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Is Hardware Upgrade within the existing VxRAIL Possible?
Would like to get answers to 2 specific questions on existing VxRAIL Nodes :
- Can the internal Hardware components like Memory and CPUs be upgraded/changed within the VxRAIL Nodes? ( I do know that we can add additional drives of the same type/capacity to the existing VxRAIL Nodes)
- Can the existing Vmware Vshpere licenses be upgraded from Vsphere standard to Vsphere Enterprise license? If yes, what would be the process and cost implications?
giadarola
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August 2nd, 2018 08:00
We do not support upgrading single CPU systems to dual CPU systems on VxRail.
giadarola
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March 15th, 2018 08:00
Depending on the HW platform, there are HW upgrades available. For instance, on the PE 13G and 14G you can add memory, GPU cards, etc. I'm not aware that we support upgrading the CPU though. Would need to defer that question to Product management.
As for the license, yes you can upgrade from standard to enterprise. Customer would need to purchase said license. You can refer to the Licensing and ordering guide for more information.
HTH. Gary
revlondsouza
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March 15th, 2018 09:00
Thank You Gary, The system is a E460F currently configured with 256GB and needs to be upgraded to 512GB per node.
Will I be able to upgrade this through the DellEMC Quoting tool ( MyQuotes) or does it have to be done by a specific team?
Regards,
Revlon Dsouza
giadarola
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March 16th, 2018 07:00
Revlon,
As far as I'm aware, yes you would order the memory upgrade thru MyQuotes. But since I do not have access to it, I cannot say for certain. They don't let us Tech-Geeks near those systems...
-G
Bill_Leslie
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March 16th, 2018 08:00
revlondsouza Please work through your Dell EMC sales rep or reseller rep to quote this in MyQuotes.
scpd
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August 1st, 2018 14:00
We are fighting with DellEMC to add CPU to our single CPU Appliance!!!
The is no mention in all official technical paper that upgrade CPU is not supported!!!
scpd
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August 2nd, 2018 18:00
I know, but why !!!!!!!
even if we upgrade all the nodes? and rebuild the whole thing from the zero?
nhanlvl
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August 27th, 2018 02:00
the customer in vietnam has the same question! have a docummentation discuss about this problem? Would you help me answer this question?
Anonymous
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September 9th, 2018 07:00
I know VXrail can upgrade HDD/SSD, but for CPU/Memory can we replace (not add) with higher model CPU/DIMM?
ryan_leslie
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November 27th, 2018 11:00
I have the same question, can CPUs be swapped to a higher model CPU? Anyone have answers?
jason_callier
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November 28th, 2018 06:00
There is slide in one of the tech decks that shows this.
Here are the parts that a customer can replace:
Memory
Hard drive
SSD Cache and capacity
PCIe network interface cards
GPUs
Micro SDHC card
Power supply
Parts that are Field replaceable unit (FRU) I'm assuming only if there is defect, so customer can't swap out CPUs or add a CPU if they are running a single.
NVMe cache drive
processors
motherboard
HBA330
BOSS controller card and M.2 Sata disk
Network daughter card (NDC)
jayr91
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March 24th, 2022 07:00
Has this changed? Does VxRail support upgrading from single CPU to dual CPU?
DELL-Sam L
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March 24th, 2022 09:00
Hello jayr91,
This has not changed, as we don’t support upgrading a single cpu system to dual cpu.
TDeerinck
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June 14th, 2023 11:00
Dell Sam,
So one can RASR a single node, add a CPU, and then add the node back in. This is obviously not just adding a CPU to a running cluster member, but just like adding another node to the cluster with a dual CPU. I was told by top level Dell vxRail support that this should work.
~T
tkmgmoney
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March 14th, 2024 17:48
Hello all,
Does anyone know what processor upgrade options available for a E450F? Current processor is Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4114 CPU @ 2.20GHz.
Thank you,