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i. Select Edit for that section.
ii. When finished making changes, select Continue on any subsequent pages to return to the Review
page.
14. Optional: If you do not want to send cluster statistics and support information to NetApp-hosted Active IQ
servers, clear the final checkbox.
This disables real-time health and diagnostic monitoring for NetApp HCI. Disabling this feature removes the
ability for NetApp to proactively support and monitor NetApp HCI to detect and resolve problems before
production is affected.
15. Select Add Nodes.
You can monitor the progress while NetApp HCI adds and configures the resources.
16. Optional: Verify that the new compute node is visible in vCenter.
NetApp HCI 1.2, 1.1, and 1.0
After you physically replace the node, you should add it back to the VMware ESXi cluster and perform several
networking configurations so that you can use all the available functionalities.
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You should have a console or keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) to perform these steps.
Steps
1. Install and configure VMware ESXi version 6.0.0 as follows:
a. On the remote console or KVM screen, select Power Control > Set Power Reset.
This restarts the node.
b. In the Boot Menu window that opens, select ESXi Install by pressing the Down Arrow key.
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c. Press Enter to start the installation process.
d. Complete the steps in the installation wizard.
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e. After the installation is complete, press Enter to restart the node.
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2. Configure VMware ESXi on the node as follows:
a. In the NetApp HCI Bootstrap OS terminal user interface (TUI) login window, enter the following
information:
i. User name: element
ii. Password: catchTheFire!
b. Press the Down Arrow key to select OK.
This window stays open for only five seconds. If you do not make the selection in five
seconds, you should restart the node again.
When asked to select the disk to install ESXi on, you should select the second disk
drive in the list by selecting the Down Arrow key. When asked to enter a root
password, you should enter the same password that you configured in the NetApp
Deployment Engine when you set up NetApp HCI.
By default, the node restarts with the NetApp HCI Bootstrap OS. You should perform
a one-time configuration on the node for it to use VMware ESXi.