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End-to-End Single-Node Deployment: Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies
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Onboard Dell policies to Azure Arc from Windows Admin Center

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Onboard Dell policies to Azure Arc from Windows Admin Center

  • In the Dell OpenManage Integration extension, you can deploy the Dell HCI Configuration Profile (HCP) policies onto Azure Arc, and then use these policies in Azure Arc to monitor your Azure Stack HCI clusters. This feature is also supported for single node HCI cluster.

    • Cluster must be Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI; versions 22H2 and 23H2.
      • For a single-node HCI cluster, versions 22H2 and 23H2 are supported.
    • OMIWAC premium license must be installed on each cluster node.
    • For monitoring the policies from Azure, Internet must be available on Windows Admin Center and target nodes.
    • Ensure that you have the necessary permission to create, write, or read policies into Azure. Also, you must be a member of the Gateway users role.
    • Azure Stack HCI Cluster and WAC gateway must be registered on Azure and use the same account to sign in. For more information about Azure registration, see register Windows Admin Center with Azure.
    • Cluster nodes must be Arc enabled and onboarded to Azure Arc. See Azure Arc-enabled servers. Furthermore, ensure that all nodes are registered to the same resource group, and that the resource group has no other Arc enabled nodes that are not part of the current cluster.
    • In all cluster nodes, ensure that all RDMA enabled network adapters are connected to the same NIC ports as recommended by Dell Technologies. For more information, see the relevant deployment and operations guide at Technical guides for Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies.
    Perform the following steps to deploy Dell HCP policies to Azure Arc:
    1. Sign in to Windows Admin Center.
    2. From the All connections page, select a cluster to connect to it.
    3. From the left pane, under Extensions, click Dell OpenManage Integration and then click View > Azure Integration.
      • OpenManage Integration checks the prerequisites. If all prerequisites are successful, a Sign In button appears.
      • If any prerequisites fail, a list of prerequisites with status and recommendations for failed prerequisites appears. Follow the recommendations to ensure that all prerequisites are successful before moving to next step.
    4. Click Sign In. A sign-in window opens to let you sign in to your Azure account. Specify your Azure subscription account details.
      When signed-in, the button shows as Signed-in.
    5. In the Onboarding Checklist section, the OpenManage Integration extension verifies and displays the list of checks and shows the recommendations if checklist items are not met.
      • Click Show Details to see the list of checklists, status, and recommendations if checklists do not match. You cannot move to the next step until all the checklists are successful.
      • Click Refresh Checklist to see the checklist with the updated status.

      For more information about the checklist, see Azure built-in roles in the Microsoft document.

    6. In the Onboard Policies section, do the following:
      • To view the Azure account subscription details, click View Subcription Details.
      • To edit network topology, deployment model, and RDMA protocol for network direct technology, click Configure Cluster Settings, specify the details, and click Save to save the settings for future use. The policies are displayed based on your cluster settings. Once you save the settings, they are applied to all relevant features in OMIMSWAC. For more information about the settings, see the relevant deployment and operations guide at Technical guides for Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies
        Note: For single node HCI cluster, Configure Cluster Settings option is not available.

        • Network Topology
          • Fully-Converged: All storage ports from the server are connected to the same network fabric. Within the host operating system, the NIC ports are used for both storage and management/VM traffic.
          • Non-Converged-Physical: Storage traffic is on the physical storage network adapter ports, and management/VM traffic through a SET created using network ports of the server rNDC. .
          • Non-Converged-Set: Storage traffic uses virtual adapters in the host operating system that is connected to a SET.
        • Deployment Model
          • Scalable model supports from 2 to 16 nodes in a cluster and uses top-of-rack switches for management and storage traffic networking.
          • Switchless model uses full mesh connections between the cluster nodes for storage traffic and supports from 2 to 4 nodes in a cluster.
          • Stretch cluster with Azure Stack HCI consists of servers residing at two different locations or sites, with each site having two or more servers, replicating volumes either in synchronous or asynchronous mode.
        • Network Direct Technology: This property is available only for Azure Stack HCI clusters using Intel E810 and E823 Network adapters. Choose the appropriate RDMA protocol, either iWARP or RoCEV2 that was used during the deployment. Based on this setting, appropriate network adapter policies are displayed for compliance.
      • If policies are not onboarded to Azure Arc, click Onboard Policies to see the details of the applicable Dell HCP policies for onboard and go to the next step.
    7. The Onboard Dell HCI Configuration Profile policies for Azure window appears on the right side showing the available policies for onboarding or update. The window also shows the version of the previously onboarded policy, if any, and shows with a green dot the number of policies that are already onboarded. All mandatory policies are selected by default and cannot be changed. You can clear any optional policies. To onboard or update the onboarded policies, click Onboard.
    8. After the policies are onboarded, the policy onboarding status appears next to the Onboard Policies button. Click View Details to see the Policy Onboarding Status page that displays the status of each policy that was onboarded to the Azure Arc.
      To export the onboarded policies in a CSV format, click Export Details.
    9. After the policies are successfully onboarded, log in to the Azure portal (Azure Arc) using the same subscription account to monitor your cluster using Dell HCP policies. In the Azure portal, click the Resource Groups to find the resources you want to monitor (Go to step 6 to find the resource group name in the view subscription details.)
      Cluster node details are displayed.
    10. To check the cluster compliance, click Policies under Settings.
      The Policy page displays the cluster compliance and lists all the applicable policies including the default policies.
      Note: Ignore the policy details of the "Dell Exempted Policy" as it only helps in tracking policy versions of onboarded Dell HCP policies and does not impact cluster performance or compliance.

    11. In the Search box, enter Dell to find the policies that are onboarded from the OpenManage Integration extension. Select a policy to have a deeper look at the compliance for that particular policy. For more information about viewing compliance data in Azure portal, see Microsoft Azure Policy documentation.