VxRail E660F

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This article is an accumulation of questions, answers, and information relating to VxRail upgrades.

This article describes how to fix the inability to create Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) disk groups. It also provides for issues adding disks to existing ones when there are abnormal conditions showing on the host. The specific conditions addressed in this article include "Ineligible" drives that should be available. You may also see an incorrect number of total drives on the host and/or additional disk groups that should not be there.

This KB article discusses how to enable TRIM/UNMAP on all ESXi hosts on the vSAN cluster to reclaim space on the vSAN datastore.

Event code: VXR500PST0128 This event code indicates "No memory is detected."

The Physical view is not working, or nodes are missing from the host page due to incorrect vmk layout.

Node health-check fails for test dcism. Test 'dcism' is a health-check that runs on each VxRail node to attempt to validate the status of the dcism service.

Unable to place any host in the cluster into maintenance mode or vMotion due to certificate issues.

The 'df_service' test checks the local Service datastore available capacity on each node.

Event code: VXR500PDR215 This event code indicates "Copyback task to <physical disk name> has failed."

Event code: VXR500PCI1312 This event code indicates "An EISA fail-safe time-out was detected."

Event code: VXR500NIC508 This event code indicates "NIC teaming info is not currently available."

Event code: VXR500PST0208 This event code indicates "System BIOS has halted."

Event code: VXR500PFM0001 This event code indicates "The value of <sensor name> is greater than the upper critical threshold."

Event code: VXR500PST0131 This event code indicates "System BIOS shadow failed."

This document describes the objects and equipment used by Customer Engineers (CEs) when on-site. Please check and prepare in advance.

The HTML 5 VxRail plugin was introduced in 4.7.100. Under certain circumstances, the VxRail plugin must be reinstalled. This article has the official attachments from VxRail Escalation Engineering for the VxRail 4.7.x, 7.x, and 8.x releases.

This article explains the procedure to open a Service Request (SR) using the Dell support page. Get help fast for your Dell device. No more waiting on hold. No more tech headaches. Dell makes it simple to fix problems, schedule repairs, or get support—right from your device or our support website.

Dell EMC Server Platform Intel Platform Updates (2019.2) to address multiple vulnerabilities which may potentially be exploited to compromise the system.

Dell Storage Simple Support Matrices on E-Lab Navigator provide the optimal interoperability for your storage solution.

Dell EMC Server Platform Security Advisory for Intel SA-00329 – Intel® Processors Data Leakage Advisory - CVE-2020-0548, CVE-2020-0549

DSA-2020-145: Dell EMC Server Platform Security Advisory for the 2020.1 Intel Platform Updates (June 2020) - CVE-2020-0528, CVE-2020-0529, CVE-2020-0545

All ESXi hosts have the warning "Host TPM attestation alarm."

VxRail 7.x and 8.x: Unable to log in to vCenter due to expired certificates. Certificates must be re-issued. VxRail 7.0.480 or later: A Warning shows for certificate expires in less than 60 days, recommend renewing the certificate in advance. This procedure resets the following certificates to VMCA signed certificates: Machine SSL (including SSL Trust Anchors and vCenter extension thumbprints) Solution Users (including vCenter extension thumbprints) STS Signing

The health-check 'vc_pw_char' verifies that the password matches VMware rules, if the credentials cannot log in to vCenter.

This article explains why fails to install vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) on an ESXi host and how to handle it.

When trying to access vSphere it presents "503 Service Unavailable" or "No Healthy Upstream". This is generally due to a service not being started or certificate issues.

Step-by-step instructions to manually import the vCenter SSL certificate on VxRail.

This article explains how to solve when VSAN all flash drives are detected as hard drives in the Disk Management.

This article provides a resolution when remote access for the ESXi local user account root is locked for 900 s after failed login attempts. Connect to the iDRAC console to access the ESXi shell then run the reset command.