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Managing the Dell PowerEdge VRTX Chassis with Dell OpenManage Essentials

pull the package – the appropriate port has to open to allow remote

communication back to the OME services box.

When scheduling updates, it is important to include the VRTX chassis, and to

actually update it first before any server nodes. OME will update the chassis

first if it happens to be included in the list of devices to update (which may

include server nodes). There are several components to update in the chassis -

see Table 1 for the list of VRTX updates. For some updates, the server nodes

must be power off, otherwise data corruption would occur. Should an update

that requires the server nodes are power off be scheduled and one or more

server nodes are not power off, the update task will fail, but it is still

recommended that these updates be scheduled carefully in advance and that

no one tries to power-on a server node while a chassis update is in progress.

OME will not automatically power off server nodes for a chassis update, nor is

there an option for the user to elect this. OME does not update the VRTX

network switch. See Figure 6 for a suggested workflow for updating the chassis

and server nodes.

Note: For OME to support VRTX chassis updates, the VRTX chassis must be

discovered and inventoried using WS-Man protocol. OME does not support the

update feature for the VRTX chassis using SNMP discovery and inventory.

Chassis Component

Requires Server Powered Down

PowerEdge RAID Card (PERC)

Yes

Mainboard

Yes

Expander

Hard Disk Drives (HDD)

Chassis Management Controller (CMC)

Table 1: Components OME can update in the VRTX Chassis