This section provides an overview of the steps involved in operating system recovery on Dell EMC Solutions for Azure Stack HCI.
This section provides an overview of the steps involved in operating system recovery on Dell EMC Solutions for Azure Stack HCI.
For manually deployed nodes, you can recover the operating system on the node by using any of the methods that were used for operating system deployment.
For the factory-installed OEM license of the operating system, Dell Technologies recommends that you use the operating system recovery media that shipped with the PowerEdge server. Using this media for operating system recovery ensures that the operating system stays activated after the recovery. Using any other operating system media triggers the need for activation after operating system deployment. Operating system deployment using the recovery media is the same as either retail or other operating system media-based installation.
After completing the operating system deployment using the recovery media, perform the following steps to bring the node into an existing Azure Stack HCI cluster:
For instructions on steps 1 through 7, see Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies: End-to-End Deployment with Switchless Networking or Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies: End-to-End Deployment with Scalable Networking.
The iDRAC Service Module (iSM) is a lightweight software module that you can install on AX nodes to complement the iDRAC interfaces—the user interface (UI), RACADM CLI, Redfish, and Web Services-Management (WS-Man)—with additional monitoring data.
ISM_Win.bat
script to start the installation. FullPowerCycle is a calling interface function that provides a way to reset the server auxiliary power. An increasing amount of server hardware runs on server auxiliary power. Troubleshooting some server issues requires you to physically unplug the server power cable to reset the hardware running on auxiliary power.
The FullPowerCycle feature enables the administrator to connect or disconnect auxiliary power remotely without visiting the data center. This feature is supported on AX nodes and Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes.
These are the relevant commands to run in the PowerShell console:
Invoke-FullPowerCycle —status request
Invoke-FullPowerCycle -status Get
Invoke-FullPowerCycle -status cancel