Dell PowerEdge Zero Touch ProvisioningServer Hands on Lab 4

Welcome to our session -Dell PowerEdge Zero Touch Provisioning

Paul Rubin

Sr. Product Manager

Tony Tejchman

Product Technologist

Introducing your presenters…

Challenges facing today’s IT

Inconsistent

quality

Inefficient

Management of ITIT slow to respond

of downtime is caused by manual and disconnected IT processes

75%

Source: The causes & costs of data center system downtime – Advisory Board Q&A

of business users consider IT to be distributed, agile, and flexible

30%

Source: InformationWeek survey of IT perception

Only Up to

Source: Forrester Research, Inc., Forrsights Budgets & Priorities Tracker Survey

of time is spent maintaining existing IT environments

70%Nearly

A typical day in the office, the boss says “Deploy 100’s of new servers – STAT!”

• Racks of new servers arrive on your shipping dock and the clock is ticking…

• How quickly can these servers be online and ready for critical workloads?

• Are current processes and command scripts limiting your agility?

• Can you reliably and repeatably deploy these servers?

Yes, you can do it withPowerEdge Zero Touch Auto Configuration

• Deploy servers within minutes using Zero Touch Auto Configuration

• Works in YOUR environment - utilizes PowerEdge iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller and your existing DHCP server and file share infrastructure

• Configures to YOUR specifications – build configuration templates from golden configurations and reliably deploy

• Flexible to YOUR needs – configure based on server service tag, by server model

Eliminate 213 stepsfor bare metal configuration

Zero Touch Auto

Configuration

Eliminate time consuming manual

configuration steps along with possible errors

Dell Systems Management solutions

Embedded server

management

iDRAC with Lifecycle

Controller

Converged Infrastructure Management

Dell Active System Manager

OpenManage Consoles

OpenManage Essentials OpenManage Mobile, Chassis Management

Controller,OpenManage Power

Center

Integrations for 3rd Party Consoles

Microsoft, VMware,

BMC Software

Dell Services Managed Services,

ProSupport Plus Services with SupportAssist

Connections for 3rd Party Consoles

CA, HP, IBM, Oracle, Nagios

Tools and Utilities Repository Manager, OpenManage Server

Administrator

iDRAC with Lifecycle

Controller

embedded server management

PowerEdge Embedded Configuration Management

Easy Restore – simplifies motherboard replacement

Server Profile – backup and restore identity, firmware, configuration,

and licenses

Zero Touch Auto Configuration –automate and standardize

server configuration

SCP

Part Replacement – update firmware and configure new NICs, storage

controllers, and PSUs

Auto Config Workflow

SVCTAG1

SVCTAG2

SVCTAG3

SVCTAG4

1. iDRAC sends DHCP request to the DHCP server

Remote Share

SVCTAG1.XML

SVCTAG2.XML

SVCTAG3.XML

SVCTAG4.XML<Model>.XML

2. DHCP server responds with the IP address and option fields

3. iDRAC examines the option fields and retrieves the Server Configuration Profile from the Remote Share.

4. iDRAC applies the Server Configuration Profile to the server.Based on the required changes, the server may reboot.

DHCP Server

Option Fields

Optionally, iDRACcan dynamically

generate the SCP filename based upon

server service tag, server model, or a

fixed filename

Auto Configuration Demo

Using Server Configuration Profiles

Deploy and configure “golden server”

New server configured using DHCP Auto Config

Export the “golden server” SCP XML file

New server operational with compliant config

Edit SCP XML for incoming server models

<SystemConfiguration Model="PowerEdge R630" ServiceTag="HPGBDV1" TimeStamp="Fri Jun 6 10:12:55 2015"> <Component FQDD="RAID.Slot.2-1"> <Component FQDD="Disk.Virtual.0:RAID.Slot.2-1"> <Attribute Name="IncludedPhysicalDiskID">Disk.Bay.0:Enclosure.External.0-0:RAID.Slot.2-1</Attribute>

Setup DHCP server for Auto Config

DHCPSCP

SCP

SCP √

At-the-server configuration with iDRAC Direct• Perform 13G server configuration on a

single server using a USB key-based Server Configuration Profile

• Enables single server configuration via SCP without need for networking connection, DHCP server or file server

• Use cases

– Server-at-a-time acceptance testing

– Test and development environments

– Support technicians at remote locations

Server Configuration

Profile XML

Summary

Compliant configurationeven for standalone setup

iDRAC Direct

USB Key Configuration

Simplify single server setup with at-the-serverAuto Configuration

OME ServerConfiguration Manager

Automatically provision servers, maintain

configuration compliance

91% lessIT admin time

PowerEdge Zero Touch

Auto Configuration

Eliminate time consuming manual configuration steps along with possible errors

Eliminates 213 stepsfor bare metal configuration

Have your PowerEdge servers delivered ready for Auto Configuration –Just ask your Dell sales representative how today!

Want to learn more about Dell Systems Management?

• Be sure to attend all of the Dell Systems Management sessions at Dell World

• SVHOL1: Centralize Dell HW monitoring and server lifecycle management with OpenManage Essentials

• SVHOL2: Dell embedded server management tools –iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller

• SVHOL3: OpenManage Integrations Suite for Hypervisors using Microsoft System Center

Thanks for attending!

Server Configuration Profile (SCP)

• Server Configuration Profile (SCP) is an XML-based file that is used to specify configuration parameters for PowerEdge server components

• SCPs are a powerful replacement for the current practice of attribute-at-a-time configuration via Racadmand WS-MAN – one command / API call to import a file vs. dozens of individual operations to configure a server

• SCPs typically created by establishing a server “golden config” then exporting an SCP file via the iDRAC GUI, Racadm command or WS-MAN operation

• SCP management methods• Create and maintain SCP “golden configs”

• OME Configuration Manager

• SCP usage• Racadm and WS-MAN based import operations to configure new or updated servers

• iDRAC Auto Config for network-based server configuration

• iDRAC Direct USB key for at-the-server configuration

• Future plans: SCP support for firmware: enable deployment of repository-based firmware updates as part of configuration

Server Configuration Profile Tour - BIOS

<Component FQDD="BIOS.Setup.1-1"><Attribute Name="MemTest">Disabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="MemOpMode">OptimizerMode</Attribute><Attribute Name="NodeInterleave">Disabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="SnoopMode">EarlySnoop</Attribute><Attribute Name="CorrEccSmi">Enabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="LogicalProc">Enabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="RtidSetting">Disabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="ProcVirtualization">Enabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="ProcAts">Enabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="ProcAdjCacheLine">Enabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="ProcHwPrefetcher">Enabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="DcuStreamerPrefetcher">Enabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="DcuIpPrefetcher">Enabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="DynamicCoreAllocation">Disabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="ProcConfigTdp">Nominal</Attribute><Attribute Name="ProcX2Apic">Disabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="ProcCores">All</Attribute><Attribute Name="EmbSata">AtaMode</Attribute><Attribute Name="SecurityFreezeLock">Enabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="WriteCache">Disabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="SataPortA">Auto</Attribute><Attribute Name="SataPortB">Auto</Attribute><Attribute Name="BootMode">Bios</Attribute><Attribute Name="BootSeqRetry">Enabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="HddFailover">Disabled</Attribute>

Server Configuration Profile Tour – PERC RAID

<Component FQDD="RAID.Integrated.1-1"><Attribute Name="RAIDresetConfig">False</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDforeignConfig">Ignore</Attribute><!-- <Attribute Name="CurrentControllerMode">RAID</Attribute> --><Attribute Name="RAIDrekey">False</Attribute><Attribute Name="EncryptionMode">Local Key Management</Attribute><!-- <Attribute Name="KeyID">dell</Attribute> --><!-- <Attribute Name="OldControllerKey">******</Attribute> --><!-- <Attribute Name="NewControllerKey">******</Attribute> --><Attribute Name="RAIDprMode">Automatic</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDPatrolReadUnconfiguredArea">Disabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDloadBalancedMode">Automatic</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDccMode">Stop on Error</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDcopybackMode">On with SMART</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDControllerBootMode">User Mode</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDEnhancedAutoImportForeignConfig">Disabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDrebuildRate">31</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDbgiRate">30</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDccRate">30</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDreconstructRate">40</Attribute><Component FQDD="Disk.Virtual.0:RAID.Integrated.1-1"><Attribute Name="RAIDaction">Update</Attribute><Attribute Name="LockStatus">Unlocked</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDinitOperation">None</Attribute><!-- <Attribute Name="T10PIStatus">Disabled</Attribute> --><Attribute Name="DiskCachePolicy">Default</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDdefaultWritePolicy">WriteBack</Attribute><Attribute Name="RAIDdefaultReadPolicy">NoReadAhead</Attribute>

Server Configuration Profile Tour – NIC

<Component FQDD="NIC.Integrated.1-3-1"><Attribute Name="BlnkLeds">0</Attribute><!-- <Attribute Name="VirtMacAddr">18:03:73:FD:96:2E</Attribute> --><Attribute Name="TcpIpViaDHCP">Enabled</Attribute><!-- <Attribute Name="IpAutoConfig">Enabled</Attribute> --><Attribute Name="IscsiViaDHCP">Enabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="ChapAuthEnable">Disabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="IscsiTgtBoot">Enabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="DhcpVendId">BRCM ISAN</Attribute><Attribute Name="LnkUpDelayTime">0</Attribute><Attribute Name="TcpTimestmp">Disabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="FirstHddTarget">Disabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="LunBusyRetryCnt">0</Attribute><Attribute Name="IpVer">IPv4</Attribute><Attribute Name="LegacyBootProto">NONE</Attribute><Attribute Name="BootStrapType">AutoDetect</Attribute><Attribute Name="HideSetupPrompt">Disabled</Attribute><Attribute Name="BannerMessageTimeout">7</Attribute><Attribute Name="LnkSpeed">AutoNeg</Attribute><Attribute Name="VLanMode">Disabled</Attribute>