Users Guide

Manage Failover Clusters and Azure Stack HCI

Prerequisites:

• You are logged in to Microsoft Windows Admin Center as a Gateway Administrator.

• You must have installed the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC) extension. For

more information about the installation procedure, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center

Installation Guide.

• You have added failover or hyper-converged cluster connections in Microsoft Windows Admin Center. For more information about

adding failover or hyper-converged cluster connections, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/manage/windows-

admin-center/understand/windows-admin-center.

• Ensure that all the cluster nodes are reachable using IP address, hostname, or Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) before managing

the cluster with OMIMSWAC.

To manage the Microsoft Failover Clusters created with PowerEdge servers and Azure Stack HCI created with AX nodes or Storage

Spaces Direct Ready Nodes from Dell EMC:

1. In the upper left corner of Windows Admin Center, select:

• For 1910.2 GA release or 2007 GA release of Windows Admin Center: Cluster Manager from the drop-down menu.

2. From the list, select a failover or hyper-converged cluster connection, and then click Connect.

3. In the left pane of the Microsoft Windows Admin Center, under EXTENSIONS, click Dell EMC OpenManage Integration.

4. To manage a failover or hyper-converged cluster, select:

• Health—to view the health status of the server components of the individual nodes in the cluster.

○ The Overall Health Status section displays the overall health of the cluster. Select different sections in the doughnut chart to

filter the health status of the components of the cluster nodes.

NOTE:

The overall health status of the cluster might be displayed as critical or warning even though the

components of the nodes displayed on the Windows Admin Center are healthy. For more details on the

components in critical health state, go to the respective iDRAC console.

See Health status—Supported target node components in Failover Clusters and Azure Stack HCI on page 14.

• Inventory—to view the detailed hardware inventory information of the component. On the Overview page, the basic details of

the nodes of the failover or hyper-converged cluster are listed. Select the required node to view detailed hardware inventory of the

server components. See Hardware inventory—Supported target node components in Failover Clusters and Azure Stack HCI on

page 14.

• Update—to view and update the compliance charts of the nodes and components. Expand the required node to view a detailed

compliance report of the components. See Update PowerEdge servers and nodes of HCI and Failover clusters on page 17.

• iDRAC—to view the iDRAC details of the individual nodes. You can directly launch the iDRAC console from Windows Admin

Center by using the OpenManage Integration. See View iDRAC details of the PowerEdge servers and nodes of HCI and Failover

clusters on page 16.

NOTE:

The health, hardware inventory, and iDRAC details are cached and will not be loaded each time the extension is

loaded. To view the latest health and inventory status and iDRAC details, in the upper-right corner of the Health Status,

click Refresh.

Topics:

• Health status—Supported target node components in Failover Clusters and Azure Stack HCI

• Hardware inventory—Supported target node components in Failover Clusters and Azure Stack HCI

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