- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Revision history
- Install
- Installation overview and prerequisites
- Preparing the PowerFlex Manager environment
- Deploying into a VMware vSphere environment
- PowerFlex management platform virtual machine requirements
- Deploying the PowerFlex management platform
- Deploying and configuring the PowerFlex management platform installer virtual machine
- Deploying and configuring the PowerFlex management platform VMs
- PowerFlex management platform cluster configuration parameters
- Deploy the PowerFlex management platform cluster
- (Optional) Collect PowerFlex management platform support data
- Uninstall the PowerFlex management platform cluster
- Deploying a co-resident management environment onto the boot device of PowerFlex storage nodes
- Deployment workflow
- Co-residency management deployment prerequisites
- Deploy the PowerFlex management platform installer
- PowerFlex management platform cluster configuration parameters
- Deploy the PowerFlex management platform cluster
- Post deployment cleanup
- (Optional) Collect PowerFlex management platform support data
- Uninstall the PowerFlex management platform cluster
- Perform initial configuration
- Deploying into a Linux management environment
- Deploy the PowerFlex management platform installer
- Finalizing firewall configuration
- Deploying into a VMware vSphere environment
- Troubleshooting a PowerFlex management platform deployment
- Configuring PowerFlex Manager
- Deploying PowerFlex storage
- Deployment design for co-residency management
- PowerFlex component layout
- Operating system requirements
- Preparing the storage node
- Deploying a PowerFlex cluster using a CSV topology file
- Prepare the CSV topology file
- CSV file examples for typical configurations
- Configuring performance profile during deployment
- Adding new components or features by editing the existing CSV file
- Deploy a PowerFlex cluster using a CSV topology file from PowerFlex Manager
- Deploy or expand a cluster using REST API commands
- Deployment design for co-residency management
- Deploying PowerFlex file nodes
- Prerequisites for PowerFlex file nodes
- Resource group deployment
- PowerFlex file network enhancement and flexibility
- PowerFlex file node with a single network interface controller (tagged VLAN NAS management)
- Shared network interface for PowerFlex management and NAS management (tagged VLAN) and dedicated interfaces for PowerFlex data and NAS data
- Dedicated interfaces for four types of traffic (NAS management VLAN is untagged or native)
- Dedicated interfaces for four types of traffic (tagged NAS management VLAN)
- Shared interface for PowerFlex management and data and a shared interface for NAS management and data
- Verify connectivity
- Define networks
- (Optional) Edit a network
- (Optional) Deleting a network
- Discover a resource
- Add a template
- Edit a template
- (Optional) Edit template information
- Clone a template
- Build and publish a template
- Component types
- Deploying a resource group
- Verify resource group status
- PowerFlex file network enhancement and flexibility
- Post-installation activities
- Post-installation checklist
- Configuring NVMe initiators
- SDC deployment preparation tasks for SLES, Oracle Linux, and Ubuntu
- Enable OpenSSL FIPS compliance
- Check port usage
- Configure the SDC (scini) driver for SELinux
- Mount a PowerFlex volume
- Associate PowerFlex volumes with physical disks
- Configure the SDS for optimal memory usage
- Configure the SDS for NVDIMM or SDPM health awareness
- Performance tuning post-installation
- PowerFlex system changes
- Optimize Linux
- Optimize VMware ESXi
- Optimize Windows
- Optimizing VM guests
- Optimize Hyper-V
- Optimize AIX
- Configure RAID controller virtual disk settings
- Apply performance profiles to system components
- Configure SDC access to the MDM
- Upgrade
- Upgrading from PowerFlex 4.5.x to 4.6
- Upgrading from PowerFlex 3.6 to 4.6
- Preparing to upgrade
- Upgrade workflow from PowerFlex 3.6 to 4.6
- Upgrade limitations
- Deploying into a VMware vSphere environment
- PowerFlex management platform virtual machine requirements
- Deploying the PowerFlex management platform
- Deploying and configuring the PowerFlex management platform installer virtual machine
- Deploying and configuring the PowerFlex management platform VMs
- PowerFlex management platform cluster configuration parameters
- Deploy the PowerFlex management platform cluster
- (Optional) Collect PowerFlex management platform support data
- Uninstall the PowerFlex management platform cluster
- Configuring PowerFlex Manager
- Upgrading operating systems on PowerFlex nodes
- Post-upgrade activities
- Post-upgrade checklist
- Upgrade SDC on Windows-based server
- Upgrade SDC on Linux and AIX
- Upgrade SDC on VMware ESXi
- Configuring NVMe initiators
- Upgrade PowerFlex file services
- Configuring system data networks, network sets, hosts, host groups, and enabling persistent discovery (Optional)
- (Optional) PowerFlex file multi-tenancy
Dell PowerFlex 4.6.x Install and Upgrade Guide
Installation workflow
Installing PowerFlex on physical servers includes the following activities:
- Complete the installation checklist to prepare your environment for PowerFlex Manager.
- Install and configure PowerFlex Manager.
- Install the PowerFlex components.
- For a two-layer system configuration, install storage data clients (SDCs) on external servers.
- Install the PowerFlex license.
- Perform any necessary post-installation tasks.
- Move the PowerFlex system to production.
For PowerFlex custom node or VxFlex Ready Node, see the product Hardware Configuration and Operating System Installation Guide and VxFlex Ready Node deployment overview available on the Dell Technologies support site. These documents provide step-by-step installation instructions on how to prepare the server and operating system before installing PowerFlex.
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