Dell EMC XC Series Appliance and XC Core System Life Cycle Manager Reference Guide December 2020 Rev. 1.
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Contents Tables........................................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 1: Revision history............................................................................................................5 Chapter 2: Introduction................................................................................................................. 7 Chapter 3: Prerequisites.......................................................
Tables 4 1 Hypervisor support statement................................................................................................................................ 8 2 Platform support........................................................................................................................................................ 8 3 Supported Hardware and versions for 13th Generation Platforms................................................................
1 Revision history Date Document revision Description of changes December 2020 1.18 Updates for this release: ● RIM release - DELL-LCM-1.4 ● Updated 14G BIOS firmware addressing security fixes November 2020 1.17 Updates for this release: ● RIM release- DELL-LCM-1.3 ● Firmware updates September 2020 1.16 Updates for this release: ● ● ● ● ● ● August 2020 1.15 Updates for this release: ● ● ● ● ● July 2020 1.14 1.13 RIM release- DELL-LCM-1.
Date Document revision Description of changes December 19, 2019 1.9.1 Removed section 4.6: LCM requires two update passes for the backplane or SSD update December 12, 2019 1.9 Updates for this release: ● Bug fixes ● AOS 5.11 support ● Hyper-V 2012R2 support deprecated November 2019 1.8 Updated the following sections: ● Before you update LCM ● Stopping the Foundation Service September 2019 1.7 Updates include: ● 14 th generation BIOS firmware version changed from 2.1.8 to 2.2.
2 Introduction The purpose of this guide is to assist you with the best possible experience using Life Cycle Manager (LCM) along with the XC Series 13 th , 14 th , and 15 th generation appliances using an ESXi, AHV, and Hyper-V. This document contains recommendations and support statements. LCM is a new framework that was introduced in the Nutanix Acropolis Operating System (AOS) 5.0 timeframe. NOTE: The AOS 4.7.x Branch is not supported. Dell EMC provides the payload for the XC Series appliance.
3 Prerequisites About this task The prerequisites help you to prepare for the XC Series for the LCM update. This section includes the pre-update considerations and tasks, environmental set-up, and database set-up. Verify environmental recommendations Use the following environmental recommendations: 1. Turn off nonessential virtual machines. 2. Do not run LCM during peak production hours. 3. Check iDRAC virtual console on each node to be updated for connected virtual media and detach.
Verify hardware requirements Dell EMC hardware payload includes BIOS, iDRAC, backplane, network card, BOSS, and HBA support. NOTE: The firmware versions that are listed in the LCM payload or documentation may be lower than the firmware that is delivered from the Dell EMC factory due to the date of shipment versus date of LCM block release. Effectively, the documented firmware and driver versions are the minimal supported versions and are not a baseline for support under Nutanix.
NOTE: Nutanix LCM is the prescribed method to update the appliance. The versions listed above are to be considered as being a minimum recommended supported version with LCM. If at a lower than minimum revision, the prescribed update method will be to manually update the node to the version greater than or equal to minimum version and less than the LCM payload version.
Steps 1. Log into the iDRAC web interface. 2. On the Job Queue tab, select all jobs and then delete them. Optionally, you can delete job queues by running this script from RACADM. You can accomplish this from a management system in the same environment. racadm -r ip address -u user name -p password jobqueue delete -i JID_CLEARALL_FORCE 3. In Prism, from the Home drop-down menu, select LCM. 4. On the Inventory tab, click Perform Inventory.
4 Update LCM About this task After the verifications of the environments, support requirements, and iDRAC version, you must run the LCM update and verify the same. Run LCM update Run the LCM update by following these steps. This is an example of updating the Cluster Software component. About this task This process requires choosing the available updates and saving the selection. After the selection is saved, Update Selected and Apply All Updates. Use this same process on all updates.
NOTE: If any component has not been updated, re-run the LCM firmware upgrade.
5 Troubleshoot LCM update The following is a list of LCM known behaviors. See the Nutanix portal for additional information. Inventory failure About this task Dell EMC recommends stopping the Foundation Service that is still running. Not doing so can cause inventory to fail. If you find the Foundation Service is running, from a shell, run the following command: genesis stop foundation LCM update failure Running Nutanix Foundation Service causes the LCM to fail.
A Appendix Version and severity details of firmware components NOTE: This is a single firmware payload update. Dell EMC recommends that if any component is listed in the column as Urgent, the customer must update. Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality 13G XC6320 BIOS BIOS 13G 2.11.0 Urgent 13G XC430 BIOS BIOS 13G 2.11.0 Urgent 13G XC630 BIOS BIOS 13G 2.11.0 Urgent 13G XC730 BIOS BIOS 13G 2.11.0 Urgent 13G XC730XD BIOS BIOS 13G 2.11.
Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality 13G XC6320 iDRAC iDRAC 13G 2.75.75.75 Recommended 13G XC430 iDRAC iDRAC 13G 2.75.75.75 Recommended 13G XC630 iDRAC iDRAC 13G 2.75.75.75 Recommended 13G XC730 iDRAC iDRAC 13G 2.75.75.75 Recommended 13G XC730XD iDRAC iDRAC 13G 2.75.75.75 Recommended 14G XC6420 iDRAC iDRAC 14G 4.22.00.53 Recommended 14G XC640 iDRAC iDRAC 14G 4.22.00.53 Recommended 14G XC740XD iDRAC iDRAC 14G 4.22.00.
Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality SAMSUNG MZILS1T6HEJH0D3 1.6TB 12Gbps 512e SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:W5PP5, CID:105456) SAS SSD 13G & 14G DWLA Urgent SAMSUNG MZILS400HEGR0D3 400GB 12Gbps 512e SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:MFC6G, CID:105454) SAS SSD 13G & 14G DWLA Urgent SAMSUNG MZILS800HEHP0D3 800GB 12Gbps 512e SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:HF06W, CID:105455) SAS SSD 13G & 14G DWLA Urgent SAMSUNG MZILT1T6HAJQ0D3 1.6TB 12Gbps 512e SAS 2.
Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality TOSHIBA PX04SVB192 1.92TB 12Gbps 512n SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:4XC39, CID:104361) SAS SSD 13G & 14G AM07 Recommended TOSHIBA PX04SVB384 3.84TB 12Gbps 512n SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:GYMY9, CID:104362) SAS SSD 13G & 14G AM07 Recommended TOSHIBA PX05SMB040Y 400GB 12Gbps 512n SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:5VHHG, CID:105625 SAS SSD 13G & 14G AS10 Recommended TOSHIBA PX05SMB080Y 800GB 12Gbps 512n SAS 2.
Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality TOSHIBA KPM5XVUG1T92 SAS SSD 1.92TB 12Gbps 512e SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:2WVYG, CID:106613) 13G, 14G, 15G B01C Recommended TOSHIBA KPM5XRUG3T84 SAS SSD 3.84TB 12Gbps 512e SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:N85XX, CID:106628) 13G, 14G, 15G B01C Recommended TOSHIBA KPM5WVUG960G 960GB 12Gbps 512e SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:V43R6, CID:107257) SAS SSD 13G, 14G, 15G B01C Recommended TOSHIBA KPM5WVUG1T92 1.92TB 12Gbps 512e SAS 2.
Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality INTEL SSDSC2BB240G7R 240GB 6Gbps 512n SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:NH81W, CID:105339) SATA SSD 13G & 14G DL43 Recommended INTEL SSDSC2BB300G4R 300GB 6Gbps 512n SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:DYFP9, CID:101123) SATA SSD 13G & 14G DL16 Recommended INTEL SSDSC2BB480G4R 480GB 6Gbps 512n SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:CFPWY, CID:101124) SATA SSD 13G & 14G DL16 Recommended INTEL SSDSC2BB480G6R 480GB 6Gbps 512n SATA 2.
Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality INTEL SSDSC2KG960G7R 960GB 6Gbps 512e SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:TR3MY, CID:106360) SATA SSD 13G & 14G DL5A Urgent INTEL SSDSC2KG960G8R 960GB 6Gbps 512e SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:X31G3, CID:107329) SATA SSD 13G, 14G, 15G DL69 Recommended INTEL SSDSC2KG019T8R 1.92TB 6Gbps 512e SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:55J8H, CID:108716) SATA SSD 13G, 14G, 15G DL69 Recommended INTEL SSDSC2KB038T8R 3.84TB 6Gbps 512e SATA 2.
Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality SAMSUNG MZ7LM960HCHP00D3 960GB 6Gbps 512n SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:3D6WK; CID:103757) SATA SSD 13G & 14G GA3A Recommended SAMSUNG MZ7LM960HMJP0D3 960GB 6Gbps 512n SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:T2G0Y; CID:104945) SATA SSD 13G & 14G GC5B Recommended SAMSUNG MZ7KH480HAHQ0D3 480GB 6Gbps 512e SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:3KVC5, CID:107368) SATA SSD 13G, 14G, 15G HF57 Recommended SAMSUNG MZ7KH480HAHQ0D3 480GB 6Gbps 512e SATA 2.
Related information Articles provided by Nutanix: ● Life Cycle Manager: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Life-Cycle-Manager-Guide-v2_3:LifeCycle-Manager-Guide-v2_3 ● LCM: List of pre-checks https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/kbs/details/?targetId=kA032000000bmvzCAA ● NCC Reference Guide : https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=NCC-Guide-NCC-v39:NCC-GuideNCC-v39 ● Nutanix Release Notes 2.x. https://portal.nutanix.
