Follow these steps to deploy ThoughtSpot on your Dell appliance.

Follow the steps in this checklist to deploy ThoughtSpot on your Dell appliance.

❏	Step 1: Complete installation prerequisites
❏	Step 2: Review hardware requirements
❏	Step 3: Connect your appliance
❏	Step 4: Configure management settings
❏	Step 5: Configure nodes
❏	Step 6: Install cluster

This guide explains how to deploy ThoughtSpot on a Dell appliance, using ThoughtSpot’s CentOS-based image. You can also deploy ThoughtSpot on a Dell appliance using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), allowing you to run ThoughtSpot on an RHEL 7.8 or 7.9 image that your organization manages internally. To install ThoughtSpot using RHEL, refer to the RHEL deployment guide.

Related information

Use these references to aid you in successful installation and administration of ThoughtSpot.

• The nodes.config file
• Parameters of the nodes.config file
• Using the tscli cluster create command
• Parameters of the cluster create command
• Cable Reference
• Contact Support