NetApp HCI Manual page 347

• None of the vCenter or vSphere instances in use with NetApp HCI have expired licenses.
• You have free and unused IPv4 addresses on the same network segment as existing nodes (the new node
must be installed on the same network as existing nodes of its type).
• You have the vCenter administrator account credentials ready.
Steps
1. Open a web browser and browse to the IP address of the management node. For example:<br> <code><a
href="https://&lt;ManagementNodeIP&gt" class="bare">https://&lt;ManagementNodeIP&gt</a>;</code>
2. Log in to NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control by providing the NetApp HCI storage cluster administrator
credentials.
3. In the Expand Installation pane, select Expand.
The browser opens the NetApp Deployment Engine.
4. Log in to the NetApp Deployment Engine by providing the NetApp HCI storage cluster administrator
credentials.
5. On the Welcome page, select Yes.
6. On the End User License page, perform the following actions:
a. Read the VMware End User License Agreement.
b. If you accept the terms, select I accept at the end of the agreement text.
7. Click Continue.
8. On the vCenter page, perform the following steps:
a. Enter a FQDN or IP address and administrator credentials for the vCenter instance associated with
your NetApp HCI installation.
b. Select Continue.
c. Select an existing vSphere datacenter to which to add the new compute nodes, or select Create New
Datacenter to add the new compute nodes to a new datacenter.
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d. If you selected an existing datacenter, select a vSphere cluster with which the new compute nodes
should be associated.
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e. Select Continue.
9. On the ESXi Credentials page, enter an ESXi root password for the compute node or nodes you are
adding.
You should use the same password that was created during the initial NetApp HCI deployment.
10. Select Continue.
11. If you created a new vSphere datacenter cluster, on the Network Topology page, select a network topology
to match the new compute nodes you are adding.
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You can only select the two-cable option if your compute nodes are using the two-cable
topology and the existing NetApp HCI deployment is configured with VLAN IDs.
If you select Create New Datacenter, the Cluster field is automatically populated.
If the NetApp HCI cannot recognize the network settings of the cluster you have
selected for expansion, ensure that the vmkernel and vmnic mapping for the
management, storage and vMotion networks are set to the deployment defaults.