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Table 8 R740xd server configuration for 25GbE, 12xNVMe, SFP28 (continued)

Description

BMC
(iDRAC)
Monitoring

ScaleIO
Data1

ScaleIO
Client
Network
Port1

ScaleIO
Client
Network
Port2

ScaleIO
Data2

ScaleIO
Management
Network

Not in Use

PCI slot

N/A

2:0

2:1

7:1

7:0

N/A

Physical Port
on node

BMC (iDRAC)
(remote KVM)

PCI 25G
(Left)

PCI 25G
(Right)

PCI 25G
(Left)

Onboard 1G
(Right)

Onboard 1G
left,
Onboard 10
G left and
right

Speed

1 GB

25 GB

1 GB

1 GB, 10 GB

Physical
Switch

Mgmt Switch

Switch 1

Switch 2

Switch 2 Mgmt Switch

Mgmt
Switch

Table 9 R740xd server configuration for 25GbE, 12xNVMe, SFP28 (converged)

Description

BMC
(iDRAC)
Monitoring

ScaleIO
Data1

ScaleIO
Client
Network
Port1

ScaleIO
Client
Network
Port2

ScaleIO
Data2

ScaleIO
Management
Network

Not in Use

Network
Adapter Name

N/A

Sio Data1
Port1

Customer
Port1

Customer
Port2

Sio
Data2
Port1

Public

N/A

PCI slot

N/A

2:0

2:1

7:1

7:0

N/A

Physical Port
on node

BMC (iDRAC)
(remote KVM)

PCI 25G
(Left)

PCI 25G
(Right)

PCI 25G
(Left)

Onboard 1G
(Right)

Onboard 1G
left,
Onboard 10
G left and
right

Speed

1 GB

25 GB

1 GB

1 GB, 10 GB

Physical
Switch

Mgmt Switch

Switch 1

Switch 2

Switch 2 Mgmt Switch

Mgmt
Switch

Table 10 R740xd server configuration for 25GbE, 3xGPU (M60)/ 2xGPU (M10), SFP28

Description

BMC
(iDRAC)
Monitoring

ScaleIO
Data1

ScaleIO
Client
Network
Port1

ScaleIO
Client
Network
Port2

ScaleIO
Data2

ScaleIO
Management
Network

Not in Use

Network
Adapter Name

N/A

Sio Data1
Port1

Customer
Port1

Customer
Port2

Sio
Data2
Port1

Public

N/A

PCI slot

N/A

Port Configuration

PowerEdge R640 and R740xd port designations - Windows

Summary of Contents for 302-004-341

Page 1: ...EMC ScaleIO Ready Node 14G Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide Windows Servers P N 302 004 341 REV 02 ...

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Page 3: ...en the KVM console 21 Updating the BIOS firmware and settings 22 Update the hardware using the iDRAC virtual console 23 Installing the Operating System 25 System requirements 26 Rebuild the M 2 cards as a RAID device 26 Map the ISO file on a ScaleIO Ready Node server 27 Install the Windows OS on a ScaleIO Ready Node server 27 Network Architecture and Physical Connectivity 29 Networking connectivit...

Page 4: ...ices for SSD with PERCCLI 54 Ensure virtual disk creation with PERCCLI 54 Retrieve device paths in a Windows server with HBA330 controller 56 Retrieve device paths in a Windows server with an H730p H740p controller 57 Reference Material 59 iDRAC Service Module 60 Install the iDRAC Service Module on a Windows server 60 DTK Hardware Update Bootable ISO 60 Dell OpenManage DRAC Tools RACADM 60 Recomme...

Page 5: ...PowerEdge R640 and R740xd PCI slots integrated NICs and BMC port locations 35 1 FIGURES Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide Windows Servers 5 ...

Page 6: ...FIGURES 6 Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide Windows Servers ...

Page 7: ...ed 39 R740xd server configuration for 10GbE 12xNVMe SFP 39 R740xd server configuration for 10GbE 12xNVMe SFP converged 40 R740xd server configuration for 10GbE 3xGPU M60 2xGPU M10 SFP 40 R740xd server configuration for 10GbE 3xGPU M60 2xGPU M10 SFP converged 40 R640 server configuration for 25GbE 1CPU SFP28 41 R640 server configuration for 25GbE 1CPU SFP28 converged 41 R640 server configuration fo...

Page 8: ...TABLES 8 Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide Windows Servers ...

Page 9: ...product l ScaleIO software downloadable as ScaleIO Software version Documentation set l ScaleIO Ready Node with AMS downloadable as ScaleIO Ready Node with AMS Documentation set l ScaleIO Ready Node no AMS downloadable as ScaleIO Ready Node no AMS Documentation set l VxRack Node 100 Series downloadable as VxRack Node 100 Series Documentation set You can download the release notes the document sets...

Page 10: ...t emc com Technical support Go to EMC Online Support and click Service Center You will see several options for contacting EMC Technical Support Note that to open a service request you must have a valid support agreement Contact your EMC sales representative for details about obtaining a valid support agreement or with questions about your account Your comments Your suggestions will help us continu...

Page 11: ...r configuring the hardware and the operating system in a ScaleIO Ready Node environment It also provides a top level view of the tasks involved l Overview 12 l ScaleIO component requirements 12 l Prerequisites 14 l Supported hardware configurations 16 Introduction 11 ...

Page 12: ... l ScaleIO component servers n 3 node cluster One Master MDM One Slave MDM One Tie Breaker Minimum of three SDSs on the same servers as the above components or on three different servers SDCs up to the maximum allowed on the same servers as the above components or on different servers n 5 node cluster One Master MDM Two Slave MDMs Two Tie Breakers Minimum of three SDSs on the same servers as the a...

Page 13: ...he list of operating systems supported by this version of ScaleIO For the most updated list see the EMC Simple Support Matrix ESSM at https elabnavigator emc com eln elnhome Table 2 Supported operating systems ScaleIO components Operating system Requirement Windows Supported versions l 2012 R2 2016 in v2 0 1 1 and later Server Core editions are not supported l For VxRack Node 100 Series only 2012 ...

Page 14: ...ws Management Instrumentation service must be enabled on the IM server and on all Windows ScaleIO nodes l Do not install the Gateway on a server on which RFcache will be enabled or on which SDC will be installed l The Gateway server must have connectivity to all the nodes that are being installed If you are using separate networks for management and data the server must be able to communicate with...

Page 15: ...Ready Node Hardware Installation Guide Unless otherwise specified in this guide install the operating system in the server s BOSS device and configure IP addresses ScaleIO packages Download and extract the ScaleIO files for your environment Refer to the EMC Simple Support Matrix ESSM for supported versions The files can be downloaded from https support emc com products 33925_ScaleIO l Windows n Sc...

Page 16: ...be used for the management network Before you begin connecting the switches ensure that they are installed and configured Do not connect the switches to your organization s network until all installation and configuration activities are complete Each node has four 10 GbE ports Two are used for internal network communications The other two ports are used for VMware high availability DRS and client ...

Page 17: ...RAC IP addresses and map the ISO for servers in a ScaleIO Ready Node environment l Set up the BMC iDRAC IP address and BIOS 18 l Verify the status of the system hardware storage controller and disks 20 l Open the KVM console 21 l Updating the BIOS firmware and settings 22 Configuring the Hardware 17 ...

Page 18: ...d to change the option selection in the BIOS screens l Use SPACE or ENTER keys to change the settings l The ENTER key opens a list to the desired values Procedure 1 Open the KVM console For console operations KVM access ensure that you have either a VGA tool kit Crash Cart to allow physical console connection from a laptop computer to a server or a computer screen and keyboard connection to the ra...

Page 19: ...n verify that the processor settings are correct If the settings are incorrect configure them as follows a Select Processor Settings b In the System BIOS Settings Processor Settings pane verify the following parameter values l Virtualization Technology Enabled l Number of Cores Per Processor All c Click Back to return to the System BIOS Settings screen 8 Configure boot settings a Select Boot Setti...

Page 20: ...then click Login The Dashboard displays the high level status of all hardware devices in the System Health pane In an ideal scenario all hardware sensors should appear in green 3 To view the event log SEL log on the Dashboard select Maintenance System Event Logs The System Event Log pane is displayed with color coded severity levels 4 Ensure that any power supply and fan related events in the even...

Page 21: ... to https iDRAC_IP_address 2 In the DELL Console Login window type the user name and password and click Login 3 From the dashboard click Launch Virtual Console to start a console session A popup security warning screen is displayed 4 Select Accept and click Run The Java Console window opens and provides you with console access to the server If this is the first time that you are opening a console ...

Page 22: ...er and Firmware Matrix before deploying a server in the ScaleIO Ready Node environment To perform any updates needed to meet ScaleIO Ready Node requirements use the ScaleIO Ready Node Hardware Update Bootable ISO Hardware ISO The Hardware ISO is based on the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit DTK The DTK provides a framework of tools necessary for the configuration of PowerEdge servers For ScaleIO...

Page 23: ... to the virtual media 7 Repeat steps 3 on page 23 to 6 on page 23 for each ScaleIO Ready Node server that requires BIOS or firmware updates and configuration All ScaleIO Ready Node servers can be updated in parallel 8 When the updates are completed refresh the iDRAC browser screen log in to the iDRAC and re launch the virtual console as needed 9 Wait for the configuration and firmware updates to c...

Page 24: ... window type these credentials l username root l password password for Dell supplied nodes or password for EMC supplied nodes c Click Login d In the iDRAC GUI navigation pane select the Maintenance tab and then select the Job Queue tab e Ensure that all jobs have completed successfully Any job failures may require re running the bootable ISO or further troubleshooting f Select the checkbox for all...

Page 25: ...scribes how to install the operating system l System requirements 26 l Rebuild the M 2 cards as a RAID device 26 l Map the ISO file on a ScaleIO Ready Node server 27 l Install the Windows OS on a ScaleIO Ready Node server 27 Installing the Operating System 25 ...

Page 26: ...e node 2 In the iDRAC Virtual KVM console press F2 immediately after you see the message F2 System Setup during system start up 3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen select Device Settings AHCI Controller in Slot 2 BOSS S1 Configuration Utility 4 On the BOSS S1 Configuration Utility screen select Physical Virtual Disk Information to verify the disk configuration 5 On the BOSS S1 Configuration Uti...

Page 27: ... screen browse and set up the ISO file and then click Map Device 5 To verify the ISO file selection click Virtual Media and view the ISO selection in the drop down list 6 Reset the server a In the main DELL System Setup console window select Power Rest System warm boot to display the list of keyboard keys with related functionality b Refer to the best practices of DELL OS installation How to Insta...

Page 28: ...uirements on page 26 6 Install the Hyper V role and Failover Clustering feature 7 Change the server name and connect all system computers into one domain 8 Ensure that you can open an RDP session to the server 9 Create a failover cluster with all the nodes Results The operating system installation is complete When setting up a new node continue with disk configuration as described in the following...

Page 29: ...egarding networking requirements for ScaleIO Ready Node as well as connecting a ScaleIO Ready Node server to one or more switches l Networking connectivity architecture and cabling best practice R640 R740XD servers 30 l Network prerequisites 30 Network Architecture and Physical Connectivity 29 ...

Page 30: ...equirements below for connecting ScaleIO Ready Node servers to one or more switches ensure that you have prepared the items described in Prerequisites on page 14 Switches One 10 GbE switch is required Two or more 10 GbE switches may be used for high availability and load balancing purposes Separate one or more 1 GbE switches may be used for the management network Before you begin connecting the sw...

Page 31: ... is N Node_MGMT_IP N BMC_MGMT_IP Optional AMS server IP address Note Each pool can belong to a single subnet or to several subnets as long as the AMS server has routable networking access to the Management IP address The ScaleIO Data IP network requires 2 separate subnets Table 4 ScaleIO data IP network for Subnet 1 Item Description Comments N Number of nodes IP address pool for Subnet 1 The pools...

Page 32: ... Data2 network For clarity the second subnet is referred to as Data2 The formula to calculate the subnet pool or subnet needs is N Node_DATA2_IP MDM_Cluster_Virtual_IP_DATA2 Cabling Ensure that you have the correct quantity of cables Calculate the amount of cables needed as described below For RJ45 NIC ports on your switch you need Cat6 6 m Ethernet cables these cables are included with the server...

Page 33: ...Ready Node servers and provides instructions for configuring the ports l Determine the 2U1N node type 34 l PowerEdge R640 and R740xd server NIC and BMC iDRAC port locations 34 l PowerEdge R640 and R740xd port designations Windows 35 l Change the driver parameters 46 Port Configuration 33 ...

Page 34: ...number of lines in the Processor Information table If the node contains l Two CPUs it is for converged architecture l One CPU it is for storage only Results The 2U1N node architecture is determined PowerEdge R640 and R740xd server NIC and BMC iDRAC port locations NIC and BMC iDRAC port designations for PowerEdgeR640 and R740xd servers in ScaleIO Ready Node systems for various server configurations...

Page 35: ... different subnet and or VLAN and the only requirement from the BMC iDRAC side is that the AMS when used must have a routable IP Path to the BMC iDRAC IP address on the node PowerEdge R640 and R740xd port designations Windows Server node port designations in a Windows based ScaleIO system Connect the cables and configure the system as shown in the following tables depending on the server type and ...

Page 36: ...ta1 ScaleIO Client Network Port1 ScaleIO Client Network Port2 ScaleIO Data2 ScaleIO Management Network Not in Use Network Adapter Name N A Sio Data1 Port1 Customer Port1 Customer Port2 Sio Data2 Port1 Public N A PCI slot N A 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 N A 4 Physical Port on node BMC iDRAC remote KVM PCI 25G Left PCI 25G Right PCI 25G Right PCI 25G Left Onboard 1G Right Onboard 1G left Onboard 10 G left and r...

Page 37: ...rk Port2 ScaleIO Data2 ScaleIO Management Network Not in Use Network Adapter Name N A Sio Data1 Port1 Customer Port1 Customer Port2 Sio Data2 Port1 Public N A PCI slot N A 2 0 2 1 7 1 7 0 N A Physical Port on node BMC iDRAC remote KVM PCI 25G Left PCI 25G Right PCI 25G Right PCI 25G Left Onboard 1G Right Onboard 1G left Onboard 10 G left and right Speed 1 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 1 GB 1 GB 10 GB...

Page 38: ... Customer Port1 Customer Port2 Sio Data2 Port1 Public N A PCI slot N A N A N A N A N A N A N A Physical Port on node BMC iDRAC remote KVM Onboard 25G Left Onboard 25G Right Onboard 25G Right Onboard 25G Left Onboard 25G Left None Speed 1 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB None Physical Switch Mgmt Switch Data Switch 1 Data Switch 1 Data Switch 2 Data Switch 2 Mgmt Switch Not in use Table 12 R740xd s...

Page 39: ... 10G Left PCI 10G Right PCI 10G Right PCI 10G Left Onboard 1G Right Onboard 1G left Onboard 10 G left and right Speed 1 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 1 GB 1 GB 10 GB Physical Switch Mgmt Switch Switch 1 Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 2 Mgmt Switch Mgmt Switch Table 14 R740xd server configuration for 10GbE 12xNVMe SFP Description BMC iDRAC Monitoring ScaleIO Data1 ScaleIO Client Network Port1 ScaleIO Client...

Page 40: ...O Client Network Port1 ScaleIO Client Network Port2 ScaleIO Data2 ScaleIO Management Network Not in Use Network Adapter Name N A Sio Data1 Port1 Customer Port1 Customer Port2 Sio Data2 Port1 Public N A PCI slot N A N A N A N A N A N A N A Physical Port on node BMC iDRAC remote KVM Onboard 10G far Left Onboard 10G second from Left Onboard 10G far Right Onboard 10G second from Right Onboard 10G far ...

Page 41: ...lient Network Port1 ScaleIO Client Network Port2 ScaleIO Data2 ScaleIO Management Network Not in Use Network Adapter Name N A Sio Data1 Port1 Customer Port1 Customer Port2 Sio Data2 Port1 Public N A PCI slot N A 2 0 2 1 N A N A N A N A Physical Port on node BMC iDRAC remote KVM PCI 25G Left PCI 25G Right Onboard 25G Right Onboard 25G Left Onboard 25G Left N A Speed 1 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 ...

Page 42: ...2 0 2 1 3 1 3 0 N A N A Physical Port on node BMC iDRAC remote KVM PCI 25G Left PCI 25G Right Onboard 25G Right Onboard 25G Left Onboard 1G Right N A Speed 1 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 1 GB N A Physical Switch Mgmt Switch Data Switch 1 Data Switch 1 Data Switch 2 Data Switch 2 Mgmt Switch Not in use Table 21 R640 server configuration for 25GbE 2CPU SFP28 converged Description BMC iDRAC Monitoring ...

Page 43: ...ing ScaleIO Data1 ScaleIO Client Network Port1 ScaleIO Client Network Port2 ScaleIO Data2 ScaleIO Management Network Not in Use Network Adapter Name N A Sio Data1 Port1 Customer Port1 Customer Port2 Sio Data2 Port1 Public N A PCI slot N A 2 0 2 1 N A N A N A N A Physical Port on node BMC iDRAC remote KVM PCI 10G Left PCI 10G Right Onboard 10G Right Onboard 10G Left Onboard 1G Right N A Speed 1 GB ...

Page 44: ... A N A N A Physical Port on node BMC iDRAC remote KVM PCI 10G Left PCI 10G Right Onboard 10G Right Onboard 10G Left Onboard 1G Right N A Speed 1 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 1 GB N A Physical Switch Mgmt Switch Switch 1 Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 2 Mgmt Switch Mgmt Switch Configure the ports This topic explains how to configure ports on Windows based nodes Procedure 1 Find the PCI slot information for...

Page 45: ...twork adapter and select Rename type the name you just identified and then press ENTER 3 Repeat the previous steps for every ScaleIO role that you want to activate 4 Configure the IP addresses for every network adapter a Right click the network adapter and select Properties b In the Networking tab This connection uses the following items field select the correct Internet protocol version and then ...

Page 46: ...or Windows servers using the X710 network controller continue by changing the driver parameters for each port on the NIC Otherwise continue on to disk configuration procedures Change the driver parameters On Windows servers using the X710 network controller change the driver parameters for every port on the NIC in order to prevent a continual rebuild rebalance or MDM failover on the node Procedure...

Page 47: ...4 and IPv6 options configure the property appropriate for your network l IPv4 Checksum Offload l Large Send Offload V2 IPv4 Large Send Offload V2 IPv6 l Encapsulated Task Offload l Recv Segment Coalescing IPv4 Recv Segment Coalescing IPv6 l TCP Checksum Offload IPv4 TCP Checksum Offload IPv4 6 Click OK 7 Repeat the above steps for every port on the X710 network controller Port Configuration Change...

Page 48: ...Port Configuration 48 Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide Windows Servers ...

Page 49: ...Adding disks to a ScaleIO SDS 50 l Verify the disk controller type 50 l Enable PERCCLI on a Windows server 51 l Create virtual devices with PERCCLI 51 l Retrieve device paths in a Windows server with HBA330 controller 56 l Retrieve device paths in a Windows server with an H730p H740p controller 57 Preparing Disks to add to a ScaleIO SDS 49 ...

Page 50: ...ver contains one of two types of controller cards l HBA330 controller card This server has only SSD l H730p H740p controller card This server may have either only HDD or a mix of HDD and SSD Procedure 1 From your Internet browser go to http BMC iDRAC_IP_address 2 In the DELL Console Login window type the user name and password and click Login The Integrated Remote Access Controller screen appears ...

Page 51: ... system Note If the server contains the HBA330 controller skip this step When creating virtual devices note the following l You create one virtual device for each kind of disk HDD or SSD l The VDs for HDD are configured with Direct IO write back and read ahead enabled abbreviated in PERCCLI as RWBD l The VDs for SSD are configured with Direct IO and write through but read ahead is not enabled Abbr...

Page 52: ...but good status l Removing all the existing VDs from the node l Setting up the controller card boot parameter Procedure 1 Log in to the node 2 Display the disk information on the node perccli64 c0 eall sall show Output similar to the following is displayed The output shows the following l Enclosure ID EID Used in a later step when creating VDs l Slot ID SLT of each drive Used in a later step when ...

Page 53: ...PERCCLI to create virtual devices VDs for HDDs on a ScaleIO Ready Node server The devices can be used as part of a Storage Pool or to provide caching Before you begin Ensure that the PERCCLI disk utility is installed You need to create one VD for each HDD The VDs for HDDs are configured with Direct IO write back and read ahead enabled Procedure 1 Log in to the server 2 Create a VD that can be acce...

Page 54: ... are configured with Direct IO and write through but read ahead is not enabled Procedure 1 Log in to the server 2 Create the VD perccli64 c0 add vd type raid0 drives EID Slt direct wt nora Example perccli64 c0 add vd type raid0 drives 32 0 direct wt nora where EID and Slt are the Enclosure ID and Slot ID values which in this example are 32 0 Results The VD was created successfully After you finish...

Page 55: ...e device state displayed as Onln in the State column shows that the device has a virtual device created on it 4 Display device group DG and virtual device VD information perccli64 c0 vall show Output similar to the following is displayed Note In the above example DAS Cache is not used 5 Verify that all the VDs are configured correctly Preparing Disks to add to a ScaleIO SDS Ensure virtual disk cre...

Page 56: ...erating system device path is in the format PhysicalDriveX where X is the disk number l Run the commands from the command prompt Procedure 1 Log in to the server 2 Display the device list wmic diskdrive get deviceid interfacetype findstr c SCSI Output similar to the following is displayed The device path for each device is shown in the output and ends in PhysicalDriveX Use these paths when adding ...

Page 57: ...n a Windows based ScaleIO Ready Node server with an H730p H740p controller card Before you begin Ensure that you have administrator level user access to the server In Windows servers l The operating system device path is in the format PhysicalDriveX where X is the disk number l Run the commands from the command prompt Procedure 1 Log in to the server 2 Display the VDs of the disks on the server pe...

Page 58: ...hat all devices are online and initialized a From the Windows Start menu open Disk Management The Disk Management screen appears b Change the state of every ScaleIO device that is offline to online by right clicking it and selectingOnline c Check whether the state of any devices to be used by ScaleIO is Not Initialized d Change the state of each device that is not initialized by right clicking it ...

Page 59: ...ference Material This section contains additional information that may be required for the procedures described in this document l iDRAC Service Module 60 l DTK Hardware Update Bootable ISO 60 Reference Material 59 ...

Page 60: ...ed version 4 Verify that the package and installed version are correct and then click Yes to continue the update 5 When the message appears that the update has completed successfully click Finish to complete the installation 6 Reboot the server 7 From the iDRAC web interface open the iDRAC settings Overview page and ensure that the iDRAC Service Module status is Running DTK Hardware Update Bootabl...

Page 61: ... server Procedure 1 Configure a laptop or server with access to the iDRAC network 2 Install the Dell DRAC tools including RACADM a In any Internet browser go to the RACADM Command Line Interface for DRAC page in the Dell Systems Management wiki b Follow the instructions for downloading and installing Remote RACADM for your operating system 3 Download the ScaleIO Ready Node Hardware Update Bootable...

Page 62: ...he script is complete WARNING Do not reboot the ScaleIO Ready Node server while the update process is being performed The iDRAC will be reset several times during the update process This causes the iDRAC virtual console viewer to close virtual media to disconnect and the iDRAC browser window to be unavailable for several minutes during each reset The hardware update scripts will continue to run fr...

Page 63: ...runs a script that automatically flashes the ID module as needed This action rebrands a PowerEdge server naming and is intended to make it compatible with the ScaleIO AMS software deployment The ScaleIO ID module should be installed only on ScaleIO Ready Node servers In the event of a system board failure the Hardware ISO can assist with the reinstallation of the ID module on the replacement syste...

Page 64: ...ted 1 1 Server Boot Mode BIOS BiosBootSettings Boot Mode Bios SRIOV Global Enablement BIOS IntegratedDevices Sriov GlobalEnable Enabled Memory Performance Tuning BIOS MemSettings SnoopMo de EarlySnoop System Change Tracking BIOS MiscSettings InSystem Characterization Disabled CPU Virtualization Features BIOS ProcSettings ProcVirtu alization Enabled CPU Cores BIOS ProcSettings ProcCores All CPU X2A...

Page 65: ... iDRAC setting value Note When setting the BIOS configuration include this command racadm r dracIP u root p password jobqueue create BIOS Setup 1 1 value Troubleshooting the Hardware ISO This section describes troubleshooting procedures for problems you may encounter while using the Hardware ISO Troubleshoot general iDRAC failures When problems occur with iDRAC or Lifecycle Controller jobs you can...

Page 66: ...neral iDRAC failures on page 65 iDRAC virtual media issues The following are solutions to problems that may occur when using iDRAC virtual media 1 If the iDRAC is stuck one of these actions may assist with recovery l In the server s Attached Media screen disconnect the iDRAC Remote File Share from the iDRAC browser l Disconnect the iDRAC remote image racadm r dracIP u root p password remoteimage d...

Page 67: ...tems drm_files apply_bundles sh Results The script attempts to configure several boot order commands regardless of the hardware configuration of the ScaleIO Ready Node server This allows the script to support multiple hardware platform configurations Therefore it is normal to see these error messages within the logs Firmware updates may also display and log the following message This update is not...

Page 68: ...hnology allows users to perform useful tasks such as configuring BIOS and hardware settings deploying operating systems updating drivers changing RAID settings and saving hardware profiles Together they provide a robust set of management functions that can be leveraged throughout the entire server lifecycle 14 generation servers with iDRAC9 continue this functionality For more information visit th...

Page 69: ...DEX A architecture 30 C cabling best practice 30 P Port configuration 44 Port designations 35 PowerEdge R640 34 R740xd 34 Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide Windows Servers 69 ...

Page 70: ...Index 70 Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide Windows Servers ...

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