- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Overview of OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center Licensing
- Compatibility matrix
- Installing Dell OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- Download Dell OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- Install Dell OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center by using the Microsoft Windows Admin Center Azure DevOps feed
- Install Dell OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center by using local path or network file share
- Install Dell OpenManage Integration extension including snap-in with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- Uninstall Dell OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- Upgrading OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- Getting started with OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- Configure Security
- Monitor system details of a server
- Monitor system details of a cluster
- Prepare clusters using Windows Admin Center to monitor in Azure
- Manage PowerEdge servers and clusters
- Update PowerEdge servers using OpenManage Integration extension
- Update nodes Windows Server HCI, Azure Stack HCI, and Failover clusters using OpenManage Integration extension
- Configure DSU and IC settings manually
- Update standalone nodes before deploying an Azure Stack HCI cluster using OpenManage Integration snap-in
- Full Stack Cluster-Aware Updating for Azure Stack HCI clusters using OpenManage Integration snap-in
- Validate and remediate HCI clusters or failover clusters using Dell policies
- Manage CPU cores in clusters or individual nodes
- Expand clusters
- Troubleshooting and Frequently asked questions
- Identifying the generation of your Dell PowerEdge server
- Contacting Dell Technologies
- Appendix
- Two-way mirror
- Dual Parity
- YX5X
- YX3X
- YX2X
- YX4X
- <Windows Directory>
- VBS
- USB
- TMP
- RDMA
- Policy
- OpenManage Integration snap-in
- NIC
- IPMI
- HCI
- Gateway user
- Gateway system
- Gateway administrators
- Full stack update
- FQDN
- CSV
- SCP
- iDRAC
- IC
- HCP
- DSU
- DRM
- OMIMSWAC
Dell OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center Version 3.0 User’s Guide
Prepare nodes to add to existing clusters
Use OpenManage Integration extension to prepare nodes to add to your existing Windows Server HCI, Azure Stack HCI, and Failover cluster.
It's always important for cluster administrators to keep the cluster symmetrical and adhere to Dell recommendations. During cluster expansion, to automate the process and help customers comply with Dell recommendations, OMIMSWAC has introduced a feature called "Expand Cluster". With the use of "Expand Cluster" feature, you as an administrator can prepare nodes ensuring the node is compatible and follow Dell recommendations, which can then be added to the existing cluster.
The cluster expansion process involves four major steps:
- High Level Compatibility Check: Helps to identify compatible nodes to add to the cluster.
- License Availability Check: Checks for OMIWAC premium licenses available on new nodes as well as cluster nodes.
- HCI Configuration Profile check: Helps you to validate new node as well as cluster nodes HCI configurations based on Dell recommendations. This process is only applicable for Windows Server HCI and Azure Stack HCI cluster.
- Update Compliance: Helps you to generate compliance report for both new nodes and cluster nodes and then fix the compliance only for new nodes.
After successfully completing all these steps, you can add a new node to an existing cluster.
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