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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
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Install Windows Admin Center
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Configuration to prepare nodes
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Operating system deployment

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Operating system deployment

  • Factory-installed operating system deployment

    If the cluster nodes are shipped from Dell Technologies with a preinstalled operating system, you must complete the out-of-box experience (OOBE).

    To complete the OOBE, do the following:

    • Select language and locale settings.
    • Accept the Microsoft and OEM EULAs.
    • Set up a password for the local administrator account.
    • Update the operating system partition size, and shrink it as needed.
      Note: Partition size adjustment is not available with the factory-installed Azure Stack HCI operating system.

    For a factory-installed Azure Stack HCI operating system, required features are preinstalled. For more information, see Install Roles and Features.

    The Azure Stack HCI operating system factory image has multilingual support for the following languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Polish, and Italian. To change language:

    1. Run the following PowerShell commands. <LANGUAGE> can be: en-US, fr-FR, ja-JP, ko-KR, de-DE, pl-PL, it-IT, or es-ES.
      1. Set-WinUserLanguageList <LANGUAGE>
      2. Set-WinSystemLocale -systemlocale <LANGUAGE>
    2. After running the commands, reboot the system.
    Note: For all languages except Polish, the main window changes to the appropriate font. For Polish, the English font is used.

    If you purchased a license for a secondary operation system to run your virtual machines, the VHD file is in the C:\Dell_OEM\VM folder. Copy this VHD file to a virtual disk in your Azure Stack HCI cluster and create virtual machines using this VHD.

    Note: Do not run your virtual machine with the VHD file residing on the BOSS device (for example, c:\). It should always be on c:\clusterstorage\<VD1>