Dell EMC VxFlex Series - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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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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