E2E Deployment and Operations Guide with Switchless Networking: Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies

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  Deployment Introduction
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  Document overview
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  Audience and scope
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  Known issues

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  Solution Overview
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  Solution introduction
• 3
  Deployment models
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  Single-node cluster
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  Solution integration and network connectivity
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  Secured-Core

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  Solution Deployment
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  Solution deployment introduction
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  Deployment prerequisites
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  Predeployment configuration
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  Operating system deployment
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  Install roles and features
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  Verifying firmware and software compliance with the support matrix
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  Update out-of-box drivers
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  Change the hostname
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  Joining cluster nodes to an Active Directory domain
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  Configuring firewall settings

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  Switchless Architecture with Network ATC
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  Configure host networking
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  Setup IPs manually on SMB NICs
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  Creating a cluster
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  Creating network intents for switchless
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  Enabling Storage Spaces Direct
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  Configuring the host management network as a lower-priority network for live migration
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  Updating the page file settings
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  Configuring a cluster witness
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  Best practices and recommendations
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  Enabling bit locker
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  Recommended next steps
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  Deployment services

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  References
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  Dell Technologies documentation
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  Microsoft documentation

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  GPU Integration
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  Installing and configuring GPUs on AX platforms
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  Deploy GPU devices using Discrete Device Assignment (DDA)
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  GPU partitioning

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  Day 1 operations
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  Azure onboarding for Azure Stack HCI operating system
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  PAL and DPOR registration for Azure Stack
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  Creating virtual disks

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  Managing and monitoring clusters with Windows Admin Center
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  Overview
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  Access the HCI cluster
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  View server details
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  View drive details
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  Managing and monitoring volumes
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  Enabling data deduplication on Storage Spaces Direct
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  Monitoring and managing VMs
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  Managing virtual switches

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  Dell OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center
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  Overview
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  Prerequisites for managing AX nodes
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  Installing the OMIMSWAC license
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  Managing Microsoft HCI-based clusters
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  Full Stack Cluster-Aware Offline Updating
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  Full Stack Cluster-Aware Updating for Azure Stack HCI clusters using the OpenManage Integration snap-in
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  Updating a standalone node before adding it to the cluster
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  Secure cluster with Secured-core
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  Enabling operating system features
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  Protect your infrastructure with infrastructure lock
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  Manage CPU cores in Azure Stack HCI clusters
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  Cluster expansion
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  Validate and remediate Azure Stack HCI clusters
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  View recommendations for storage expansion
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  Known issues

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  Updates and maintenance
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  Firmware and driver updates using the manual method
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  Restarting a cluster node or taking a cluster node offline
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  Extending volumes
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  Performing AX node recovery
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  Operating system recovery

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  References
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  Dell Technologies documentation
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  Microsoft documentation