Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server: Managing and Monitoring the Solution Infrastructure Life Cycle Operations Guide
- Introduction
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- 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
You can also run the following command and verify that the drives all belong to the paused node:
Get-Storagepool -IsPrimordial 0 |Get-PhysicalDisk | ? operationalstatus -eq 'In
Maintenance Mode' |Get-StorageNode -PhysicallyConnected
4. Turn off the System Lockdown mode.
Obtaining the firmware catalog for AX nodes or Ready Nodes using Dell EMC
Repository Manager
About this task
For a qualified set of firmware and drivers for AX nodes or Ready Nodes, we recommend that you use an Azure Stack HCI
catalog.
You can generate the firmware catalog along with the firmware and drivers by using Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM) and
copy it to a shared path.
Steps
1. Install DRM version 3.0.1.423 or later.
2. On the DRM home page, click the Dell EMC Repository Manager drop-down list.
3. In the Manage section, click Application Preferences.
The Preferences window is displayed.
4. Click Plug-ins.
5. Select all the plug-ins and click Update.
A message is displayed about the successful completion of the update.
6. Click Catalogs.
7. Select all the catalogs and click Update.
8. Click Close to close the Preferences window.
9. On the home page, click Add Repository.
The Add Repository window is displayed.
10. Enter the Repository name and Description.
11. Select Index Catalog-<version> from the Base Catalog drop-down menu.
12. Select Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server Catalog from the Catalog Group.
13. Select the latest catalog from the Catalogs section.
14. Click Save.
The Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server Catalog is populated in the Base Catalog section.
15. In the Manual Repository Type, click All systems in base catalog and then click Add.
The repository is displayed on the repository dashboard available in the home page.
16. Select the repository and click Export.
The Export Deployment Tools window is displayed.
17. Select the location to export files and click Export.
The files are exported to the specified location.
Updating the AX node by using iDRAC out of band
About this task
AX nodes offer device firmware updates remotely through iDRAC. For Azure Stack HCI clusters, the recommended option is to
use an Azure Stack HCI catalog for a qualified set of firmware and BIOS. Generate the latest Dell EMC Azure Stack HCI catalog
file through Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM) and copy the file to a network location before proceeding with the update
process.
Steps
1. Log in to the iDRAC web interface.
2. Click Maintenance > System Update.
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