Users Guide

Contents
1 About Dell web-scale converged appliance.................................................... 5
2 Supported hardware, firmware, and software................................................ 6
3 Documentation matrix.........................................................................................9
Dell documentation.............................................................................................................................. 9
Nutanix documentation...................................................................................................................... 10
4 Licensing overview.............................................................................................12
Nutanix virtual computing platform licenses..................................................................................... 12
Starter license.................................................................................................................................12
Pro- and Ultimate licenses............................................................................................................12
Viewing license status......................................................................................................................... 12
Setting up Nutanix Customer Portal...................................................................................................12
License management.......................................................................................................................... 13
5 Deploying your system...................................................................................... 14
Before you begin................................................................................................................................. 14
Setting up your Dell XC720xd for first use......................................................................................... 14
Setting up VMware ESXi.......................................................................................................................15
Preparing your nodes.................................................................................................................... 15
Setting up Hyper-V..............................................................................................................................16
Preparing your nodes.................................................................................................................... 16
Configuring your cluster..................................................................................................................... 16
6 Downloading and installing software applications......................................17
Dell OpenManage Essentials...............................................................................................................17
Dell Nautilus ........................................................................................................................................18
LSI SAS2Flash Utilities..........................................................................................................................18
7 Monitoring........................................................................................................... 20
Monitoring software........................................................................................................................... 20
8 Updating firmware............................................................................................. 22
Updating other components.............................................................................................................. 22
Updating drive firmware with Dell Nautilus....................................................................................... 22
Updating LSI 9207-8i HBA .................................................................................................................23
ESXi hypervisor.............................................................................................................................. 23