Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server: Managing and Monitoring the Solution Infrastructure Life Cycle Operations Guide
- Introduction
- Day 0 Operations
- Introduction
- 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
- 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
- Expanding the Azure Stack HCI cluster
- Extending volumes
- Performing AX node recovery
- Operating system recovery
2. Select Configuration > Licenses.
3. Select Import, browse to and select the license, and then click Upload.
Managing Azure Stack HCI clusters
Steps
1. In the upper left of Windows Admin Center, select Cluster Manager from the menu.
2. In the Cluster Connections window, click the cluster name.
3. In the left pane of Windows Admin Center, under EXTENSIONS, click OpenManage Integration.
4. Review the Dell EMC Software License Agreement and Customer Notice, and select the check box to accept the
terms of the license agreement.
Health Status
Health Status is the default dashboard that provides details about the Azure Stack HCI cluster nodes.
Figure 14. Health Status dashboard
On the Cluster - Azure Stack HCI page, click the Health Status tab to view the overall health status of the HCI cluster and
the health status of the following components of the Azure Stack HCI cluster and nodes:
● Memory
● Power supplies
● CPUs
● Fans
● Storage controllers
● iDRAC
● Storage enclosures
● Physical disks
● Voltages
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