Deployment Guide

2. At System Setup Main Menu, select iDRAC Settings.
3. Under iDRAC Settings, select Network.
4. Under IPV4 SETTINGS, at Enable IPv4, select Enabled.
5. Enter the static IPv4 address details.
6. Click Back, and then click Finish.
Configuring QLogic NICs
The QLogic FastLinQ 41262 network adapter supports both iWARP and RoCE.
When used with the QLogic network adapters, the AX nodes are validated only with iWARP. Manually configure the adapter to enable
iWARP based on the chosen network configuration.
Configuring the QLogic NIC
Configure the QLogic network adapter for each port.
Steps
1. During system startup, press F2 to enter System Setup.
2. Click System BIOS and select Device Settings.
3. Select the QLogic network adapter from the list of adapters.
4. Click Device Level Configuration and ensure that Virtualization Mode is set to None.
5. Click Back, and then click NIC Configuration.
6. On the NIC Configuration page, select the following options:
Link Speed—SmartLAN
NIC + RDMA Mode—Enabled
RDMA Operational Mode—iWARP
Boot Protocol—None
Virtual LAN Mode—Disabled
7. Click Back, and then click Data Center Bridging (DCB) Settings.
8. On the Data Center Bridging (DCB) Settings page, set DCBX Protocol to Disabled.
9. Click Back, click Finish, and then click Yes to save the settings.
10. Click Yes to return to the Device Settings page.
11. Select the second port of the QLogic adapter and repeat the preceding steps.
12. Click Finish to return to the System Setup page.
13. Click Finish to reboot the system.
Operating system deployment
These instructions are for manual deployment of the Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019 operating system on Dell EMC AX
nodes. Unless otherwise specified, perform the steps on each physical node in the infrastructure that will be a part of Azure Stack HCI.
NOTE: The steps in the subsequent sections are applicable to either the full operating system or Server Core.
NOTE: The command output that is shown in the subsequent sections might show only Mellanox ConnectX-4 LX
adapters as physical adapters. The output is shown only as an example.
NOTE: For the PowerShell commands in this section and subsequent sections that require a network adapter name, run
the Get-NetAdapter cmdlet to retrieve the correct value for the associated physical network port. The network
adapter names that are used in the commands are shown only as examples; they might not represent the correct naming
convention for the adapters in your system.
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