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
To use an offline catalog, the update tools must be configured under the Settings tab, and the catalog file must be exported
using the Dell Repository Manager and placed in a shared folder. See Obtaining the firmware catalog for AX nodes or Ready
Nodes using Dell EMC Repository Manager.
2. Click Next: Compliance Details to generate the update compliance report.
By default, all the upgrades are selected, but you can make alternate selections as needed.
Figure 16. Compliance Details
3. Click Next: Summary to view the selected component details.
NOTE:
Cluster Aware Update is a license feature. Ensure that the Azure Stack HCI license is installed before
proceeding.
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