Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server: Managing and Monitoring the Solution Infrastructure Life Cycle Operations Guide
- Introduction
- Day 0 Operations
- Introduction
- Azure onboarding for Azure Stack HCI OS
- Licensing for Azure Stack HCI for Windows Server 2016 and 2019
- Creating virtual disks
- Managing and Monitoring Azure Stack HCI Cluster using Windows Admin Center
- Installing Windows Admin Center
- Adding the HCI cluster connection
- Accessing the HCI cluster
- Viewing server details
- Viewing drive details
- Managing and monitoring volumes
- Enabling data deduplication on Storage Spaces Direct
- Monitoring and managing VMs
- Managing virtual switches
- Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center
- Firmware updates using Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center for System Center Virtual Machine Manager
- Firmware and driver updates using the manual method
- Expanding the Azure Stack HCI cluster
- Extending volumes
- Performing AX node recovery
- Operating system recovery
Figure 15. iDRAC dashboard
Settings
Use the Settings tab in the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center UI to view the latest update
compliance report, update the cluster, and configure proxy settings.
Update tools
To view the latest update compliance report and update the cluster using an offline catalog, OpenManage Integration with
Windows Admin Center requires that you configure the settings for the update compliance tools.
In the OpenManage Integration UI, on the Update Tools page under the Settings tab, specify the download locations for the
following update compliance tools:
● Dell EMC Inventory Collector (IC)—Collects the hardware inventory information from Azure Stack HCI cluster nodes
● Dell EMC System Update Utility (DSU)—Updates cluster node firmware and drivers, using Dell Update Packages
Proxy settings
To download the online catalog, update tools, and Dell Update Packages, you must configure the proxy settings unless you can
access the Internet without proxy settings.
Configure the proxy settings under the Settings tab in the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration UI.
Viewing update compliance and updating the cluster
OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center enables you to view the update compliance details (firmware, driver,
application, and BIOS). You can update the Azure Stack HCI cluster by using OpenManage Integration.
About this task
Use the Update tab of the OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center UI to view update compliance and update the
cluster.
Steps
1. At Update source, select the online catalog or offline catalog.
If you select the online catalog, OpenManage Integration downloads the Azure Stack HCI catalog, system tools, and the
required Dell Update Packages from the Internet.
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