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Document Version 2.0

Date: July 2015



Table of Contents

Addendum D: Demonstration Labs .......................................................................................... 4

5.0.1 - Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 4

5.0.2 - Preparing the Demo Environment ................................................................................................. 5

5.0.3 - Preparing your agenda for the demonstration ......................................................................... 7

5.0.4 - Pre-Demo - Introducing the customer to the demo ............................................................. 8

5.0.5 - Set the Scene ............................................................................................................................................ 9

5.1 LAB 1: PowerEdge VRTX CMC ................................................................................................................... 10

5.1.1 - Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 10

5.1.2 - Talking Points: ........................................................................................................................................ 11

5.1.3 - Technical Selling Points: .................................................................................................................... 11

5.1.4 - Technical Objections and Query Handling: ............................................................................. 12

5.1.5 - LAB 1 - PowerEdge VRTX CMC Interface ................................................................................... 14

5.2 LAB 2: PCIe ........................................................................................................................................................ 30

5.2.1 - Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 30

5.2.2 - Talking Points: ...................................................................................................................................... 30

5.2.3 - Technical Selling Points: .................................................................................................................. 30

5.2.4 - Technical Objections and Query Handling: ............................................................................ 30

5.2.5 - LAB 2 - PCIe Overview ....................................................................................................................... 31

5.3 LAB 3: Storage .................................................................................................................................................. 36

5.3.1 - Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 36

5.3.2 - Talking Points: ....................................................................................................................................... 36

5.3.3 - Technical Selling Points: ................................................................................................................... 36

5.3.4 - Technical Objections and Query Handling: ............................................................................. 37

5.3.5 - LAB 3 - Storage ..................................................................................................................................... 38

5.4 LAB 4: Network Management ................................................................................................................... 49

5.4.1 - Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 49



5.4.2 - Talking Points: ...................................................................................................................................... 49



5.4.5 - LAB 4 – Network Management..................................................................................................... 50

5.5 System Monitoring ......................................................................................................................................... 54

5.5.1 - Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 54

5.5.2 - Talking Points: ...................................................................................................................................... 54



5.5.5 – LAB 5 – Monitoring and Reporting ............................................................................................ 55



Addendum D: Demonstration Labs

5.0.1 - Introduction

Overview of Solution

PowerEdge VRTX is a fully integrated, scalable and easy-to-manage solutions platform optimised specifically for office environments. It integrates up to four PowerEdge M-Series server nodes featuring Intel® Xeon® processors, storage, networking and management in a single chassis.

Overview of Demo

This document provides details on HOW to deliver an effective live demonstration of the

Dell PowerEdge VRTX to customers.

In this demo you will perform the following tasks;

Navigate the PowerEdge VRTX CMC Console demonstrating ease of use

Review Power Settings & Budgeting for the Chassis and Servers

Configure and Assign a PCIe Network card & Storage to a Server

Setup a VLAN within networking

Review Monitoring, Reporting, and Firmware Updates

Additional Notes

The demo gives full Admin access to all features of the CMC. You can assign shared storage,

assign PCIe cards and login to the network switch.



5.0.2 - Preparing the Demo Environment

It is in your best interests to ensure the demo environment you will be demonstrating is clean

& tidy before you begin. For this reason we would recommend, where possible, you log in to

your demo at least 15mins prior to delivery and check the following;

Familiarise yourself with the environment during this time and check any specific

features you are expecting to demo.

Ensure you are logged into the CMC GUI via a web browser (Internet Explorer).

Most importantly, be crystal clear with yourself on what it is you plan to show. A full

demo of every feature described below (with questions) can take several hours. If you

only have a short time slot be sure to focus on the key points that address the

customer’s pain points and will drive value home to them.

Ensure that you have booked the demo for sufficient time so as not to have the demo

end before you are finished with the customer.

Check the Demo to ensure that cards in PCI slots are not all mapped & that there is

un-configured disk storage – We will be mapping a PCIe card, configuring and

assigning storage in the demo. (See LAB2 for details on how to do this for the PCIe

Cards and LAB3 for the Storage & PERC8.)

PCIe Screen should look like this (LAB 2):

Shared PERC8 Screen should look like this (LAB 3):



Virtual Disks Screen should look like this (LAB 3):

You may receive a certificate error. If this is the case select the option to continue to

the website and the CMC login screen will appear.

You can remove this error by adding the certificate to the browser

Use Internet Explorer or Firefox for the demo as it has been noted that there may be

some issues with the Chrome browser



5.0.3 - Preparing your agenda for the demonstration

You should have an understanding of the customer’s anticipated business need and their

growth expectations prior to scheduling a demo. You should also tailor each demo to

illustrate the deployment, configuration and/or reconfiguration of the type of systems the

customer intends to use.

Before scheduling a demo, you must decide how you will articulate the product features,

workloads and business and technical value. Work with your customer through question and

answer sessions to decide which features and capabilities you will focus on to be most

effective.

The idea is not to present a “How-To” session, but to focus on the value of the product

and/or solution. Even if the customer representative is not overly technical, you can

demonstrate what the product does and how that can benefit the customer.

You should have a good understanding of the customer’s current infrastructure:

Remote office needs

Operating Systems & Key Applications (Database types etc.)

Server, Network and Storage Platforms

Reporting/Management Tools

Understand the customer’s desired infrastructure ‘Wins’ Examples:

Ease of Management of remote offices

Application requirements

Storage Requirements

Data Growth projections

ROI

…add relevant areas of interest to the customer



5.0.4 - Pre-Demo - Introducing the customer to the demo

Your introduction will be based on what you know of the customer, their infrastructure,

needs, and plans for development. The following is a suggested set of items to cover before

you demonstrate the features and benefits of the Dell PowerEdge VRTX:

Understand Customer’s Desired infrastructure ‘Wins’ o Simplified Remote Management o Flexible and Quite operations o Reduce Cost of Management

Review Assessment data

o Discuss customer’s requirements o Application and Storage requirements o Demonstrate understanding of customer’s business as it relates to their workload

requirements

PowerEdge VRTX Overview

o Explain the key features and benefits of the Dell PowerEdge VRTX Solution o Explain what VRTX is NOT! - In order to remove any FUD around Blades (M1000e)

which the competition may have alluded to o Give an overview of deployment options o Discuss Dell’s POV

Services – Consulting, Delivery & Technical Support

o Explain the roles of Consulting, Service Delivery/Deployment & Technical Support in successful deployments of the PowerEdge VRTX.

Pre-Demo points to cover o Ensure that you understand who you are presenting to and how the benefits of the

system will enable them to ‘win’ in their roles.



5.0.5 - Set the Scene

It can be easy to forget that the customer has no idea what it is they are looking at, so take some time emphasizing the following;

o Explain that the purpose is to demonstrate the benefits and key features, not to

provide a “How To” session

o Explain that the demo will be either a simulation or a connection to a remote lab,

where a combination of virtual machines and physical hardware will be used to

provide a live demonstration of the features and capabilities that will be covered

o Set up and current configuration information

o Connectivity methods that you will be using (HTTP)

o Introduce the management interfaces you plan to use (PowerEdge VRTX CMC)

Ensure you are familiar with the VRTX Dashboard and Sales KIT 1. http://salesedge.dell.com/tools/virtualsaleskits/summary.html?sideNavId=AD-

VSK_VRTX&WT.mc_id=AD_VSK_VRTX_Nav 2. http://salesedge.dell.com/dboard?id=155612323&WT.mc_id=VRTX_More1

Are there any whitepapers for the VRTX? Yes, we have several whitepapers on SalesEdge.

Commercial VRTX business focused white paper

Commercial VRTX White Paper The ROBO challenge

http://salesedge.dell.com/tools/virtualsaleskits/summary.html?sideNavId=AD-VSK_VRTX&WT.mc_id=AD_VSK_VRTX_Nav

http://salesedge.dell.com/tools/virtualsaleskits/summary.html?sideNavId=AD-VSK_VRTX&WT.mc_id=AD_VSK_VRTX_Nav

http://salesedge.dell.com/dboard?id=155612323&WT.mc_id=VRTX_More1

http://salesedge.dell.com/doc?id=0901bc82806b50a4&ll=d&pm=155612323

http://salesedge.dell.com/doc?id=0901bc82806dae70&ll=d&pm=155612323



5.1 LAB 1: PowerEdge VRTX CMC


This demonstration is primarily aimed at the CIO/CFO level and IT management staff; it also provides a useful quick introduction for staff who are not familiar with Dell PowerEdge VRTX. Duration: 15-25 minutes. Dell designed the PowerEdge VRTX based on customer feedback regarding the challenges our customers faced with IT infrastructure management in small and remote offices. Power requirements and noise levels are critical, as well as having sufficient resources to run the workloads, in addition to comprehensive remote management capabilities which were all factors considered in the design of the PowerEdge VRTX. This is a technical demo (but avoids a very technically detailed installation) that is designed to illustrate the simplicity and ease of use of the VRTX, while at the same time showing the power of the solution. The outcome of this is to demonstrate that the productivity of costly IT resources which have traditionally been assigned to small and remote office management can be greatly improved. You can, and should, give this level of demo in approximately an hour. You want the customer to think “Wow that was easy”! If you frame the discussion correctly during the demo, you will get the desired reaction.

In this Lab you will be performing the following tasks:

Setting the scene for the customer

Logon to the PowerEdge VRTX CMC

Reviewing Power Configuration and budgeting

Launching Remote Console for Server 2 and reviewing the hardware in Device

Manager before Powering off the server - so after LAB 3 is complete, we can power

on the server to show the components added are seen within the OS.

Configuring Storage and assigning the storage and a PCIe Network card to a server

Finishing off the demo by looking at Monitoring, reporting and firmware updates



5.1.2 - Talking Points:

Discuss with the customer the challenges associated with managing remote offices or small offices without dedicated support staff on site.

PowerEdge VRTX Chassis Management Controller provides a single pane of glass to manage your VRTX and components. Simplicity and ease of use being key points.

Power requirements in the small office can be problematic

It is critical to keep noise levels to a minimum and VRTX is very quiet operationally

Standardize on a single platform across all sites and HQ data centre to reduce complexity and costs of disparate hardware

5.1.3 - Technical Selling Points:

Ease of use is the key point here with the ability to simply manage the system from a web interface.

Power may be an issue for customers with remote offices. The PowerEdge VRTX can help to address some of the Power limitations by way of its Power Management features

Flexibility and the ability to grow are worth considering as the VRTX does not have to be fully populated on initial purchase

Reduce floor space taken by hardware sprawl



5.1.4 - Technical Objections and Query Handling:

Question: Is the CMC code for VRTX the same as M1000e? Answer:

Built off of the same code base but unique firmware images for VRTX, M1000e The VRTX code was built off of the 4.1 version so M1000e features delivered after that won’t be picked up until a future Plasma release

Question: What are the features new for VRTX? Answer:

Shared storage and PCIe mapping features More informative error messages with more options for selecting resulting alerts Express CMC license option for single site SMB customers that lowers price at the expense of enterprise features. Details on next slide Express CMC independent of iDRAC7 Express/Enterprise option for servers

Question: Notable features of M1000e not present in VRTX @ RTS Answer:

Chassis configuration profile propagation (new 4.3) Boot order capture in BIOS profile (new 4.3) Save & Restore of BIOS profiles to local hard drive (new 4.3) All settings blade configuration capture and replication (new 4.4) Slot based assignment of blade configuration profile, i.e. settings are applied when the blade is inserted (new 4.4) Check for default credentials with warning to user

Question: Are a mixture of VRTX and M1000e supported in multi-chassis? Answer:

No, all members of a cluster must match the lead chassis Question: What management is possible across the 9 chassis in multi-chassis? Answer:

Monitoring and inventory are available for multi-chassis 1:Many BIOS/FW update and BIOS configuration replication are within a chassis only

Question: Is VRTX supported by Dell Management Plugin for VMware vCenter?? Answer:

Tested and validated with version 1.7 Current features supported for viewing and configuring servers Not chassis aware either M1000e or VRTX



Question: Microsoft System Centre Integrations? Answer:

Dell Server Deployment Pack V2.0 for System Center Configuration Manage o Discovery and configuration of server nodes o Deploy supported OS to server nodes

Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration v2.0.1 (DLCI) for ConfigMgr o Discovery and configuration of server nodes o Deploy supported OS to server nodes o Perform updates to server node via iDRAC w/ Lifecycle Controller

Dell Server Update Catalogs (integration via SCUP/SCCM o Perform updates to server nodes via the Operating System layer (OS-based

updates) Server nodes supported with the Dell Server Management Pack Suite v5.0.1

o Discovery and inventory of server nodes o Health and alerts monitoring of server nodes o Discovery and inventory of PV MD Storage arrays o Health and alerts monitoring of PV MD Storage arrays

Note: VRTX discovery with server node correlation will be in the first release after VRTX RTS

Gotchas:

If not using L3 switching all available IP addresses must be on the same subnet

1. CMC

2. Embedded Switch

3. I-DRAC

4. Operating System

The Embedded switch does not support L3

Use Internet Explorer or Firefox for the demo as it has been noted that there may be some issues with the Chrome browser



5.1.5 - LAB 1 - PowerEdge VRTX CMC Interface

Once you have successfully started your scheduled demonstration within the environment

please conduct the following;

On the desk top double click on the PowerEdge CMC Manager icon and enter the following

details when prompted:

Username: root

Password: calvin

Gotchas:

You May receive a certificate error. If this is the case select the option to continue to the

website and the CMC login screen will appear.

You can remove this error by adding the certificate to the browser



Note: Launch the VRTX CMC from the desktop and change the session timeout to 180 minutes

Talking Points:

If necessary explain to the customer that the CMC is the central point of management and is a single pane of glass management console for Servers, Storage and Networking for the VRTX

Security is also another good point to make here by highlighting the importance of changing the default logon from root & calvin to something more secure, or even better by creating an active directory group for security and adding users



After you logon to the VRTX CMC a Default password Warning will be presented. Check the

options:

1. Keep Default Password

2. Do not show this warning again

Then continue

Talking Points:

Take this opportunity to discuss security with your customer if appropriate.



Chassis Overview

Navigate to Chassis Overview on the left hand side and select it.

Talking Points:

Call attention to the physical components Front, Rear, and internal views. Drill down

into some of the individual components to demonstrate the level of detail that is

available.



Chassis Power

1. Next click on the Power Tab on the right hand pane and select Power Monitoring.

Talking Points:

Explain the capabilities of Power Monitoring & Capping:

Technical Selling Points:

In a remote office the power circuit supplying the servers may not be dedicated, and in the UK have a limit of 13A. Now this power circuit will usually be shared among other electrical items such as the kettle, refrigerator, photocopier, PCs etc. The VRTX can address this challenge by way of Power Budgeting.

Gotchas:

If you power down the chassis and have the CMC routed through the internal switch you will need to be physically present to power on the chassis

2. Now select Configuration in the right hand pane.



Talking Points:

Explain the capabilities of Power Budgeting: Set Maximum Power Help Prevent tripping a circuit breaker Set Server Priority Pre-define which servers get larger partition of available power Power supplies & configuration dictate maximum available power


Power Budgeting within the VRTX is not indiscriminate as we can set which components power down first in the event of the power limit alerts being triggered. For example: A non-critical server can be set to have power capped before a critical server



3. Next select Alerts in the right hand pane and click on Trap Settings.

Talking Points:

We will set the SNMP traps to report to an OME instance that is running in the

environment. Later we will return to the OME reporting to look at alerts generated

from what we have done in today’s demo.



Adding the VRTX to OpenManage Essentials 1. From the Desktop select the OpenManage Essentials Link



2. Select the MANAGE tab from the top of the page, and then Discovery & Inventory.

Right-Click on the pre-configured “Demo VRTX” discovery range, near the bottom of

the left hand pane and select “Discovery & Inventory now to add the VRTX system to

OME.

Click OK to add the VRTX



4. Next select Server Overview in the left hand pane. Select Setup in the top right hand

pane and click on Slot Names.

Talking Points:

Having the Server slots named as SLOT-01 etc. can lead to some confusion so we

will rename these to something more meaningful. We will call the servers

WinServer-01 & WinServer-02



Remote Console

1. From the Left hand pane navigate to the Server Overview section and select

WinServer01. From this page you can launch the Remote Console for Server 1

(Windows Server 2012). We are now going to utilize the iDRAC Enterprise edition

technology that is present on all 12G servers, to open up a virtual console for that server

which gives us both out of band and in band management capabilities.

Gotchas:

You may get a certificate error & have some Java messages – click always trust and run the application.

Open Java viewer:



2. Once you have started the Remote Console click on the Macro tab and select “Ctrl-

Alt-Del” to logon to the Windows 2012 Server.

Enter the following details when prompted:

Username: Administrator

Password: Password01



3. From Server Manager select “Local Server” from the Right hand side, then from the

TASKS Dropdown menu, on the top Left hand side, & select Computer Management



4. Open Device manager from the left hand pane and expand the Networking & Storage Controllers sections in the right hand pane to view the connected devices.

Talking Points:

Calling attention to the connected devices explain that we will be adding resources

during the demo and will see the additions appearing later



5. Select Disk Management from the left hand pane and look at the assigned disks in

the right hand pane

Talking Points:

Explain the capabilities of the Remote Console

Call attention to the installed Storage Controllers, Network cards and Disk Management. Explain that we will be adding some network cards & storage later From the VRTX CMC and to demonstrate how quickly it is to assign resources within the VRTX chassis to individual servers as business needs occur or workloads require it, and will return to this screen to view these adapters again once those tasks have been completed.


Call out the fact that the Remote console is available for the Dell PowerEdge Server range of products



Power off a Server – WinServer-01

Go back to the VRTX CMC Console and select WinServer-01 in the left hand pane. Select the

Power tab from the right hand pane and choose Graceful Shutdown to power down the

server. Pop back into the Remote console to see that the server is shutting down

Talking Points:

Explain to the customer that we will power this server back on after we have allocated a PCIe Network card and storage a little later on. The reason we are doing this is not down to VRTX but rather Operating Systems do not like resources appearing as though hot plug as registries do not handle this well as it could be perceived that an unstable environment is a VRTX issue.

Gotchas:

Ensure you are on the Server here and not the chassis otherwise it could be embarrassing!!!

Technical Selling Points: It is good to point out here that when we power on the server we can monitor this via the remote console



5.2 LAB 2: PCIe


The PowerEdge VRTX features 8 flexible PCIe slots, has the ability to assign any of the PCIe

slot resources to any of the server slots without the need for powering down the entire

chassis.

You will have to reboot a server in order to make an assignment but this is more a

requirement of the Microsoft and VMware operating systems as they do not like to have

PCIe cards warm-plugged.

In this Lab you will be reviewing the PCIe screens of the VRTX, identifying the main configuration pages and assigning a PCIe Network card to a server.


Repurposing a server may require additional PCIe cards to be installed or removed from a

server which will require a technician to be onsite to perform the work.


We can assign PCIe card resources to servers remotely without the need of having to reboot

the entire chassis. This enhances the remote management capability in the event of a server

being reconfigured.

GPU cards are supported on VRTX to support a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.


Question: How do you make a PCIe slot available to a server node in PowerEdge VRTX Answer:

The assignments are made via the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Question: How do I manage adapters in the PCIe slots? Answer:

Once mapped to a server via the CMC management of the adapter is done from that server’s iDRAC7 or OpenManage Server Administrator



5.2.5 - LAB 2 - PCIe Overview

Move back to the VRTX CMC GUI & Navigate to PCIe Overview in the Left hand pane, Click

on Properties Tab in the right hand pane.

Talking Points:

PCIe card slot overview

The ability to drill down for greater detail on a card



Assign PCie Card to a Server

1. Click on Setup Tab in the right hand pane. From the Action Dropdown list for SLOT-5

& SLOT-6 assign a Network card to WinServer-01

Gotchas: If the card you select has already been assigned to a server you will have to un-assign it before assigning it to the new server – this you should have checked before you started the demo.



2. Next Navigate to the Storage section in the left hand pane. Select the Setup tab in

the right hand pane. From the Action Dropdown list for Virtual Adapter 1 assign

WinServer-01

Click OK



Power on the Server WinServer-01

1. Power on WinServer-01

Click OK

Talking Points:

This is a good time to discuss the benefits of the iDRAC & Lifecycle controllers available on the

Dell Server Range.



Logon to WinServer-01 and review Storage Controllers and Network cards in Device Manager.

1. Once you have started the Remote Console click on the Macro tab and select

“Ctrl-Alt-Del” to logon to the Windows 2012 Server.

Enter the following details when prompted:

Username: Administrator

Password: Password01

2. In device manager expand the Network adapters & Storage controllers sections



5.3 LAB 3: Storage


The PowerEdge VRTX has internal storage options allowing for up to a massive 48TB

capacity. This is in addition to the internal disks within the servers themselves.

In this Lab you will be reviewing the storage management features, creating a RAID group

and assigning the virtual disk to a server.


In addition to being able to assign a server it’s own dedicated storage pool, the option to create a shared storage pool is available in order for all of the servers to use. This enables Live Migration in a virtualized environment inside the chassis without the need to purchase a SAN. This avoids the complication of powering, cabling and managing a SAN.


The internal storage of the VRTX is a feature that allows for flexible growth. The disk slots do

not have to be fully populated on initial purchase and additional disks can be added as

required. If the internal storage capacity of the VRTX becomes insufficient then and external

MD1200 disk array can be connected.




Question: How do you manage and provision your shared storage in PowerEdge VRTX? Answer:

All of the management for the shared storage is done in the Chassis Management Controller (CMC). OMSS will see the storage adaptor but cannot manage it,

Question: How are events in Shared Storage reported? Answer:

They are NOT visible to the OS on a server but come from the CMC Question: How do I update my Shared Storage? Answer:

You must use CMC to update it Question: How can I configure my Shared Storage? Answer:

You can use the CMC GUI, racadm, or WSMAN interfaces Question: Can Virtual Disks be assigned to multiple blades? Answer:

YES, but they need to be part of Windows Failover Cluster or formatted as VMWare’s VMFS.

Question: If I don’t add the server to the cluster – What can happen? (shared storage) Answer:

You can cause data-corruption by over-writing your data because it is not aware that two or more system are writing to the same Virtual Disk

Question: Can CMC manage my storage local to the server node? Answer:

No, You will need iDRAC7 / LC or OMSA / OMSS to do it Question: What types of hard drives are supported by the VRTX shared storage? Answer: 2.5in and 3.5in NLSAS, SAS or SAS SSD



5.3.5 - LAB 3 - Storage

View Hard disk Configuration

1. Navigate to the Storage Section in the Left hand pane.



Create a virtual Disk 1. In the left hand pane select Virtual Disks, next click on the Create tab in the right hand

pane.

2. Give the new Virtual Disk a name – such as DemoDisk01 – Set the RAID type, and select

some disks.

Note: - The bold bracketed Virtual Disk properties will populate once this is completed

and you can change them from the defaults.

3. Finish by selecting Create Virtual Disk



4. Quickly pop into the remote console for WinServer-01 and check Disk Management. We see there are no additional disks appearing just yet. We have to assign the new virtual disk to a server – which we will do next.



Checking Redundant PERC Settings

1. In the left hand pane select Controllers and use the expand button to show more details on the Shared Perc8 (Integrated 1)

2 Now select View Physical Disk for this Controller to see the disks assigned to this controller (Remember only one VRTX PERC controller is active at a time, so the controller that has ownership of the disks is the active controller)



Assign Virtual Disk to a Server 1. In the left hand pane select Storage, then Virtual Disks, next click on the Assign tab in

the right hand pane to assign the new disk to the WinServer-01



2. Review Disk Management in Device Manager on WinServer-01. You will see the newly

added disk presents as unknown. The new disk must be initialized and then a new

simple volume created and formatted.



3. Initialise the new disk

4. Create a new simple volume by selecting the defaults on the following screens



5. Select the defaults on the following screens of the New Simple Volume Wizard



6. Show the new disk ready to use



Assign a Hotspare Disk to the Virtual Disk 2. In the left hand pane select Physical Disks, next click on the Setup tab in the right hand

pane to assign a Global Hotspare disk.



5.4 LAB 4: Network Management


The PowerEdge VRTX features three networking options

1. An 8 port pass-through module

2. 24 port 1GB Ethernet switch (8 external ports - which comes as standard)

3. 22 port 10Gb Switch (4 external, 16 internal + 2 1Gb Copper)

In this Lab you logon to the network switch to review the management screens then create

a management VLAN


The feature of an internal switch keeps cabling to a minimum, in addition the management of the network is simplified.


The VRTX switch is based on the PowerConnect PC5524 Ethernet switch and can process 65 million packets per second.

It can be remotely managed and has the options of basic and advanced administration.


The VRTX CMC allows for simple overview of Network switch and basic settings and power cycling.



5.4.5 - LAB 4 – Network Management

Setting a Switch IP address Navigate to Gigabit Ethernet in the left hand pane and select Setup from the right hand pane



Navigate to Gigabit Ethernet in the Left hand pane, Click on Properties Tab in the right

hand pane. From the right hand pane click on the blue button “Launch I/O Module GUI”



Log in to Network Switch (Basic)

Select Basic Mode and enter the following details when prompted:

Username: root

Password: calvin

Gotchas:

Must be on same subnet



Gotchas:

If you power down the chassis and have the CMC routed through the internal switch you will need to be physically present to power on the chassis



5.5 System Monitoring


The CMC console for VRTX greatly simplifies management by converging management of

server nodes, storage, networking and power into a unified tool, presented in a single

console.

In this Lab you will be reviewing the reporting and alerts features in addition to the Firmware

update process.


The PowerEdge CMC features an Intuitive; easy to use GUI which reduces potential for error

and is consistent with CMC used in the data center, allowing IT Administrators to use what

they know and reduce training time.


The CMC enables the administrator to update the firmware of VRTX components a very

simple and straightforward process.

The PowerEdge CMC can seamlessly integrate with Dell OpenManage Essentials as well as

report into 3rd party management systems.




5.5.5 – LAB 5 – Monitoring and Reporting

Viewing Alerts in OpenManage Essentials 1. From the Desktop select the OpenManage Essentials Link



2. Select the MANAGE tab and then in the left hand pane expand Modular Systems, and

then expand PowerEdge VRTX.

Note:

Your VRTX TAG number is easily found on the CMC login tab of internet explorer



3. Select the Alerts tab in the right hand pane to display the alerts reported from this demo

session.



4. Select the Map View tab in the right hand pane and select Actions then Add Licensed

Device to add the VRTX to Map View.



5. You could input the customers address – or if you prefer “Derrybeg Road, Limerick” will

be the actual real location in Ireland…

Gotchas: Ensure you are adding the correct device TAG number



6. Right Click on the newly added VRTX and select “Zoom to Street Level”



Email Alert Settings

In the CMC GUI select Chassis Overview from the left hand pane. Select Alerts from

the right hand pane and then click on Email Alert Settings.

Talking Points:

Give an overview of Email Alerts



Firmware Updates

In the CMC GUI select Chassis Overview from the left hand pane. Select Update from

the right hand pane.

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