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Portal-based Deployment and Operations Guide for Single-node Cluster
Revision history Single-node clusters
Single-node clusters
Single-node configuration
Operating system deployment
Manual operating system deployment Factory-installed operating system deployment
Configure host networking
Registry settings
Change the hostname
Registering a Partner Admin Link (PAL) for Azure related solutions
Add a PAL through the Azure portal by using Azure PowerShell Add a PAL through the Azure portal using the subscription user ID Dell Technologies Partner IDs for Partner Admin Link
Install Windows Admin Center
Install OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
Install roles and features
Configuration to prepare nodes
Verify and update firmware and software compliance
Configuring firewall settings
Cluster deployment prerequisites
Review Requirements Prepare Active Directory Stage SBE package for installation Register Servers with Azure Arc Assign deployment user roles
Deploy Azure Stack HCI version 23H2
Deploy a single-node cluster using Azure portal Deploy Azure Stack HCI using Microsoft ARM template
Best practices and recommendations
Updating the page file settings Update the hardware timeout for the Spaces port Antivirus exclusions
Update Azure Stack HCI clusters using SBE package
Prerequisites SBE package update using PowerShell SBE package update using Azure portal
Dell OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center
Overview Managing Microsoft HCI-based clusters Validate and remediate Azure Stack HCI clusters View HCI compliance summary
Onboard Dell policies to Azure Arc from Windows Admin Center

Deploy Azure Stack HCI version 23H2

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Deploy Azure Stack HCI version 23H2

  • Deploy a single-node cluster using Azure portal

    The deployment wizard guides you through the creation of an Azure Stack HCI cluster.

    In the wizard, you specify all cluster and node level details.

    To start the wizard from Home > Azure Stack HCI, select Deploy Azure Stack HCI. The wizard guides you through the following windows:

    1. Basics
    2. Configuration
    3. Networking
    4. Management
    5. Security
    6. Advanced
    7. Tags (optional)
    8. Validation
    9. Review and create
    1. In the Basics window, as shown in the following figure, under Project details, select the Subscription and Resource group from the options lists.
      Figure 7. Deployment wizard - Basics window
      deployment basics wizard window showing key vault naming and server validation
    2. Under Instance details, enter the Cluster name, Region.
    3. To create a new key vault, enter a Key vault name, and then click Create a new key vault.
      Note: If a previously created key vault for a decommissioned cluster with the same name exists, you must first delete and purge the old key vault before creating a new one.

    4. To validate the servers for use, select one or more, and then click Validate selected servers.
      After you validate the servers, a green checkbox displays next to Validate selected servers.
    5. To go to the next window, click Next: Configuration.
    6. In the Configuration window, enter details about the cluster.
    7. To go to the next window, click Next: Networking, shown in the following figure.
      Figure 8. Deployment wizard - Networking window
      Deployment wizard - networking window with details to be selected or entered
    8. In the Networking window, for Storage connectivity, choose whether you use a network switch for the storage network.
    9. Under Group network traffic types by intent, based on your network topology, select the Networking pattern. For a single-node cluster, Dell Technologies recommends that you select Group Management and Compute (no storage).
    10. Under Provide intent details, for management-network-intent creation, select the network adapters
    11. Under Allocate IP addresses to the system and services, provide the required details as shown in the following figure.
      Figure 9. Allocate IP addresses section
      allocate IP addresses to the system and services
    12. Under Compute_Management, to update information such as network intent, data center bridging, and adapter properties including Jumbo Frame size and RDMA protocol, click Customize network settings.
      Note: For management network intents, Dell Technologies recommends that you disable RDMA, as shown in the following figure.

      Figure 10. Customize network values window with disabled RDMA protocol
      customize the network values and disable the RDMA for management network intents

      For more information about this step, see Specify network settings.

    13. Under Management shown in the following figure, to identify this system when creating resources, enter the Custom location name.
      Figure 11. Deployment wizard - Management window
      deployment wizard management window
    14. Enter the Active Directory and deployment account details.

      For more information, see Specify management settings.

    15. Click Next: Security.
    16. Under Security shown in the following figure, Dell Technologies recommends that you choose Recommended security settings, which offers the highest level of security settings.
      Figure 12. Deployment wizard - Security window
      deployment wizard security window with recommended security settings selected
    17. Click Next: Advanced.
    18. Under Advanced, choose Create workload volumes and required infrastructure volumes.

      For more information, see Optiohnally change advanced settings and apply tags.

    19. Click Next: Tags.
    20. Under Tags, enter tag information (optional).
    21. Click Next: Validation.
    22. Under Validation, click Start validation, as shown in the following figure.
      Figure 13. Deployment wizard - Validation window
      Deployment wizard - Validation window showing validation in progress

      For more information, see Validate the system.

      The system creates a resource object and its components for the cluster. The validation takes about 15 minutes, for a single-server deployment, to assess the system readiness to deploy the cluster.
    23. Click Next: Review + create.
    24. The Review + create window shows the configuration information that you entered or selected in the previous steps for creating the cluster. To return to a previous step to modify any settings, click Previous.
      Figure 14. Deployment wizard - Review and create window
      Deployment wizard - review window
    25. To start the cluster creation process, review and confirm your settings, and then click Create .
    26. To view the deployment progress in the Azure portal, go to <cluster name > > Deployments. To view the latest update, click Refresh.
      When the deployment is complete, all tasks have a status of Success.
      Figure 15. Validation of deployment creation success
      validation of deployment of a cluster when all tasks have a success status
    27. To access your cluster remotely, enable a remote desktop.

      For more information about deploying a cluster, see Deploy the cluster.