Deployment Guide

Updating out-of-box drivers

For certain system components, you might have to update the driver to the latest Dell supported version.

About this task

NOTE: This section is optional if you are using Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center

to update the nodes.

Steps

1. Run the following PowerShell command to retrieve a list of all driver versions that are installed on the local system:

Get-PnpDevice | Select-Object Name, @{l='DriverVersion';e={(Get-PnpDeviceProperty -

InstanceId $_.InstanceId -KeyName 'DEVPKEY_Device_DriverVersion').Data}} -Unique | Where-

Object {($_.Name -like "*HBA330*") -or ($_.Name -like "*mellanox*") -or ($_.Name -like

"*Qlogic*") -or ($_.Name -like "*X710*") -or ($_.Name -like "*intel*") -or ($_.Name -like

"*Broadcom*")}

2. Update the out-of-box drivers to the required versions, if necessary.

For the latest Dell supported versions of system components, see the Support Matrix for Dell EMC Solutions for Microsoft Azure

Stack HCI.

Download the driver installers from https://www.dell.com/support or by using the Dell EMC Solutions for Azure Stack HCI Update

Catalog.

NOTE:

The QLogic FastLinQ adapter does not have an in-box driver in Windows Server 2016. Install the driver before

attempting host network configuration.

3. Attach a folder containing the driver DUP files to the system as a virtual media image:

a. In the iDRAC virtual console menu, click Virtual Media.

b. In the Create Image from Folder window, click Create Image.

c. Click Browse, select the folder where the driver DUP files are stored, and, if required, change the name of the image.

d. Click Create Image.

e. Click Finish.

f. From the Virtual Media menu, select Connect Virtual Media.

g. Select Map Removable Disk, click Browse, and select the image that you created.

h. Click Map Device.

After the image is mapped, it appears as a drive in the host operating system.

4. Run the driver DUP files to install the updated out-of-box drivers.

Changing the hostname

By default, the operating system deployment assigns a random name as the host computer name. For easier identification and uniform

configuration, Dell recommends that you change the hostname to something that is relevant and easily identifiable.

Change the hostname by using the Rename-Computer cmdlet:

Rename-Computer -NewName S2DNode01 -Restart

NOTE: This command induces an automatic restart at the end of rename operation.

Configuring host networking

Dell EMC Solutions for Azure Stack HCI can be configured to implement a fully converged or nonconverged network for storage and

management connectivity.

Complete the following steps to configure host networking:

1. Create VM switches (based on topology).

2. Create VM adapters, and configure VLANs and IP addresses.

3. Map the VM storage adapters (based on topology).

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