The OME 2.1 release includes a new feature set for Stateless computing with centralized management of server virtual I/O addresses within OME. Server Configuration Management Simplify server provisioning through profile-based deployments Enable elasticity of compute resources through definition of a stateless computing pool in a Boot-from-SAN environment Enable simplified server migration for disaster recovery operations. One of a set of four videos that covers the Stateless Computing feature setup: OME Stateless - Replace Server OME Stateless - Create Compute Pool OME Stateless - Create Template OME Stateless - Create Virtual Pool Closed captions available in many languages.
This video will demonstrate how to deploy a server with virtual iSCSI initiatior identities, Specifically the IQN on an integrated Intel network interface card, Thereby creating a server environment that is dynamic and highly flexible.
After deployment, the server will boot to a SAN through iSCSI protocol. Before you begin, ensure that the following are installed on the target server: iDRAC firmware version 2.20.20.20 or later.
An iDRAC Enterprise license And a Server Configuration for OpenManage Essentials license. Also ensure that you have already created a reference template, a virtual IO pool, And a compute pool.
To learn how to perform these tasks, see the tutorial videos. To begin, click Deploy Template. Type a unique name for the task. Select a compute pool And click Next Then click Next again.
Click Next to continue. Select the target server for deployment and click Next. Now, provide the target's iSCSI attribute values, Which are required to boot the server to the SAN.
In the Device Specific Attributes tab, close the System attributes and open the NIC attributes Then scroll down to see the attributes for the integrated NIC.
Select the IP address, Boot LUN, and iSCSI Name attributes. Resize the column so you can see the Value column. Fill out the IP Address, Boot LUN, and iSCSI name of the target.
In the Identity Attributes tab, we can see that the attributes values will be generated From the virtual I/O pool. Then click Next Click Run Now and type the credentials that have administrator rights On the iDRAC of the target server, and click Next. Click Next to continue.
Review your preferences in the Summary page and then click Finish. Read the Warning message, and if you want to proceed, click Yes. Now, go to the Deployment Portal, where we can see the status of the deployment task.
By accessing the targer server's iDRAC virtual console, We can see that the identities are being deployed. Note that the server is able to detect the LUN.
In the OpenManage Essentials Console, we find that the deployment task has completed successfully. The target server status shows Deployed. Also note that the compute pool, virtual IO pool, and the template are locked.
Back in the iDRAC virtual console, we find the server is now booting to the operating system. When we click the target server in the OpenManage Essentials Console, The Profile tab displays the deployed identities.
For more information about OpenManage Essentials, visit Dell.com/OME Or delltechcenter.com/OME.
