Users Guide

Contents
1 About Dell EMC XC640 Series Appliances and XC Core System Solutions..................................................... 4
2 Documentation references.............................................................................................................................5
3 License management..................................................................................................................................... 6
Setting up Nutanix Customer Portal................................................................................................................................6
Managing the license................................................................................................................................................... 7
4 Deploying an appliance.................................................................................................................................. 8
Before you begin................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Setting up your appliance for rst use............................................................................................................................ 9
Deploying XC Series Appliance and XC Core System............................................................................................. 9
Default cluster credentials................................................................................................................................................ 11
5 Downloading and installing software applications......................................................................................... 13
Downloading OpenManage Essentials........................................................................................................................... 13
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a separate management server...............................................................13
Dell Nautilus.......................................................................................................................................................................14
6 Monitoring XC Series Appliances and XC Core Systems...............................................................................15
Monitoring the appliance by using iDRAC..................................................................................................................... 15
Monitoring the appliance by using Dell OpenManage Essentials................................................................................15
Monitoring an appliance by using Nutanix Web Console.............................................................................................16
Monitoring an appliance by using Nutanix Prism.......................................................................................................... 16
7 Updating rmware........................................................................................................................................ 17
Updating XC hardware component rmware by using Nutanix Life Cycle Manager (LCM).................................. 17
8 Replacing hardware...................................................................................................................................... 18
Replacing components with no cluster data................................................................................................................. 18
Replacing failed front hard drive and SSD components that contain cluster data...................................................19
9 Recovering an appliance.............................................................................................................................. 20
10 Getting help................................................................................................................................................21
Contacting Dell EMC........................................................................................................................................................21
Dell EMC SupportAssist...................................................................................................................................................21
Locating Service Tag........................................................................................................................................................ 21
Quick Resource Locator..................................................................................................................................................22
A Bare metal recovery.....................................................................................................................................23
Creating a RASR USB disk for Hyper-V........................................................................................................................ 23
Creating a RASR USB disk for ESXi and AHV..............................................................................................................23
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