Difference between revisions of "RMU build Gen-1.5: IV. Best Practices - C. Dell OpenManage Enterprise"

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This page is part of the Gen-1.5 RMU build runbook.

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C. Dell OpenManage Enterprise (Recommended)

This is a service that allows you to talk to the Baseboard Management Controller(s) (BMC) of your IC nodes. This service will allow you to discover your Dell’s servers iDRACs (Dell’s version of a BMC.) Once configured, you will be able to apply firmware updates remotely.

Create VM

From the main Proxmox page, select Create VM to launch the Create: Virtual Machine dialog window.
Tick the Advanced box and the Start at boot: box, then enter VM ID of 123, set Name: to <dc>-ome. Enter 10 into the Start/Shutdown Order:. Select Next.
Select Do not use any media. Set Type: to Other. Select Next.
Ensure that Graphic card: is set to Default, SCSI Controller: is set to VirtIO SCSI single, Machine: is set to Default (i440fx), BIOS: is set to Default (SeaBIOS). Select Next.
Ensure that Bus/Device: is set to IDE & 0, Storage: is set to local-zfs, Disk size (GiB): is set to 8, Backup: box is ticked, Async IO: is set to Default (io_uring). Select Next.
Set Sockets to 1, set Type: to X86-64-v2-AES, set Cores: to 8. Select Next.
Set Memory(MiB): to 16767 and Minimum memory (MB): to 2048. Select Next.
Set Bridge: to vmbr1, set Mode: to Intel E1000, Disable the Firewall: tickbox. Select Next.
Do NOT tick the Start after created because we need to map the (soon to be downloaded) OME image to a disk. Select Finish.

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 # From the main Proxmox page, select <code>Create VM</code> to launch the <code>Create: Virtual Machine</code> dialog window.
 # Tick the <code>Advanced</code> box and the <code>Start at boot:</code> box, then enter VM ID of <code>123</code>, set Name: to <code><dc>-ome</code>. Enter 10 into the <code>Start/Shutdown Order:</code>. Select <code>Next</code>.
-[[File:OME - VM Create - 01 - General.png|800px]]
+#*[[File:OME - VM Create - 01 - General.png|800px]]
 # Select <code>Do not use any media</code>. Set Type: to <code>Other</code>.  Select <code>Next</code>.
-[[File:OME - VM Create - 02 - OS.png|800px]]
+#*[[File:OME - VM Create - 02 - OS.png|800px]]
 # Ensure that Graphic card: is set to <code>Default</code>, SCSI Controller: is set to <code>VirtIO SCSI single</code>, Machine: is set to <code>Default (i440fx)</code>, BIOS: is set to <code>Default (SeaBIOS)</code>. Select <code>Next</code>.
-[[File:OME - VM Create - 03 - System.png|800px]]
+#*[[File:OME - VM Create - 03 - System.png|800px]]
 # Ensure that Bus/Device: is set to <code>IDE</code> & <code>0</code>, Storage: is set to <code>local-zfs,</code> Disk size (GiB): is set to <code>8</code>, <code>Backup:</code> box is ticked, Async IO: is set to <code>Default (io_uring)</code>. Select <code>Next</code>.
-[[File:Screenshot 2024-01-22 at 2.50.42 PM.png|800px]]
+#*[[File:Screenshot 2024-01-22 at 2.50.42 PM.png|800px]]
 # Set Sockets to <code>1</code>, set Type: to <code>X86-64-v2-AES</code>, set Cores: to <code>8</code>. Select <code>Next</code>.
-[[File:OME - VM Create - 05 - CPU.png|800px]]
+#*[[File:OME - VM Create - 05 - CPU.png|800px]]
 # Set Memory(MiB): to <code>16767</code> and Minimum memory (MB): to <code>2048</code>. Select <code>Next</code>.
+#*[[File:OME - VM Create - 06 - Memory.png|800px]]
 # Set Bridge: to <code>vmbr1</code>, set Mode: to <code>Intel E1000</code>, Disable the <code>Firewall:</code> tickbox. Select <code>Next</code>.
+#*[[File:OME - VM Create - 07 - Network.png|800px]]
 # Do NOT tick the <code>Start after created</code> because we need to map the (soon to be downloaded) OME image to a disk. Select <code>Finish</code>.
+#*[[File:OME - VM Create - 08 - Confirm.png|800px]]