Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node R740xd Operating System Installation Guide

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VxFlex Ready Node deployment overview.................................................................... 9
Typographical conventions............................................................................................................................................. 10
Hardware and operating systems................................................................................................................................... 10
Supported operating systems and requirements....................................................................................................... 10
VxFlex OS packages.................................................................................................................................................. 12
VxFlex OS component requirements...............................................................................................................................13
VxFlex OS cluster components..................................................................................................................................13
VxFlex OS Gateway server requirements—VxFlex Ready Node................................................................................ 13
General prerequisites......................................................................................................................................................14
Java requirements..................................................................................................................................................... 14
Supported Internet browsers.....................................................................................................................................14
Connectivity requirements........................................................................................................................................ 14
Disk prerequisites...................................................................................................................................................... 15
iDRAC Service Module.............................................................................................................................................. 15
openIPMI (Linux servers only)...................................................................................................................................15
Required packages for NVDIMM............................................................................................................................... 15
Supported hardware configurations............................................................................................................................... 15
Additional equipment and network resource requirements............................................................................................. 15
Configuring the hardware......................................................................................... 17
Set up the iDRAC IP address and BIOS...........................................................................................................................18
Verify the status of the system hardware and drives..................................................................................................... 20
Log in to the KVM console ............................................................................................................................................. 21
Updating the BIOS, firmware and settings..................................................................................................................... 22
Update the hardware using the iDRAC virtual console.............................................................................................. 22
Installing the Linux operating system........................................................................ 25
Linux system requirements............................................................................................................................................ 26
Rebuild the RAID 1 boot device using the replaced M.2 module..................................................................................... 26
Map the Linux ISO file on a VxFlex Ready Node server.................................................................................................. 27
Optimize CPU performance on RHEL systems...............................................................................................................27
Optimize CPU performance on SUSE systems.............................................................................................................. 28
Network architecture and physical connectivity for Linux servers................................ 29
Networking connectivity architecture and cabling best practice for Linux deployments................................................ 30
IP addresses for R640 and R740xd servers....................................................................................................................30
IP addresses for R840 servers....................................................................................................................................... 32
Configuring network ports on Linux servers............................................................... 35
Linux ports overview...................................................................................................................................................... 36
Configure network ports on R640 or R740xd servers.................................................................................................... 36
Determine the 2U1N node type................................................................................................................................. 36
R640 and R740xd server NIC and iDRAC port locations........................................................................................... 36
VxFlex Ready Node R640 port designations - Linux..................................................................................................38
VxFlex Ready Node R740xd port designations - Linux.............................................................................................. 38
Correlate the PCI slot locations and interface names on R640/R740xd servers....................................................... 39
Configure network ports on R840 servers..................................................................................................................... 45
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Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node R740xd Specifications

General

Form Factor	2U rack server
Operating System Support	VMware ESXi, Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processor	Intel Xeon Scalable processors (up to 28 cores)
Memory	Up to 3TB DDR4
Storage	Up to 24 x 2.5"
RAID Controller	PERC H730P, H740P
Power Supply	1100W
Network	Dual-port 10GbE or 25GbE NIC options