Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server Deployment Guide
- Introduction
- Solution Overview
- Solution Deployment
- Introduction to solution deployment
- Deployment prerequisites
- Predeployment configuration
- Operating system deployment
- Installing roles and features
- Verifying firmware and software compliance with the support matrix
- Updating out-of-box drivers
- Changing the hostname
- Configuring host networking
- Joining cluster nodes to an Active Directory domain
- Deploying and configuring a host cluster
- Best practices and recommendations
- Recommended next steps
- Deployment services
- References
- Appendix A: Persistent Memory for Azure Stack HCI
Recommended next steps
Before proceeding with operational management of the cluster, Dell Technologies recommends that you validate the cluster
deployment, verify that the infrastructure is operational, and, if needed, activate the operating system license.
1. Run the test-Cluster cmdlet to generate a cluster validation report:
Test-Cluster -Node S2DNode01, S2DNode02, S2DNode03, S2DNode04 -Include 'System
Configuration', 'Inventory', 'Network', 'Storage Spaces Direct'
This command generates an HTML report with a list of all the tests that were performed and completed without errors.
2. If the operating system was not factory-installed, activate the operating system license.
By default, the operating system is installed in the evaluation mode. For information about activating the operating system
license as well as the management and operational aspects for the Azure Stack HCI solution, see the Operations Guide—
Managing and Monitoring the Solution Infrastructure Life Cycle.
Deployment services
Issues that arise during installation and configuration are not covered even if you have purchased Dell Technologies ProSupport
or ProSupport Plus. Support for installation and configuration issues is provided under a separate paid services package.
When you call Dell Technologies with an installation and configuration issue, Dell Tech Support routes you to your Sales Account
Manager. The Account Manager will then help you to purchase the onsite deployment services package.
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