Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Administration Guide

Power on a PowerFlex appliance

To safely power on the system, power on one component at a time, in the order specified in this procedure.

About this task

Power on workflow:

Power on the PDUs
Power on the network switches
Power on the PowerFlex management controller 2.0
Power on the CloudLink Center virtual machines that are running on management cluster in VMware vCenter (controller data center)
For PowerFlex file:
- For PowerFlex file enabled system with hyperconverged:
  - Power on PowerFlex hyperconverged nodes
  - Activate PowerFlex protection domains
  - Power on PowerFlex file nodes
- For PowerFlex file enabled system with storage-only:
  - Power on PowerFlex storage-only nodes
  - Activate PowerFlex protection domains
  - Power on PowerFlex file nodes
  - Power on the PowerFlex compute-only nodes
For all other PowerFlex systems:
- Power on the PowerFlex storage-only nodes
- Power on the PowerFlex hyperconverged nodes with VMware ESXi
- Activate protection domains
  NOTE: If asynchronous replication is enabled activate the protection domain on both source and destination protection domains.
- Power on the PowerFlex compute-only nodes
- Power on the VMware NSX Edge nodes (if applicable)
- Power on all VMs on or single VMware vCenter (customer cluster VMs)
Check PowerFlex health and rebuild status

NOTE:Powering on must be completed in this order for the components that you have in your environment. Prioritize and power on the PowerFlex storage-only nodes or PowerFlex hyperconverged nodes with PowerFlex metadata manager (MDM) first.

Prerequisites

Confirm that the servers are not damaged from the shipment.
Verify that all connections are seated properly and check the manufacturing handoff notes for any items that must be completed.
Verify that the following items are available:
- Customer-provided services such as Active Directory, DNS, NTP
- Physical infrastructure such as reliable power, adequate cooling, and core network access

See Cisco documentation for information about the LED indicators.

See Dell PowerSwitch S5200 Series Installation Guide for information about the LED indicators for Dell PowerSwitch switches.

Steps

Verify that the PDU breakers are in the OPEN (OFF) positions. If the breakers are not OPEN, use the small enclosed tool to press the small white tab below each switch for the circuit to open. These switches are located below the ON/OFF breaker.
Connect the external AC feeds to the PDUs.
Verify that power is available to the PDUs and a number is displayed on the LEDs of each PDU.
Close the PDU circuit breakers on all PDUs for Zone A by pressing the side of the switch that is labeled ON. This action causes the switch to lie flat. Verify all the components that are connected to the PDUs on Zone A light up.
Close the PDU circuit breakers on all PDUs for Zone B by pressing the side of the switch that is labeled ON. Verify all the components that are connected to the PDUs on Zone B light up.
Power on the network components in the following order:

NOTE:Network components take about 10 minutes to power on.
- Management switches - Wait until the PS1 and PS2 LEDs are solid green before proceeding.
- Cisco Nexus aggregation or leaf-spine switches - Wait until the system status LED is green before proceeding.
- Dell PowerSwitch switches - Wait until the system status LED is solid green before proceeding.

Next steps

Power on the PowerFlex management controller.

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