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Determine the 2U1N node type

For a 2U1N server, determine whether it is a converged or storage-only node.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have:

l

The IP address of the BMC (iDRAC) port

l

The user name and password for accessing the BMC (iDRAC)

The 2U1N server architecture can be converged (2CPU) or storage-only (1 CPU). You
must determine the architecture to enable proper port configuration.

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.

3. In the navigation pane, select System

 > 

Inventory

 > 

Hardware inventory, and

then select the CPU node.

4. Count the 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 are described in this
topic. NICs may be located onboard, or in PCI slots, depending on the server
configuration.

The following figure shows possible connector locations on the rear panel of the
servers. Actual NIC locations depend on server configurations. Some models do not
contain NICs in all possible slots. Items marked 1 to 8 represent PCI slots.

Port Configuration

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Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide - ESXi Servers

Summary of Contents for EMC ScaleIO Ready Node 14G

Page 1: ...EMC ScaleIO Ready Node 14G Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide ESXi Servers P N 302 004 339 REV 02 ...

Page 2: ...UBLICATION AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE USE COPYING AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc or its subsidiaries Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners Published in the USA EMC Co...

Page 3: ...ks 20 Open 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 Driver support 26 Rebuild the M 2 cards as a RAID device 26 Revert the AMS ESXi ISO Image to a native ESXi Image 27 Map the ISO file on a ScaleIO Ready Node server 30 Prepare the servers for deployment 30 Network A...

Page 4: ...rtual devices for HDD with PERCCLI 60 Create virtual devices for SSD with PERCCLI 60 Ensure virtual disk creation with PERCCLI 61 Reference Material 65 Activate the NVIDIA GPU on the server 66 Installing the iDRAC Service Module on an ESXi server 66 Install the iSM using SSH 66 Install the iSM using the vSphere CLI 67 DTK Hardware Update Bootable ISO 68 Dell OpenManage DRAC Tools RACADM 68 Recomme...

Page 5: ... 28 Networking pane VMkernel NICs tab 29 Networking pane Port groups tab 29 PowerEdge R640 and R740xd PCI slots integrated NICs and BMC port locations 43 1 2 3 4 FIGURES Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide ESXi Servers 5 ...

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

Page 7: ...ged 47 R740xd server configuration for 10GbE 12xNVMe SFP 47 R740xd server configuration for 10GbE 12xNVMe SFP converged 47 R740xd server configuration for 10GbE 3xGPU M60 2xGPU M10 SFP 48 R740xd server configuration for 10GbE 3xGPU M60 2xGPU M10 SFP converged 48 R640 server configuration for 25GbE 1CPU SFP28 49 R640 server configuration for 25GbE 1CPU SFP28 converged 49 R640 server configuration f...

Page 8: ...TABLES 8 Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide ESXi 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: ...rt 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 contin...

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: ...rs 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...

Page 13: ... ports For more information see Changing default ports in the ScaleIO Deployment Guide Supported operating systems The 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 Hypervisors l VMware ESXi ...

Page 14: ...he following information at hand l The IP address range subnet and Gateway IP addresses for the management and data network for all servers l The IP address range for ScaleIO VMs SVMs l The IP address range subnet and Gateway IP addresses for the BMC iDRAC port for all servers l All root and administrator passwords that you plan to set or use on the server and BMC iDRAC l All root and administrato...

Page 15: ...vCenter 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 ESXi n ScaleIO 2 0 x x Complete VMware Software Download n ScaleIO 2 0 x x GUI for Windows Software Download Supported Internet browsers l Google Chrome l Firefox 30 or...

Page 16: ...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 network traffic The switches must have sufficient available net...

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: ...rd 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 r...

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: ... 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 event log are ...

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: ...iver 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 Scale...

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: ...n 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 al...

Page 25: ...rating system l System requirements 26 l Driver support 26 l Rebuild the M 2 cards as a RAID device 26 l Revert the AMS ESXi ISO Image to a native ESXi Image 27 l Map the ISO file on a ScaleIO Ready Node server 30 l Prepare the servers for deployment 30 Installing the Operating System 25 ...

Page 26: ...h the plug in For information see Revert the AMS ESXi ISO Image to a native ESXi Image on page 27 In cases where the image will be installed from scratch continue to Map the ISO file on a ScaleIO Ready Node server on page 30 Driver support Ensure that correct drivers are installed in your system The best source for supported storage drivers is the Dell customized ISO for ESXi 6 5 U1 If this cannot...

Page 27: ...l Would you like to create this virtual disk Yes 10 Exit System Setup and boot to the OS Results The BOSS S1 Configuration Utility Operation Menu screen displays one virtual disk with the specified name Revert the AMS ESXi ISO Image to a native ESXi Image In non AMS installations for example when using the ScaleIO plug in it is recommended that you install the ESXi ISO image based on the EMC Simpl...

Page 28: ...nes Note The number of virtual machines must be 1 8 In the right pane right click ScaleIOVM and select Power Power Off Figure 1 vSphere client with Power off option selected 9 After the virtual machine is powered off in the Virtual Machines pane right click ScaleIOVM and select Delete 10 In the confirmation dialog box click Delete 11 In the Navigator pane click Networking The following appears in ...

Page 29: ...lick ScaleIo_Internal_VMkernel and select Remove Figure 3 Networking pane Port groups tab 17 In the confirmation dialog box click Remove 18 In the Port groups tab right click VM Network ScaleIO and select Edit settings The Edit port group dialog box appears 19 Change the port group settings so that l The name is VM Network l The VLAN ID is 0 20 Click Save port group Results The ISO image has been ...

Page 30: ...t Power Reset System warm boot to display the list of keyboard keys with related functionality b Press F11 The Boot Manager Main Menu pane is displayed c SelectOne shot BIOS Boot Menu The Select Legacy Boot Option pane is displayed d Select Virtual Optical Drive e Proceed to Prepare the servers for deployment on page 30 The server boots using the OS ISO file and finishes the installation 7 If the ...

Page 31: ...vSphere Web Client screen is displayed with Navigator and Home panes the Navigator pane with network entities as nodes and the Home pane with network entities as icons 2 In the Navigator pane select Home Hosts and Clusters Preconfigured hosts clusters and datacenters are displayed as navigation tree nodes in the Navigator pane 3 Configure the security related parameters a Select an ESXi server und...

Page 32: ... the maximum number of allowed failed login attempts Note For ease of operation it is recommended that the parameter value be set as 1 or 2 seconds d If required update the security parameter values by clicking the Edit icon 4 Configure the Lockdown Mode parameter a In the vSphere Web Client screen under Manage menu select Settings System Security Profile System defined parameter panes such as Ser...

Page 33: ...splayed in the work area b Scroll down to access the Services pane and verify the SSH option Note SSH must be Running that is the SSH connection is established If SSH is Stopped you must change it to Running c To change SSH option to Running a Click Edit in the Services pane b In the Edit Security Profile screen select the SSH parameter The SSH status is Stopped c Click Start The SSH status change...

Page 34: ...Installing the Operating System 34 Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide ESXi Servers ...

Page 35: ...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 36 l Network prerequisites 36 Network Architecture and Physical Connectivity 35 ...

Page 36: ...milar to any other VLAN implementation and it must be done after deployment because the AMS deployment flow creates and configures the vSwitches and vmnics as part of the deployment flow Note ScaleIO uses APIPA IP addresses 169 254 x x 16 for Broadcast and Unicast and this requires special configuration during deployment It is mandatory to set the Management VLAN as either a Layer 2 VLAN without a...

Page 37: ...ddress in each Data Network for future use Prepare IP addresses in your network for the ScaleIO Ready Node servers based on the following calculations Table 3 ScaleIO management IP network Item Description N Number of nodes IP address pools The pools of IP addresses used for static allocation for the following groups 1 Node_MGMT_IP Management IP addresses of the ScaleIO Ready Node servers 2 SVM_MG...

Page 38: ...ScaleIO Ready Node servers 2 SVM_DATA1_IP ScaleIO Storage VM Management IP addresses 3 MDM_Cluster_Virtual_IP_DATA1 the Virtual IP addresses of the MDM cluster in the Data1 network For clarity the first subnet is referred to as Data1 The formula to calculate the subnet pool or subnet needs is N Node_DATA1_IP N SVM_DATA1_IP MDM_Cluster_Virtual_IP_DATA1 Table 5 ScaleIO data IP network for Subnet 2 I...

Page 39: ...r hosts per data network IP address pools may be modified to allow additional IP addresses to be added to new nodes 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 nodes four cables per node Network Architecture and Physi...

Page 40: ...Network Architecture and Physical Connectivity 40 Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide ESXi Servers ...

Page 41: ...tions for ScaleIO Ready Node servers and provides instructions for configuring the ports l Determine the 2U1N node type 42 l PowerEdge R640 and R740xd server NIC and BMC iDRAC port locations 42 l PowerEdge R640 and R740xd port designations ESXi 43 Port Configuration 41 ...

Page 42: ...e 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 configuratio...

Page 43: ...e ESXi management ports This allows the use of the Broadcast protocol for initial IP address configuration The BMC iDRAC IP address can reside on a 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 ESXi Server node port designations ...

Page 44: ...mnic5 vmnic2 vmnic3 PCI slot N A 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 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 right Speed 1 GB 25 GB 10 GB 10 GB 25 GB 1 GB 1 GB 10 GB vSwitch N A sio_vSwitch1 User allocated User allocated sio_vSwi tch2 vSwitch0 User allocated VMkernel port vmk2 User configurable User confi...

Page 45: ... 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 vSwitch N A sio_vSwitch1 User allocated User allocated sio_vSwi tch2 vSwitch0 User allocated VMkernel port vmk2 User configurable User configurable vmk3 vmk0 User configurable Physical Switch Mgmt Switch Switch 1 Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 2 Mgmt Switch Mgmt Switch ...

Page 46: ...B 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB None vSwitch N A sio_vSwitch1 User allocated User allocated sio_vSwi tch2 vSwitch0 Not in use VMkernel port vmk2 User configurable User configurable vmk3 vmk0 Not in use Physical Switch Mgmt Switch Data Switch 1 Data Switch 1 Data Switch 2 Data Switch 2 Mgmt Switch Not in use Table 12 R740xd server configuration for 10 GbE 32xSAS SFP Description BMC iDRAC Monitoring...

Page 47: ...n BMC iDRAC Monitoring ScaleIO Data1 ScaleIO Client Network Port1 ScaleIO Client Network Port2 ScaleIO Data2 ScaleIO Managemen t Network Not in Use Port BMC iDRAC vmnic0 vmnic1 vmnic4 vmnic5 vmnic2 vmnic3 PCI slot N A 2 0 2 1 7 1 7 0 N A 5 Physical Port on node BMC iDRAC remote KVM PCI 10G Left PCI 10G Right PCI 10G Right PCI 10G Left Onboard 1G Right Onboard 1G left Onboard 10 G left and right Sp...

Page 48: ...e Port BMC iDRAC vmnic0 vmnic1 vmnic4 vmnic5 vmnic2 vmnic3 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 Left None Speed 1 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB None Physical Switch Mgmt Switch Switch 1 Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 2 Mgmt Switch Not in use ...

Page 49: ... iDRAC vmnic1 vmnic0 vmnic4 vmnic5 vmnic2 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 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 19 R640 server configuration for ...

Page 50: ...ht 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 ScaleIO Data1 ScaleIO Client Network Port1 ScaleIO Client Network Port2 ScaleIO Data2 ScaleIO Managemen t Network Not in Use Port BMC iDRAC vmn...

Page 51: ...mnic4 vmnic5 vmnic2 vmnic3 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 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 1 GB N A vSwitch N A sio_vSwitch1 User allocated User allocated sio_vSwi tch2 vSwitch0 User allocated VMkernel port vmk2 User configurable User configurable vmk3 vmk0 User con...

Page 52: ...tch2 vSwitch0 User allocated VMkernel port vmk2 User configurable User configurable vmk3 vmk0 User configurable Physical Switch Mgmt Switch Switch 1 Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 2 Mgmt Switch Mgmt Switch Configure the Management IP address ESXi Configure the Management IP address using the ESXi console Procedure 1 Open the ESXi KVM console 2 From the console press F2 to open the Customize System View ...

Page 53: ...Subnet Mask and Default Gateway 12 Press Enter to apply the IP address changes 13 In the Configure Management Network window press Esc to exit the window When the confirmation popup window appears press Y to approve and apply the configuration Results Configuration of the Management IP address is now complete The node can now be connected to a vCenter Once connected validate that the IP address co...

Page 54: ...Port Configuration 54 Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide ESXi Servers ...

Page 55: ...scribes how to prepare disks so they can be added as ScaleIO SDS devices l Adding disks to a ScaleIO SDS 56 l Verify the disk controller type 56 l Enable PERCCLI on an ESXi server 57 l Create virtual devices with PERCCLI 58 Preparing Disks to add to a ScaleIO SDS 55 ...

Page 56: ...agement software agent The server 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 Acc...

Page 57: ...re NDS_Perccli_1 17 10 zip 2 Extract the ZIP file 3 Copy the installation file vmware esx perccli 1 17 10 vib to tmp on the server 4 Run the installation command on the server esxcli software vib install f v tmp vmware esx perccli 1 17 10 vib 5 Before running PERCCLI commands change your working directory to the utility s binary location cd opt lsi perccli Results PERCCLI can now be used either fr...

Page 58: ... controller ID by running the following command cd opt lsi perccli perccli show The controller ID is displayed in the System Overview section of the output in the Ctl column The following table lists different disk configurations on a ScaleIO Ready Node server Node contains Caching options HDD for storage NA Mix of HDD and SSD for storage Caching not used Mix of HDD and SSD where some HDDs or SSDs...

Page 59: ...s SSD or HDD as the device type SSD drives are smaller 744 GB in this case l Drive state Should be UGood unused and good 3 Verify that the VDs exist on the node opt lsi perccli perccli c0 vall show Output similar to the following is displayed If the output confirms that VDs exist on the node perform the next step to remove them Otherwise skip the step 4 Remove all existing VDs from the node opt ls...

Page 60: ...cedure 1 Log in to the server 2 Create a VD that can be accelerated using a utility such as RFcache or that will not be accelerated at all opt lsi perccli perccli c0 add vd type raid0 drives EID Slt direct wb ra pdcache off Example opt lsi perccli perccli c0 add vd type raid0 drives 32 6 direct wb ra pdcache off where EID and Slt are the Enclosure ID and Slot ID values identified in a previous ste...

Page 61: ...re 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 Continue with the procedure that referred you to this topic Ensure virtual disk creation with PERCCLI Use the PERCCLI utility to ensure that a virtual device VD was created properly on each disk Before you begin Before using PERCCLI ensure that your working...

Page 62: ...d virtual device VD information opt lsi perccli perccli 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 The following values should appear in the display l Cache NRWTD for SSDs l Cache RWBD for HDDs no DAS Cache or Preparing Disks to add to a ScaleIO SDS 62 Hardware Configuration and Operat...

Page 63: ...Ds with DAS Cache After you finish Continue to deploy the ScaleIO system as described in the ScaleIO Ready Node VMware Quick Start Guide Preparing Disks to add to a ScaleIO SDS Ensure virtual disk creation with PERCCLI 63 ...

Page 64: ...Preparing Disks to add to a ScaleIO SDS 64 Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide ESXi Servers ...

Page 65: ... additional information that may be required for the procedures described in this document l Activate the NVIDIA GPU on the server 66 l Installing the iDRAC Service Module on an ESXi server 66 l DTK Hardware Update Bootable ISO 68 Reference Material 65 ...

Page 66: ...ing the iDRAC Service Module on an ESXi server The iDRAC Service module iSM is a small OS resident process that expands iDRAC management into supported host operating systems Services that the iSM adds include OS information automatic system recovery and remote server power cycle It also enables NVMe device removal without shutting down or rebooting the system The iSM is available as a Zip file fo...

Page 67: ...here CLI Install the iDRAC Service Module iSM software on the ESXi host using the vSphere CLI Procedure 1 Download the ISM Dell Web 3 0 1 bldno VIB version i zip file from http www dell com support home us en 19 drivers driversdetails driverId G0XDV 20 2 Unzip the file to a local directory on the system 3 Log in to the vCenter via the vSphere Web Client 4 For each guest operating system select the...

Page 68: ...anagement station and the managed system The RACADM utility supports the following interfaces l Local Supports running RACADM commands from the managed server s operating system To run local RACADM commands install the OpenManage software on the managed server Only one instance of Local RACADM can be executed on a system at a time l SSH or Telnet also known as Firmware RACADM Firmware RACADM is ac...

Page 69: ...y This prompt should allow execution of the RACADM utility 6 Mount the Hardware ISO to the iDRAC from the remote share racadm r dracIP u root p password remoteimage c u myuser p mypass l myip SIORN ScaleIO Ready Node Hardware Update for Dell_2 0 1 iso Where l dracIP is the iDRAC IP address l password is the password for the server l myuser is the NFS CIFS share username l mypass is the NFS CIFS sh...

Page 70: ... screen b After the update script completes press Alt F2 to access a user console and then Enter to log in c Check the log contents for errors less bundleapplicationlogs apply_components log For more information see Troubleshooting the Hardware ISO on page 73 d Press q to exit the log viewer and then Alt F1 to access the original console screen 13 Reboot the servers and allow the update and config...

Page 71: ...EMC Online Support site https support emc com Some of the firmware listed in the table is dependent on the ScaleIO Ready Node hardware configuration The Hardware ISO attempts to apply all firmware updates but only those updates that are compatible will be installed Applying settings using RACADM The individual firmware files are also available on the EMC Online Support site and can easily be insta...

Page 72: ...cX2Api c Enabled CPU Turbo Engagement BIOS ProcSettings Controlled Turbo Disabled System Power Profile BIOS SysProfileSettings SysP rofile PerfOptimized OS to iDRAC Pass through Mode iDRAC OS BMC PTMode usb p2p OS to iDRAC Enablement iDRAC OS BMC AdminState Enabled iDRAC DHCP Enablement iDRAC IPv4 DHCPEnable Disabled iDRAC Default Credentials iDRAC Tuning DefaultCredent ialWarning Disabled iDRAC I...

Page 73: ...ce on the iDRAC is restarted Procedure 1 Clear the iDRAC job queue racadm r dracIP u root p password jobqueue delete i JID_CLEARALL_FORCE Where l dracIP is the iDRAC IP address l password is the password for the server Note The default password is Scaleio123 2 Wait 120 seconds The iDRAC is unable to process any other jobs during this time 3 Reset the iDRAC racadm r dracIP u root p password racrese...

Page 74: ... iDRAC as described in Troubleshoot general iDRAC failures on page 73 Check the logs for error messages You can view ScaleIO Ready Node Hardware Update Bootable ISO logs after the update script completes Procedure 1 Press Alt F2 to access a user console and then press Enter 2 Open the log to check the contents for errors less bundleapplicationlogs apply_components log 3 You can also view the scrip...

Page 75: ...eIO Ready Node system For additional information regarding the ScaleIO Ready Node product documentation advisories downloads and white papers visit the ScaleIO Ready Node product page Dell Lifecycle Controller LC With the launch of the Dell PowerEdge 13th generation servers in September 2014 Dell has enhanced our embedded management without the need to install a software based agent within the hos...

Page 76: ...ell systems You can use the DTK to build script based and RPM based installation for deploying large number of systems on a pre operating system environment in a reliable way without changing their current deployment processes Using DTK you can install operating systems on Dell systems in BIOS or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI mode For more information visit the Dell OpenManagement Dep...

Page 77: ...EX A architecture 36 C cabling best practice 36 M Management IP address 52 P Port designations 43 PowerEdge R640 42 R740xd 42 Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide ESXi Servers 77 ...

Page 78: ...Index 78 Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide ESXi Servers ...

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