SmartWorkspaces appliance Deployment for DELL PowerEdge C6420 (Hyper-V)

Physical Components

Connectivity

This document assumes the availability of two DELL PowerEdge C6420 servers connected to an independent switch without external connectivity.

Requirements:

  • It is necessary to connect four NIC’s to each node (Base-T)
  • Each node must have two M.2 SSD with RAID 1 for the operating system and some SSDs for the virtual machines.
  • Burn the ISO installer file to SD Card.


Network

Please, you must follow these graphs for the following configurations:

Ethernet Base-T 10 Gb



ATTENTION! You should connect four NICs to each node (Base-T) with the UP interfaces before start the deployment.

 

Users

Users to access to iDrac:

  • Create a customer profile user with administrator rights.
  • Customer profile password: last eight server’s serial number digits.
  • Create a partner profile user with administrator rights.
  • Partner profile password: last eight server’s serial number digits.
  • User: root , password: FlexxConsole25!


Disk Provisioning

This appliance counts with four (4) disk slots for each node with HBA330 controller and six (2) empty slots if is necessary. System disks have a RAID1 with two (2) SSD M.2,  Boss-S1 Card Array controller manages this disks.


Firmware Version

  • BIOS Version 2.1.6.
  • iDrac: iDrac 9 Firmware Version 3.32.32.32
  • Dell HBA330 Mini Firmware Version 16.17.00.03
  • Ethernet Network Adapter QLogic FastLinQ 41164 Firmware
  • Lifecycle Controller Firmware Version 3.32.32.32

BIOS Configuration

The BIOS must have these settings configured:

  • Set correct date & time
  • SATA controller mode: EFI.
  • Configure UEFI boot mode.
  • Hyperthreading enabled.
  • Set Fan to full speed.
  • LOM NIC Disable for OS
  • iDrac IP addresses:
    • Node A: 192.168.50.53 / mask: 255.255.255.0 / Gateway: 192.168.50.1
    • Node B: 192.168.50.54 / mask: 255.255.255.0 / Gateway: 192.168.50.1



Follow the next steps for the configuration:

  • Press F2.

  • Click on System Setup\Advanced Hardware Configuration\System BIOS

  • Access to Boot Settings and confirm that UEFI is the Boot Mode.


  • Access to Integrated Devices and set Embedded NIC1 as Disabled (OS).

  • Access to System Profile Settings and set System Profile as Performance.


  • System BIOS Settings\Sata Settings



System RAID setup

ATTENTION! If you do not have a RAID1 configured, we must create a RAID 1 volume to install the system.





















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