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1 About Dell EMC XC640 Hyper-Converged Appliances solution...................................................................... 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 appliances................................................................................................................................. 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.................................................................................................................. 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 drive rmware with Dell Nautilus................................................................................................................... 17

8 Replacing hardware...................................................................................................................................... 19

Replacing components with no cluster data................................................................................................................. 19

Replacing failed front hard drive and SSD components that contain cluster data..................................................20

9 Recovering an appliance...............................................................................................................................21

10 Getting help............................................................................................................................................... 22

Contacting Dell EMC....................................................................................................................................................... 22

Dell EMC SupportAssist..................................................................................................................................................22

Locating Service Tag....................................................................................................................................................... 22

Quick Resource Locator..................................................................................................................................................23

A Bare metal recovery.....................................................................................................................................24

Creating a RASR USB disk for Hyper-V........................................................................................................................ 24

Creating a RASR USB disk for ESXi and AHV..............................................................................................................24

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