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
The Update Catalog for Microsoft HCI Solutions is populated in the Base Catalog section.
15. In the Manual Repository Type, click All systems in base catalog and then click Add.
The repository is displayed on the repository dashboard available in the home page.
16. Select the repository and click Export.
The Export Deployment Tools window is displayed.
17. Select the location to export files and click Export.
The files are exported to the specified location.
Updating the AX node by using iDRAC out of band
About this task
AX nodes offer device firmware updates remotely through iDRAC. For Azure Stack HCI clusters, the recommended option is to
use an Azure Stack HCI catalog for a qualified set of firmware and BIOS. Generate the latest Dell EMC Azure Stack HCI catalog
file through Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM) and copy the file to a network location before proceeding with the update
process.
Steps
1. Log in to the iDRAC web interface.
2. Click Maintenance > System Update.
The Firmware Update page is displayed.
3. On the Update tab, select Network Share as the file location.
4. Provide the details of the network share, as shown in the following figure:
Figure 19. Check for updates
5. Click Check for updates.
A list of available updates is displayed, as shown in the following figure.
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