Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies: Managing and Monitoring the Solution Infrastructure Life Cycle Operations Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Day 0 Operations
- 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
- Prerequisites for managing AX nodes
- Installing the Azure Stack HCI license (Ready Nodes only)
- Managing Azure Stack HCI clusters
- Full Stack Cluster-Aware Updating prerequisites for AX-7525 and AX-6515 nodes (offline update)
- Full Stack Cluster-Aware Updating for Azure Stack HCI clusters using the OpenManage Integration snap-in
- Updating a stand-alone node before adding it to the cluster
- Known issues
- 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
- Restarting a cluster node or taking a cluster node offline
- Expanding the Azure Stack HCI cluster
- Extending volumes
- Performing AX node recovery
- Operating system recovery
● CPUs
● Fans
● Storage controllers
● iDRAC
● Storage enclosures
● Physical disks
● Voltages
● Temperatures
Selecting the Critical or Warning section in the overall health status doughnut chart displays the nodes and components that are
in the critical or warning state respectively.
Select sections in the doughnut chart to filter the health status of the components. For example, selecting the red section
displays only the components with critical health status.
Selecting sections of the chart for individual components shows the respective nodes with the component health status listed.
Expand the nodes to view the components.
Inventory
The Inventory tab lists the servers that are part of the cluster.
Clicking a server name on the inventory list provides details about the following components:
● System
● Firmware
● CPUs
● Memory
● Storage controllers
● Storage enclosures
● Network devices
● Physical disks
● Power supplies
● Fans
Locating physical disks and viewing their status
The Blink/Unblink feature of Windows Admin Center enables you to locate physical disks or view disk status.
Steps
1. Under the Inventory tab, from the Components list, select Physical Disks.
2. For each physical disk, select Blink or Unblink to control the disk's LED.
iDRAC
Clicking the iDRAC tab displays the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller dashboard. The dashboard lists the servers
that are part of the Azure Stack HCI cluster. By selecting each iDRAC, you can view iDRAC details, such as the iDRAC firmware
version, the iDRAC IP of the target node, and license information, and can directly launch the iDRAC console.
Day 0 Operations
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