the system from the USB.

        (If necessary, see your hardware vendor documentation for information on changing the boot order)

   • To install Citrix Hypervisor server from a CD:

     1. Burn the Citrix Hypervisor 8 Cloud installation ISO file to a CD.
     2. Insert the bootable CD into the CD/DVD drive on the target system.
     3. Restart the system.

     4. In the BIOS, change the settings to boot the system from the CD.

        (If necessary, see your hardware vendor documentation for information on changing the boot order)

   • To set up a network-accessible TFTP server to boot:

     1. For details about setting up a TFTP server to boot the installer using the network, see the Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 product documentation.

   • To install Citrix Hypervisor to a remote disk on a SAN to enable boot from SAN:

     1. For details about using boot from SAN, see the Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 product documentation.

3. After the initial boot messages and the Welcome to Citrix Hypervisor screen, select your key map (keyboard layout) for the installation.

   • If a System Hardware warning screen is displayed and hardware virtualization assist support is available on your system, see your hardware manufacturer for BIOS upgrades.

4. Citrix Hypervisor ships with a broad driver set that supports most modern server hardware configurations. However, if you have been provided with any additional essential device drivers, press F9. The installer steps you through installing the necessary drivers.

   Only update packages containing driver disks can be installed at this point in the installation process. However, you are prompted later in the installation process to install any update packages containing supplemental packs.

5. After you have installed all required drivers, select OK to proceed.

6. Citrix Hypervisor enables customers to configure the Citrix Hypervisor installation to boot from FCoE. If you want to set up FCoE, press F10 and follow the instructions displayed on the screen.

   Notes:

   Before enabling your Citrix Hypervisor server to boot from FCoE, manually complete the configuration required to expose a LUN to the server. This manual configuration includes configuring the storage fabric and allocating LUNs to the public world wide name (PWWN) of your SAN. After you complete this configuration, the available LUN is mounted to the CNA of the server as a SCSI device. The SCSI device can then be used to access the LUN as if it were a locally attached SCSI device. For information about configuring the physical switch and the array to support FCoE, see the documentation provided by the vendor.

   When you configure the FCoE fabric, do not use VLAN 0. The Citrix Hypervisor server cannot find traffic that is on VLAN 0.

   Occasionally, booting a Citrix Hypervisor server from FCoE SAN using the software FCoE stack can cause the server to stop responding. This issue is caused by a temporary link disruption in the server initialization phase. If the server fails to respond for a long time, you can restart the server to work around this issue.

7. The Citrix Hypervisor EULA is displayed. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through and read the agreement. Select Accept EULA to proceed.

8. Select Perform clean installation and choose OK to proceed.

9. If you have multiple local hard disks, choose a primary disk for the installation. Select OK.

10. Choose which disks you want to use for virtual machine storage. Information about a specific disk can be viewed by pressing F5.

    If you want to use thin provisioning to optimize the use of available storage, select Enable thin provisioning. This option selects the local SR of the server to be the one to be used for the local caching of VM VDIs. Citrix Virtual Desktops users are recommended to select this option for local caching to work properly.

    Choose OK.

11. Select your installation media source.

    • To install from a USB or CD, choose Local media.
    • To install by using network, select HTTP or FTP or NFS.

    Choose OK to proceed.

12. If you select HTTP or FTP or NFS, set up networking so that the installer can connect to the Citrix Hypervisor installation media files:

    1. If the computer has multiple NICs, select one of them to be used to access the Citrix Hypervisor installation media files. Choose OK to proceed.

    2. Choose the method of configuration:

       • Choose Automatic configuration (DHCP) to configure the NIC using DHCP
       • Choose Static configuration to configure the NIC manually. If you choose Static configuration, enter details as appropriate.

    3. Provide VLAN ID if you have your installation media present in a VLAN network.

    4. Provide the location of your repository or share:

       • If you select HTTP or FTP, provide the URL for your HTTP or FTP repository, and a user name and password, if appropriate.
       • If you choose NFS, provide the server and path of your NFS share.

    5. Select OK to proceed.

13. Indicate if you want to verify the integrity of the installation media.

    If you select Verify installation source, the SHA256 checksum of the packages is calculated and checked against the known value. Verification can take some time.

    Make your selection and choose OK to proceed.

14. Set and confirm a root password. Citrix Hypervisor root passwords must contain only ASCII characters.

    This root password is used in the following cases:

    • When the Citrix Hypervisor Center connects to the Citrix Hypervisor server.
    • When you log in to xsconsole, the system configuration console, with user name root.

15. Set up the primary management interface that is used to connect to the Citrix Hypervisor Center.

    If your computer has multiple NICs, select the NIC which you want to use for management. Choose OK to proceed.

16. Configure the Management NIC IP address:

    • Choose Automatic configuration (DHCP) to configure the NIC using DHCP.
    • Choose Static configuration to configure the NIC manually.

    To have the management interface on a VLAN network, provide the VLAN ID.

    Note:

    To be part of a pool, Citrix Hypervisor servers must have static IP addresses or be DNS addressable. When using DHCP, ensure that a static DHCP reservation policy is in place.

17. Specify the host name and the DNS configuration, manually or automatically via DHCP.

    In the Hostname Configuration section, select one of the following options:

    • Select Automatically set via DHCP to have the DHCP server provide the host name along with the IP address.

    • Select Manually specify* and enter the host name for the server in the field provided.

      If you manually specify the host name, enter a short host name and not the fully qualified domain name (FQDN). Entering an FQDN can cause external authentication to fail, or the Citrix Hypervisor server might be added to AD with a different name.

    In the DNS Configuration section, select one of the following options:

    • Select Automatically set via DHCP to get name service configuration using DHCP.
    • Select Manually specify and enter the IP addresses of your primary (required), secondary (optional), and tertiary (optional) DNS servers in the fields provided.

    Select OK to proceed.

18. Select your time zone by geographical area and city. You can type the first letter of the desired locale to jump to the first entry that begins with this letter. Select OK to proceed.

19. Specify how you want the server to determine local time: using NTP or manual time entry. Make your selection, and choose OK to proceed.

    • If using NTP, select NTP is configured by my DHCP server or enter at least one NTP server name or IP address in the following fields. Choose OK to proceed.
    • If you elected to set the date and time manually, you are prompted to do so. Choose OK to proceed.

    Note:

    Citrix Hypervisor assumes that the time setting in the BIOS of the server is the current time in UTC.

20. Select Install Citrix Hypervisor.

    The installation process starts. This process might take some minutes.

21. If you plan to install any supplemental packs provided by your hardware supplier, when prompted by the installer, choose Yes.

    1. You are prompted to insert the supplemental packs. Eject the Citrix Hypervisor installation media, and insert the supplemental pack media. Choose OK.
    2. Select Use media to proceed with the installation.
    3. Repeat for each pack to be installed.
22. From the Installation Complete screen, eject the installation media (if installing from USB or CD) and select OK to reboot the server.

After the server reboots, Citrix Hypervisor displays xsconsole, a system configuration console. To access a local shell from xsconsole, press Alt+F3; to return to xsconsole, press Alt+F1.

Note:

Make note of the IP address displayed. You can use this IP address when you connect the Citrix Hypervisor Center to the Citrix Hypervisor server.

Fresh installations of Citrix Hypervisor have certificate verification enabled by default. For more information, see Certificate verification.

Next step: Connect your Citrix Hypervisor pool to Citrix Cloud. For more information, see Connecting Citrix Hypervisor to Citrix Cloud.

Install Citrix Hypervisor Center

Citrix Hypervisor Center must be installed on a Windows machine that can connect to the Citrix Hypervisor server through your network. Ensure that .NET Framework version 4.8 is installed on this system.

1. Download the installer for the latest version of Citrix Hypervisor Center from the Citrix Hypervisor Download page.

2. Launch the installer .msi file.

3. Follow the Setup wizard, which allows you to modify the default destination folder and then to install Citrix Hypervisor Center.

For more information about using Citrix Hypervisor Center, see Citrix Hypervisor Center documentation.

Connect Citrix Hypervisor Center to the Citrix Hypervisor server

To connect Citrix Hypervisor Center to the Citrix Hypervisor server:

1. Launch Citrix Hypervisor Center. The program opens to the Home tab.

2. Click the Add New Server icon.

3. Enter the IP address of the Citrix Hypervisor server in the Server field. Type the root user name and password that you set during Citrix Hypervisor installation. Click Add.

4. The first time you add a host, the Save and Restore Connection State dialog box appears. This dialog enables you to set your preferences for storing your host connection information and automatically restoring host connections.

   If you later want to change your preferences, you can do so using Citrix Hypervisor Center or the Windows Registry Editor.

   To do so in Citrix Hypervisor Center: from the main menu, select Tools and then Options. The Options dialog box opens. Select the Save and Restore tab and set your preferences. Click OK to save your changes.

   To do so using the Windows Registry Editor, navigate to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Citrix\CitrixHypervisorCenter and add a key named AllowCredentialSave with the string value true or false.

Supplemental packs

You can install any required supplemental packs after installing Citrix Hypervisor. Download the supplemental pack to a known location on your computer and install the supplemental pack in the same way as an update.

For more information, see Supplemental Packs and the DDK Guide.