Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node 14G User manual

Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node 14G
Hardware Configuration and Operating System
Installation Guide - Linux Servers
P/N 302-004-340 REV 04

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Preface 9
Introduction 11
Overview.....................................................................................................12
VxFlex OS component requirements........................................................... 12
VxFlex OS cluster components.......................................................12
Physical server requirements......................................................... 13
Supported operating systems.........................................................13
VxFlex OS Gateway server requirements....................................... 14
Prerequisites...............................................................................................15
Connectivity...................................................................................15
Java............................................................................................... 15
Hardware and operating systems................................................... 15
VxFlex OS packages.......................................................................16
Supported Internet browsers......................................................... 16
Disk prerequisites...........................................................................16
iDRAC Service Module................................................................... 16
openIPMI........................................................................................16
Supported hardware configurations............................................................ 16
Configuring the Hardware 19
Set up the BMC (iDRAC) IP address and BIOS.......................................... 20
Verify the status of the system hardware, storage controller, and disks -
14G servers.................................................................................................22
Open the KVM console - 14G servers......................................................... 23
Updating the BIOS, firmware and settings..................................................24
Update the hardware using the iDRAC virtual console...................25
Installing the Operating System 27
System requirements................................................................................. 28
Rebuild the M.2 cards as a RAID device......................................................28
Map the ISO file on a VxFlex Ready Node 14G server................................. 29
Optimize CPU performance on RHEL systems........................................... 30
Optimize CPU performance on SUSE systems........................................... 30
Network Architecture and Physical Connectivity 33
Networking connectivity architecture and cabling best practice (R640,
R740XD servers)........................................................................................ 34
Network prerequisites................................................................................ 34
Port Configuration 37
Figures
Tables
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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
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Determine the 2U1N node type...................................................................38
R640 and R740xd server NIC and BMC (iDRAC) port locations................. 38
VxFlex Ready Node R640 and R740xd port designations - Linux................40
Correlate the PCI slot locations and interface names..................... 41
Configure the ports - Linux............................................................44
Configure the ports (Linux-SLES)................................................. 46
Disable TSO on Linux nodes with X710 NIC................................................ 48
Installing the drivers 49
Install the VxFlex OS drivers.......................................................................50
Preparing Disks 51
Adding disks to a VxFlex OS SDS............................................................... 52
Verify the disk controller type.................................................................... 52
Enable PERCCLI on a host server...............................................................53
Create virtual devices with PERCCLI......................................................... 53
Verify the storage and disk controller status ................................ 54
Create virtual devices for HDD with PERCCLI...............................55
Create virtual devices for SSD with PERCCLI............................... 56
Ensure virtual disk creation with PERCCLI.................................... 56
Retrieve device paths in a Linux server.......................................................58
Retrieve device paths in a Linux server with an HBA330 controller...
58
Retrieving device paths in a Linux server with an H730p/H740p
controller.......................................................................................59
Retrieving device paths in a Linux server with NVME devices
configured..................................................................................... 60
Retrieve device paths in a Linux server with an HBA330 controller............ 60
Additional Configurations 63
Install OpenManage Essentials................................................................... 64
Disable Smartmontool error messages....................................................... 64
iDRAC Service Module............................................................................... 65
Install the iDRAC Service Module on a Linux server.......................65
Where to go from here............................................................................... 66
Reference material 67
DTK - Hardware Update Bootable ISO........................................................68
Dell OpenManage DRAC Tools (RACADM)....................................68
Recommended BIOS and firmware settings...................................70
Troubleshooting the Hardware ISO................................................73
Additional resources...................................................................... 75
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
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R640 and R740xd PCI slots, integrated NICs and BMC port locations....................... 39
Correlating physical slot and Ethernet network names............................................... 43
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Server physical requirements...................................................................................... 13
Supported operating systems -VxFlex OS components...............................................13
VxFlex OS management IP network............................................................................35
VxFlex OS data IP network for Subnet #1...................................................................35
VxFlex OS data IP network for Subnet #2.................................................................. 35
VxFlex OS IP network for 2-layer configuration (Data 3 + Data 4)............................. 36
R640 single-node server configuration....................................................................... 40
R740xd single-node server configuration for 10/25GbE, 2CPU, SFP+/SFP28............41
Hardware ISO configuration settings...........................................................................71
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