ViPR installation and configuration roadmap

Use this roadmap as a starting point for ViPR installation and configuration scenarios.

This article applies to EMC ViPR 2.0.

This high-level installation and configuration roadmap is based on three storage management use cases:

Block and File only
Block and File with Object storage backed by arrays
Block and File with Object storage backed by Commodity nodes

You can install and configure ViPR in several ways, depending on your high-level use case listed in the following table. In all use cases, it is required that you install the ViPR Controller. The following use cases are for a single ViPR virtual data center. For information about how to set up multiple ViPR virtual data centers, see Plan and Deploy Multisite EMC ViPR.

ViPR Installation and Configuration Based on Use Case
	Use Case 1. Use ViPR to manage Block and File storage	Use Case 2. Use ViPR to manage Block and File storage, with Object storage on arrays	Use Case 3. Use ViPR to manage Block and File storage, with Object storage on Commodity nodes
Install	1. See the ViPR deployment readiness checklist. 2. Install ViPR Controller.	1. See the ViPR deployment readiness checklist. 2. Install ViPR Controller. 3. Install ViPR data services nodes.	1. See the ViPR deployment readiness checklist. 2. Install ViPR Controller. 3. See the ViPR on Commodity installation checklist. 4. Install ViPR fabric on Commodity nodes.
Configure users and projects	3. Add users into ViPR via authentication providers. 4. Assign roles to users. 5. Create multiple tenants. (Optional) 6. Create projects.	4. Add users into ViPR via authentication providers. 5. Assign roles to users. 6. Create multiple tenants. (Optional) 7. Create projects.	5. Add users into ViPR via authentication providers. 6. Assign roles to users. 7. Create multiple tenants. (Optional) 8. Create projects.
Configure the ViPR virtual data center	7. Set up a ViPR virtual data center.	8. Set up a ViPR virtual data center. 9. Configure ViPR Object storage on ViPR-managed File storage systems.	9. Set up a ViPR virtual data center.