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title: Appendix A: Setting Up Prerequisites
slug: ps/help/en_us/ics/25x/vadep/appendix-a-setting-up-prerequisites
createdAt: 2026-09-21T05:29:32.795Z
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### Creating Required Flavors of ISA-V

In OpenStack, a flavor is a hardware configuration of a server that defines vCPU, memory and storage capacity of computing instances.

To create flavor in OpenStack:

1. Log in to OpenStack.
2. In the OpenStack dashboard displayed, select **Admin > Compute > Flavors**. The Flavors page contains a list of existing flavors if already available.
3. Click on the **Create Flavor** button. The Create Flavor dialog box appears.
4. Enter a name in the **Name** box.
5. Enter the appropriate value in the **vCPUs** box.
6. Enter the appropriate value in the **RAM** box.
7. Enter the appropriate value in the **Root Disk **box.
8. Click **Create Flavor**.

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The flavor is created and is listed in the Flavors page.

### Uploading Required Image to OpenStack

To upload ICS KVM image to OpenStack:

1. Log in to OpenStack.
2. In the OpenStack dashboard displayed, select **Project > Compute > Images**. The Images page contains a list of existing images if already available.
3. Click on the **Create Image **button.
4. Enter a name in the **Image Name **box.
5. Enter a suitable description in the **Image Description **box.
6. Click **Browse** and select the downloaded ICS KVM image file from your local drive.
7. Select **Format** as **QCOW2 - QEMU Emulator**.
8. Enter **Minimum Disk **in GB required for the deployment. Recommended is 40 GB.
9. Enter **Minimum RAM **in MB required for the deployment. Recommended is 8192 MB.
10. Click on the **Create Image **button.

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The image is created and is listed in the Images page.

### Creating Internal, External and Management Networks on OpenStack

To create Internal, External and Management networks in OpenStack:

1. Log in to OpenStack.
2. In the OpenStack dashboard displayed, select **Admin > Network > Networks**. The Networks page contains a list of existing networks if already available.
3. Click on the **Create Network **button.
4. In the Networks page, provide the required configuration details for Internal network and click **Create Network**.

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The Internal network is created and is listed in the Networks page.
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5. Follow the same procedure to create External and Management networks.

### Creating Required Security Groups for Internal, External and Management Ports

The Security Groups is a type of firewall provided by OpenStack to assign to Internal, External and Management ports.

To create Security Groups in OpenStack:

1. Log in to OpenStack.
2. In the OpenStack dashboard displayed, select **Project > Network > Security Groups**. The Security Groups page contains a list of existing Security Groups if already available.
3. Click on the **Create Security Group **button. The Create Security Group dialog box appears.

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4. Enter a name for the Security Group to assign to Internal port in the **Name** box.
5. Enter a suitable description in the **Description** box.
6. Click the **Create Security Group **button.

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The Security Group is created and is listed in the Security Groups page.
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7. Follow the same procedure to create Security Groups to assign to External and Management ports.

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The Security Groups are created and are listed in the Security Groups page.
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### Creating Rules

Once the Security Groups are created, rules have to be set to the assigned Internal, External and Management ports for allowing/disallowing the traffic.

To create rules to a Security Group:

1. In the Security Groups page, click on **Manage Rules **associated with the required Security Group.

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2. In the Manage Security Group Rules page that appears, click on the **Add Rule **button.

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3. In the Add Rule window that appears, provide the required configuration details and **Add** the rule.

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Follow the same procedure to add rules to External and Management ports.

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