Dell EMC PowerFlex Rack Using PowerFlex Manager

Add PowerFlex nodes to a service

After the additional PowerFlex node is discovered, you must add it to a service for it to be managed within PowerFlex Manager.

1. On the menu bar, click Services.
2. Select the service to which you are adding a PowerFlex node to view its details.
3. On the Service Details page, click Add Resources. Choose Add Nodes.
4. In the Duplicate Node wizard:
   1. From the Resource to Duplicate list, select the node.
   2. In the Number of Instances box, set the number of instances to 1 and click Continue.
   3. Under PowerFlex Settings, specify the PowerFlex Storage Pool Spare Capacity setting.
   4. Under OS Settings, set the Host Name Selection. If you choose Specify at Deployment, provide a name for the host in the Host Name field. If you choose Auto-Generate, specify a template for the name in the Host Name Template field.
   5. If you are adding a node to a hyperconverged service, specify the Host Name Selection under SVM OS Settings and provide details about the hostname, as you did for the OS Settings.
   6. In the IP Source box, provide an IP address.
   7. Under Hardware Settings, in the Node Source box, select Node Pool or Manual Entry.
   8. In the Node Pool box, select the node pool. Alternatively, if you chose Manual Entry, select the specific node in the Choose Node box.
   9. Under PowerFlex Settings, specify the Fault Set for a node:
      • Select PowerFlex Manager Selected Fault Set to have PowerFlex Manager choose the fault set name based on the template settings.
      • Select fault-set-name to choose one of the fault sets in the service.

      You can add nodes within a fault set, but PowerFlex Manager does not allow you to add a new fault set within the same service. To add a new fault set, deploy a separate service with settings for the fault set you want to create.

   10. Click Next.
   11. Review the Summary page and click Finish.

       If the node you are adding has a different type of disk than the base deployment, PowerFlex Manager displays a banner at the top of the Summary page to inform you of the different disk types. You can still complete the node expansion. However, your service might have suboptimal performance.

   Based on the component type, the required settings and properties are displayed automatically and can be edited as permitted for a node expansion.

5. Click Save to deploy the PowerFlex node.
   When the job is complete, confirm that the node deployed successfully.