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# Prerequisites

#### Connection to a SQL server

* SQL Server name, in the format, **\<IP Address of the SQL Server>/\<Instance name>**
* SQL authenticated user credential
* Name of the VConnect database
* VConnect Database must be created prior to the deployment and it must be accessible from Azure Stack tenant network

#### Tenant Subscription

* ID of the Tenant Subscription where Cloud Assert components need to be deployed
* Tenant Subscription administrator account credentials
* A tenant subscription created from an Azure Stack Offer/Plan that includes Microsoft Compute, Storage and Network services with default quotas added
* Upon creating the tenant subscription, the Microsoft Compute, Storage and Network services need to be registered from the **Subscription > Resource Providers** blade in the Tenant portal

#### Certificate

* For integrated systems (i.e. multi-node), a .pfx certificate is required.  Refer to [PKI Certificate Requirements](/azure-stack-vconnect/2004/installation/prerequisites/csr.md) for more details.
* For ASDK, certificate is generated as a part of the deployment.  Password for the .pfx certificate should not contain the following characters: ``^ ` ~ & % *``

#### Others

* Download **the Windows 2016 Datacenter** image from the marketplace through the Marketplace Management blade in the Admin portal
* Netbios name of the Azure Stack domain (On ASDK, the default is AzureStack)
* Azure Stack service Admin account credentials (Azure AD account)
  * Ensure if the service Admin account has **"Global Administrator"** role (Password should not contain the following characters ^ \` \~ & % \*)
* Azure Stack cloud administrator credential for Privileged endpoint access E.g., **\<Azure Stack domain>\cloudadmin** (Password should not contain the following characters ^ \` \~ & % \*)
* Install Azure PowerShell version with respect to Azure Stack Version ([Azure PowerShell](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/operator/azure-stack-powershell-install))
  * Ensure that Azure PowerShell version 1.6.0 is available for Azure stack version 1811, PowerShell version 1.7.0 for Azure stack version 1901 & 1902 and PowerShell version 1.7.1 for Azure Stack version 1904

**Dell EMC Isilon Integration**

* Applicable only for integration with Dell EMC Isilon as an attached storage inside Azure Stack Hub
* Azure Stack Hub border device / firewall, needs to have necessary configuration to allow access to Isilon endpoint
* VConnect RP is installed in tenant network, thus Isilon endpoint should be accessible from tenant network
* Validate the accessibility by accessing the Isilon endpoint from browser from tenant VM