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  • Page 1 www.vce.com ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Document revision 1.0 June 2016...
  • Page 2 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Revision history Revision history Date Document revision Description of changes June 2016 Initial release of VxRail Manager v3.5. © 2016 VCE Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Activating a VLP license........................24 Assigning a license to your VxRail Appliance..................25 Administration............................27 Viewing the VxRail Manager dashboard....................27 Support resources..........................29 Viewing EMC Secure Remote Support (ESRS) information............30 Using Support eServices....................... 30 Using the support knowledge base....................31 Viewing system events.........................32 ©...
  • Page 4 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Contents Monitoring logical system health......................33 Viewing physical system health......................35 Viewing and locating hardware events..................35 Viewing physical disk status......................36 Viewing physical node status......................38 Viewing power supply status......................40 Viewing VxRail Appliance system configuration and applications............41 Configuration General tab......................41 Config Features tab........................

  • Page 5: Introduction

    The target audience for this document includes customers, field personnel, and partners who want to ™ deploy a VxRail Appliance. This document is designed for people familiar with: • EMC and VCE systems and software • VMware virtualization products • Data center appliances and infrastructure The VCE Glossary provides terms, definitions, and acronyms that are related to VCE Systems.

  • Page 6: Where To Go For Support Resources

    Click the VxRail Manager Support tab. • Point your Web browser to emc.com/vxrailsupport (or support.emc.com). Additional VxRail Series information is available through the SolVe desktop tool. • Point your Web browser to https://solve.emc.com. © 2016 VCE Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 7: Accessing Vce Documentation

    Select the documentation resource that applies to your role. Role Resource Customer support.vce.com A valid username and password are required. Click VCE Download Center to access the technical documentation. Cisco, EMC, VMware partner.vce.com employee, or VCE A valid username and password are required. Partner VCE employee sales.vce.com/saleslibrary vblockproductdocs.ent.vce.com...

  • Page 8: Architecture Overview

    ™ Your VxRail Appliance is built on Intel Xeon processor-based x86 hardware with the VxRail Manager software bundle, and support for other value-added software from VCE, EMC, and VMware. The VxRail Manager software bundle includes the following: • ™...

  • Page 9: Storage And Virtualization

    VxRail Manager streamlines deployment, configuration, and management for easier initial setup and ongoing operations. VxRail Manager also provides integration for EMC services and support to help you get the most out of your VxRail Appliance.

  • Page 10: Vxrail Appliance Models

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Architecture overview VxRail Appliance models The following table lists the available VxRail Appliance models. Model Compute Memory Network interface VxRail 60 (hybrid nodes) 1 × Intel Xeon Processor 64 GB RAM RJ45 E5-2603 v3 Q-1GbE 6 cores per node VxRail 120 (hybrid nodes)

  • Page 11: Features

    ™ Architecture overview VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Features The VxRail Series offers advanced features including automatic deployment, automatic scale out, fault tolerance, and diagnostic logging. Automatic deployment The VxRail Manager fully automates the installation and configuration of all nodes in an appliance after you input the basic IP address information.

  • Page 12: Vxrail Appliance Cluster Expansion

    However, scalability to 16 appliances or 64 nodes per cluster may be allowed. You must submit a request for product qualification (RPQ) to EMC for clusters over 32 nodes. Work with your VCE, EMC, or partner representative when planning your cluster expansion. ©...

  • Page 13: Physical Planning

    Calculations based on this table are intended to provide maximum power and heat dissipation. EMC provides a power and weight calculator at http://powercalculator.EMC.com. Use this calculator to refine the power and heat values in the table below to more-closely match the specific appliance hardware configuration.

  • Page 14: Operating And Storage Environment

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Physical planning Operating and storage environment The site must have air conditioning of the correct size and placement to maintain the specified temperature and relative humidity range listed in Table 3. Table 4: Operating and storage environment Specification Description...
  • Page 15 ™ Physical planning VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Each of the four server nodes has a front control panel and designated disk drive group. 1. Node 1 disk drive group 2. Node 2 disk drive group 3. Node 3 disk drive group 4.
  • Page 16 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Physical planning Control panels for nodes 1 and 2 are on the left side and control panels for nodes 3 and 4 are on the right side. A fault with the associated node will cause the Power button with Status LED on the control panel to blink amber and blue.

  • Page 17: Locating Your Physical Vxrail Appliance Serial Number

    ™ Physical planning VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Pressing the ID button on the front control panels will cause the ID LED on the respective node to blink. Figure 4: Node controls and indicators Table 6: Node controls and indicators description Name Color Status...
  • Page 18 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Physical planning Procedure At the front of your VxRail Appliance locate drives 2 and 3 on the left side of the chassis. Pull out the blue-tabbed tag located above drives 2 and 3. Locate the appliance serial number label on the pull-out tag.

  • Page 19: Network Planning

    It is crucial that your 10GbE switch be configured properly for the VxRail Appliance to work. Work with your VCE, EMC, or partner representative to ensure your switch is properly set up to work with your VxRail Appliance according to the instructions provided by your switch manufacturer.

  • Page 20: Vxrail Appliance Network Configuration Table

    This table lists the network parameters that are configured during VxRail Appliance setup. Use the table before setup to plan your configuration. Work with your VCE, EMC, or partner representative to use the table during setup to keep track of your entries.
  • Page 21 ™ Network planning VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Table 7: Network Configuration Table Element Category Description Example Customer value Username Password HTTP Proxy Settings IP Address (optional) Port Username Password Management Hostnames ESXi hostname prefix host Separator None Iterator Top-level domain localdomain.l ocal...
  • Page 22 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Network planning Table 7: Network Configuration Table Element Category Description Example Customer value Ending address for IP pool 192.168.30.4 Subnet mask 255.255.255. VLAN ID VM Networks VM Network name and VLAN ID Sales / 110 VM Network name and VLAN ID Marketing / Unlimited number...

  • Page 23: Licensing Administration

    VCE VxRail Appliances. This allows you to preserve your investment in VMware software while deploying a hyper-converged infrastructure built on the VxRail Series. Work with your VCE, EMC, or partner representative to ensure that you have the proper type and quantity of licenses available for your environment.

  • Page 24: Logging Into The Activation Portal

    Point your Web browser to the activation portal: https://www.vmware.com/oem/code.do? Name=EMC-AC Log in with your My VMware credentials. If you do not have a My VMware account, create one: Click Register under New Customers. Enter your email address, password, and other information.

  • Page 25: Assigning A License To Your Vxrail Appliance

    Find and select the proper number of vSphere licenses to support your VxRail Appliance. The following table lists the license support requirements. Work with your VCE, EMC, or partner representative to ensure that you have the proper type and quantity of licenses available for your environment.
  • Page 26 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Licensing your VxRail Appliance Click Add New Licenses (the small plus icon: +.) Enter your product license key, one license per line, and click Next. (optional) Add a label to the license. Click Next. Review the details and click Finish to add the license.

  • Page 27: Administration

    ™ Administration VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Administration Use VxRail Manager to perform administrative tasks on your VxRail Appliance cluster. Viewing the VxRail Manager dashboard Click DASHBOARD to navigate to the VxRail Manager Dashboard tab. About this task The VxRail Manager dashboard shows system health and support resources at a glance, including expansion status, overall system health, support, community activity, and event history.
  • Page 28 Support Support shows status and links to support resources, including: • Last Heartbeat: The last time an EMC Secure Remote Services (ESRS) heartbeat was sent (only shown if ESRS is enabled). • Chat with Support: Link to start a chat session with a support representative.

  • Page 29: Support Resources

    ™ Administration VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Support resources The VxRail Manager Support tab displays support status information, as well as support resources and links. Figure 7: VxRail Manager Support screen • Last Heartbeat: Displays the date and time of the last successful heartbeat sent by your VxRail Appliance using ESRS Connect Home.

  • Page 30: Viewing Emc Secure Remote Support (Esrs) Information

    Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Administration Viewing EMC Secure Remote Support (ESRS) information You can verify your VxRail Appliance ESRS "heartbeat" (the last time your system communicated with the remote support service). You can also review the configuration data that was sent to ESRS.

  • Page 31: Using The Support Knowledge Base

    ™ Administration VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Opening a service request Contact Customer Service to request service for your VxRail Appliance. Procedure Click SUPPORT in VxRail Manager to navigate to the Support tab. If you have more than one appliance, click the arrow next to Open a Service Request. A list of the appliances in your cluster is shown.

  • Page 32: Viewing System Events

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Administration Viewing system events The VxRail Manager Events tab displays a list of current system events. About this task • System Events: The System Events list displays all of the VxRail Appliance events. •...

  • Page 33: Monitoring Logical System Health

    ™ Administration VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Click a row to view more information about an event. New critical events are shown in red. — When you click an event, the red highlight is removed. — To set all critical events as "read", click Mark All as Read. —...
  • Page 34 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Administration Procedure Click HEALTH and then Logical to navigate to the VxRail Manager Health > Logical tab. Figure 9: VxRail Manager Health > Logical screen The color-coded status for storage IOPS, CPU usage, and memory usage indicates the following: Red: Over 85% used.

  • Page 35: Viewing Physical System Health

    ™ Administration VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Click the components of a node to view more information about the Capacity (HDD), Cache (SSD), ESXi disk, or NIC. Results Use the Health > Physical tab to view more information about hardware status and configuration. Viewing physical system health The Physical tab of the VxRail Manager Health window displays information about the hardware components of your appliance.

  • Page 36: Viewing Physical Disk Status

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Administration Procedure In VxRail Manager click HEALTH. The Health window is displayed. Click Physical. The Physical tab is displayed. Observe Appliances in Cluster. A picture of each appliance in the cluster is shown. If a status icon is displayed next to an appliance, click the appliance or the magnifying glass icon to see more information.
  • Page 37 ™ Administration VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Procedure In VxRail Manager click HEALTH. The Health window is displayed. Click Physical. The Physical tab is displayed. Click an appliance or the magnifying glass icon next to it. The Front View and Back View of the appliance are displayed.

  • Page 38: Viewing Physical Node Status

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Administration Procedure In VxRail Manager click HEALTH. The Health window is displayed. Click Physical. The Physical tab is displayed. Click an appliance or the magnifying glass icon next to it. The Front View and Back View of the appliance are displayed.
  • Page 39 ™ Administration VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Click a Node in the Back View. The Node Information panel is displayed for that node. If a status icon is displayed, click it to view event details in the Events window. Results The Node Information panel lists status and information about the node, such as: •...

  • Page 40: Viewing Power Supply Status

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Administration Click a Node in the Back View. The Node Information panel is displayed for that node. Click the wrench icon next to the Node Information panel title. Select the action you want: Turn On Chassis LED Indicator starts flashing the chassis LED.

  • Page 41: Viewing Vxrail Appliance System Configuration And Applications

    • General: Information and settings for VxRail Manager, including: VxRail Manager version — Linked Online Support account — Log collection — EMC Secure Remote Support (ESRS) — Network offline mode — Health monitoring suppression mode — System diagnostics — Cluster shutdown —...
  • Page 42 Log Collection: Displays the most recent collected logs and allows you to generate a new log bundle. • Enable EMC Secure Remote Support: Displays whether or not ESRS is enabled on your VxRail Appliance. • Configure Network Environment Settings: Disable certain features in offline mode.
  • Page 43 ™ Administration VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Figure 10: VxRail Manager Configuration > General screen © 2016 VCE Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 44 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Administration Viewing the VxRail Manager version number Display the current version of VxRail Manager software running on your appliance. Procedure In VxRail Manager click CONFIGURATION. The Configuration window is displayed. Click General. The General tab is displayed. Observe About VxRail Manager for the VxRail Manager software version.
  • Page 45 Click Open to view the file or Save to store it on your local machine. Enabling EMC Secure Remote Support (ESRS) ESRS provides secure, automated access between EMC and your VxRail Appliance. You must install and activate ESRS to enable some features in VxRail Manager.
  • Page 46 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Administration Click Submit. A status bar is displayed as ESRS is deployed on your system. When the process is complete, an access code is emailed to the address specified for your support account. When your ESRS status is Deployed, click Activate ESRS.
  • Page 47 ™ Administration VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide About this task Cluster health monitoring is normally enabled. You may want to disable it when you are performing service, such as replacing disks and so on. Procedure In VxRail Manager click CONFIGURATION. The Configuration window is displayed. Click General.
  • Page 48 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Administration About this task When you shut down a cluster, VxRail Manager automatically does the following: • Shuts down related virtual machines and services • Performs system health diagnostics and maintenance mode diagnostics •...

  • Page 49: Config Features Tab

    ™ Administration VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide • German • Korean • Japanese • Simplified Chinese Procedure In VxRail Manager click CONFIGURATION. The Configuration window is displayed. Click General. The General tab is displayed. In the Choose Your Language section of the screen, click the language you want to use. The VxRail Manager user interface will immediately reload in the language you selected.
  • Page 50 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Administration When a new version of an application is available, CONFIGURATION in the left navigation bar displays a highlighted number. Viewing installed applications Use the Features tab on the Configuration window to view a list of installed applications and add-ons. Procedure In VxRail Manager click CONFIGURATION.

  • Page 51: Using The Vxrail Market

    Click Install to install the software. When the installation is complete, the new version will be displayed in the Installed on this Cluster list. Using the VxRail Market The VxRail Market lets you download, install, and upgrade qualified EMC and VMware software products for your appliance. About this task Choose from a list of applications that add functionality, protection, or management to your VxRail Appliance.
  • Page 52 IP address: The application is installed. — Installing an application from the VxRail Market Install a qualified EMC or VMware software product from the VxRail Market. Procedure In VxRail Manager click CONFIGURATION. The Configuration window is displayed. Click Market. The Market tab is displayed.
  • Page 53 To install multiple instances of an application, repeat this procedure. Managing applications and add-ons with VxRail Manager Manage your installed EMC and VMware software products from the VxRail Market. Procedure In VxRail Manager click CONFIGURATION. The Configuration window is displayed.

  • Page 54: External Storage

    NFS and VMFS over iSCSI datastores Your VxRail Appliance can be used with external EMC storage with NFS datastores or VMFS over iSCSI datastores. You may want to consider using external storage for workloads with high storage capacity requirements relative to the amount of required compute resources (CPU cores and RAM).

  • Page 55: Setting Up External Vmfs Over Iscsi Storage For A Vxrail Appliance

    ™ External storage VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Procedure Log in to the as an authorized user. Click the vSphere Web Client home icon. Click Hosts and Clusters. In a VxRail Appliance cluster, NFS shared folders can be assigned to all connected nodes.

  • Page 56: Set Up The Iscsi Network Portgroup

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide External storage Refer to the VMware documentation, Configuring iSCSI Adapters and Storage, while setting up external iSCSI storage for your VxRail Appliance. The general steps to configure iSCSI storage for VxRail include the following : Set up the iSCSI network portgroup.

  • Page 57: Create A Vmkernel Adapter On The Hosts In The Cluster

    ™ External storage VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Create a VMkernel adapter on the hosts in the cluster Procedure In the vSphere Web Client, click the home icon. Select one of the hosts in the cluster. Navigate to Manage > Networking > VMkernel adapters. Click the Add host networking icon to add a VMkernel adapter with the distributed port group you created.

  • Page 58: Assign Volumes On Iscsi Storage

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide External storage Click Manage > Storage Adapters and click iSCSI Software Adapter. Click Network Port Binding and click the Add (+) button. In the Bind .. with VMkernel Adapter window, select the VMkernel network adapter that created in the previous steps.
  • Page 59 ™ External storage VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Click Related Objects > Datastores, then click the Add New Datastore icon to create a new datastore over iSCSI. The New Datastore window is displayed. In the Type window, slect VMFS. In the Name and device selection window specify the name for the datastore and select the available device.

  • Page 60: Replacing Hardware

    Customer Support to arrange for repair or replacement. The EMC SolVe desktop tool also includes step-by-step procedures for replacing hardware components, as well as other tasks. To download the SolVe desktop tool, point your Web browser to https:// solve.emc.com.

  • Page 61: Emergency Procedures (Without An Esd Kit)

    ™ Replacing hardware VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide If a tester is available, test the wristband. — • If an emergency arises and the ESD kit is not available, follow the procedures in Emergency Procedures (without an ESD kit). Emergency procedures (without an ESD kit) In an emergency when an ESD kit is not available, use the following procedures to reduce the possibility of an electrostatic discharge by ensuring that your body and the subassembly are at the same...

  • Page 62: Unpacking A Part

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Replacing hardware Table 8: Hardware acclimation times (systems and components) …then let the system or component acclimate in the If the last 24 hours of the TRANSIT/ …and the OPERATING environment new environment this many STORAGE environment was this: is this: hours:...

  • Page 63: Preparing To Replace Drives In Vxrail Manager

    ™ Replacing hardware VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide To use the automated hardware replacement process, you must have a VMware Enterprise Plus license installed on your VxRail Appliance cluster. If your cluster is using a standard license, features such as DRS and automatic vMotion are disabled. With a standard license you must manually migrate all virtual machines off the affected node before replacing any hardware.
  • Page 64 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Replacing hardware Click Physical. The Physical tab is displayed. Click an appliance or the magnifying glass icon next to it. The Front View and Back View of the appliance are displayed. Click a Disk in the Front View. The Disk Information panel is displayed for that node. Click HARDWARE REPLACEMENT next to the Disk Information panel title.

  • Page 65: Removing The Bezel

    ™ Replacing hardware VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Click Continue. A message is displayed listing the replacement steps. Replace the hardware unit as described in the following sections. Removing the bezel About this task You must remove the bezel to gain access to the front of the appliance. The bezel is required for EMI compliance when the enclosure is powered up.

  • Page 66: Removing A Disk Drive Tray From The Appliance

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Replacing hardware Pull the bezel off the cabinet and put it on a clean, static-free surface. Figure 11: Removing bezel Removing a disk drive tray from the appliance About this task Do not operate the system without all drive trays inserted into the chassis. All drive bays must be occupied by either a disk drive or an empty disk drive tray.

  • Page 67: Installing A Disk Drive Tray Into The Appliance

    ™ Replacing hardware VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Pull the disk drive tray out of the server and place it on a clean, static-free surface. Figure 12: Pull the disk drive tray out of the appliance Installing a disk drive tray into the appliance About this task Note: Save the packaging material to return the faulted disk drive.

  • Page 68: Installing The Bezel

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Replacing hardware Close the disk drive tray handle. Figure 13: Installing the disk drive tray in the appliance Using the shipping materials that the replacement disk drive shipped in, re-package the faulted disk drive and prepare the package for return shipping. Installing the bezel Procedure Align the bezel with the appliance.

  • Page 69: Finishing Up

    ™ Replacing hardware VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide If the bezel has a lock, insert the key and turn the key to lock the bezel. CL5021 Figure 14: Installing bezel Finishing up After you replace a drive in your VxRail Appliance, follow these steps to complete the process. Procedure Power on the node in which you replaced the drive.

  • Page 70: Detecting A Failed Psu

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Replacing hardware Detecting a failed PSU Follow this procedure to detect a failed power supplu unit (PSU) from the VxRail Manager user interface. Procedure In VxRail Manager click HEALTH. The Health window is displayed. Click Physical.
  • Page 71 ™ Replacing hardware VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide A faulted power supply may have a blinking amber LED indicator, which is visible from the rear of the appliance. Figure 16: Power supply status indicator Table 9: Power supply unit status indicator description Feature Status Description...
  • Page 72 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Replacing hardware power supply unit (PSU1 or PSU2) will cause the Power button with Status LED (item 1, Figure 3 and Table 3) on all four control panels to blink amber and blue. Figure 17: Node control panel controls and indicators Table 10: Control panel controls and indicators description...

  • Page 73: Replacing A Faulted Power Supply Unit

    ™ Replacing hardware VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Pressing the ID button (item 2, Figure 3 and Table 3) on any of the four front control panels will cause the ID LED (item 4, Figure 4 and Table 4) on the respective node to blink. This will aid in locating the appliance with the failed power supply when you are at the rear of the cabinet.
  • Page 74 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Replacing hardware Pull the power supply unit from the appliance. Figure 19: Removing a power supply Note: Save the packaging material to return the faulted power supply unit. Unpack the replacement power supply unit and place it on a clean, static-free surface near the appliance.
  • Page 75 ™ Replacing hardware VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Push the power supply unit handle down to the closed position. Figure 20: Installing a power supply Plug-in the AC power cord and fasten the retaining clip to secure the cord. Check that the status indicator on the power supply unit indicates normal operation (Identify a faulted power supply unit...

  • Page 76: Out-Of-Band Management

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Out-of-band management Out-of-band management Before you begin Follow these precautions before using the VxRail Appliance RMM port and BMC Web and remote console. Failure to follow these guidelines can cause your VxRail Appliance to operate incorrectly, and can cause data loss.

  • Page 77: Finding The Rmm Dhcp Address

    ™ Out-of-band management VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide the 10GbE switch) is required for connecting to the RMM port. (The VxRail 60 Appliance can be used with a 1GbE switch.) Figure 21: VxRail Appliance interface ports (RJ45 network connectors shown) Interface port or Description feature...

  • Page 78: Using The Bmc Web Console To Launch The Remote Console

    ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Out-of-band management Look for the IP Address in theStation IP address section. The following example shows the assigned IP address for the dedicated BMC port is 192.168.101.011. Figure 22: BMC LAN Configuration screen Example To access the Web console using a securely encrypted connection, you must use a browser that supports the HTTPS protocol.
  • Page 79 ™ Out-of-band management VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Procedure Use your Web browser to navigate to the RMM port IP address. For example http:// 192.168.101.11. Log into the BMC Web console by entering the following username and password: Username: admin —...
  • Page 80 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Out-of-band management Navigate to Remote Control > Console Redirection > Java Console. Figure 24: Console Redirection screen When you click Java Console a window is displayed to download the Java Network Launch Protocol, jviewer.jnlp file. This in turn downloads the standalone Java application implementing the remote console.
  • Page 81 ™ Out-of-band management VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Figure 25: Java download and run windows Note: Note the following: Java Runtime Environment (JRE; Version 6 Update 22, or higher) must be installed — on the client before launching a JNLP file. The client browser must allow pop-up windows from the Integrated BMC Web console —...
  • Page 82 ™ VCE VxRail Appliance 3.5 Product Guide Out-of-band management If the host is currently OFF, navigate to Remote Control > Server Power Control, select Power ON Server (the only option available), and click Perform Action. Figure 26: Power On Server selection Do not cycle power to the appliance using the BMC interface unless the node has previously been placed into maintenance mode and all VMs have been moved off of the node.
  • Page 83 About VCE VCE, an EMC Federation Company, is the world market leader in converged infrastructure and converged solutions. VCE accelerates the adoption of converged infrastructure and cloud-based computing models that reduce IT costs while improving time to market. VCE delivers the industry's only fully integrated and virtualized cloud infrastructure systems, allowing customers to focus on business innovation instead of integrating, validating, and managing IT infrastructure.

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