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
OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center provides operating system deployment, Azure Stack HCI cluster creation,
hardware and firmware updating, and maintenance of servers and modular systems. Integrate OpenManage Integration for
Microsoft System Center with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) to manage your PowerEdge
servers in virtual and cloud environments.
Checking compliance and updating firmware
NOTE: This method is applicable only for Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes.
Perform compliance checks, bare-metal firmware updates, and firmware updates using the cluster-aware update feature. To
perform these tasks, within SCVMM, first discover the Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes and create or edit an update source.
Before performing these tasks, ensure that:
● SCVMM and the OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center appliance have been deployed and configured.
For more information, see the installation guide at https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/
product/omimssc-sccm-scvmm-v7.2/docs.
● 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.
● 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 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.
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