Building The Compute Servers; Build Compute Servers With Hpe Grow Cluster - HP Converged Architecture 700 Deployment Manual

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Building the Compute Servers

Most of the compute cluster build-out configuration steps are automated by Grow Cluster feature of the the

HPE OneView for vCenter plugin.

The first task is to build compute servers through the HPE Grow Cluster enhanced workflow. After the compute

servers are installed, the next task is to configure the network and the storage for these servers.

You can build the compute servers with VMware by using the Grow Cluster functionality of HPE OneView

for vCenter. The following example deploys HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 servers, but the process is similar

for other compute servers.

Procedure

1 From the Home page of the vSphere Web Client, click Host and Clusters.

2 Right-click <<vcenter_dc_name>> in the left navigation window and click New Cluster. Create a cluster

called <<vcenter_prod_cluster_1_name>> in which to deploy the new hosts. Enable DRS and HA and

leave the defaults. Do not enable EVC or Virtual SAN.

Note

Depending on the number of servers and the planned end cluster layout, multiple clusters can be

created.

3 Right-click <<vcenter_prod_cluster_1_name>> and select HP Management Actions > HP Grow Cluster

a After the Grow Cluster – Work Flow Selection window appears, select the bottom workflow and click

Next.

b In the Grow Cluster Step 1 window, make the following selections:

a For OS Build Plan, select HPE Grow Cluster – ESXi 6.5 Scripted Install.

b For Reference Server Profile, select CA700 OV4VC BL460c Gen9 Server Profile Template.

c Select the hosts to include in the cluster and click Next.

c In the Grow Cluster Step 2 window, complete the following fields in the Common Host Network

Configuration:

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Netmask: <<mgmt_net_netmask>>.

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DNS Domain: <<mgmt_net_domain_name>>.

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Gateway: <<mgmt_net_gw>>.

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DNS Server: <<mgmt_net_dns1>>.

d After filling in the requested information for all of the blades that are being deployed, click Next.

e Review the summary and click Finish.

For each blade that you are deploying, fill in the appropriate fields. The following example is for the

first blade:

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