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
● The Azure Stack HCI cluster has been deployed by using OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center.
For more information about deploying an Azure Stack HCI cluster, see the user guide at https://www.dell.com/support/
home/us/en/04/product-support/product/omimssc-sccm-scvmm-v7.2/docs.
Discovering the Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes
To perform compliance checks and firmware updates, first discover the Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes.
Steps
1. Launch SCVMM.
2. In the left pane, click Fabric, and then, under Servers, select All Hosts.
3. On the top banner, click DELL EMC OMIMSSC.
4. Expand Configuration and Deployment and select Server View.
5. On the Server View page, click Discover.
6. In the Discover window, select Discover using an IP Address or Discover using an IP Range.
7. Click Create new to create a credential profile for iDRAC.
a. On the Credential Profile page:
● At Credential Type, select Device Credential Profile.
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At Profile Name, enter the profile name.
● At Profile Description, enter a profile description (optional).
● At User name, enter the iDRAC username.
● At Password, enter the iDRAC password.
● At Default Profile for, select IDRAC.
b. Click Finish.
8. For Apply this Credential Profile, select the credential profile that you just created.
9. For iDRAC IP Address, enter the IP address details of the Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes.
10. For Job Name, enter a job name for discovery.
Creating or editing an update source
After discovering the Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes, create or edit an update source before performing compliance
checks and firmware updates within SCVMM.
Steps
1. Launch SCVMM.
2. In the left pane, click Fabric, and then, under Servers, select All Hosts.
3. On the top banner, click DELL EMC OMIMSSC.
4. In the left pane, select Maintenance Center , and then, at the top of the window, select Maintenance Settings.
5. Update the systems by using the online catalog or offline catalog.
Using the online catalog:
a. Select DELL ONLINE HTTPS CATALOG (default), and then click edit.
b. On the Firmware Update Source page, keep the default values, create a proxy credentials profile, and select the proxy
credentials to connect to the Internet.
c. Click Test Connection to test the Internet connection to the catalog path.
d. Click Save.
Using the offline (Dell Repository Manager) catalog:
a. Click Create.
b. On the Firmware Update page:
● For Firmware Update Source Name, enter a friendly source name.
● For Description, enter a description (optional).
● For Source Type, select Dell Repository manager sources.
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