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.

Download & Import OME

On the RMU, download OME virtual image

Open a shell console on the RMU

wget --user-agent="Mozilla" -O ome.zip 'https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER07474001M/1/openmanage_enterprise_kvm_format_3.6.1.zip?uid=c802e350-6536-4f28-7a66-93b4f844cd30&fn=openmanage_enterprise_kvm_format_3.6.1.zip'

Unzip the downloaded file

apt update && apt install unzip -y
unzip ome.zip

Import the QCOW2 image into the OEM VM’s space

cd appliance/qemu-kvm/
qm importdisk 123 openmanage_enterprise.qcow2 local-zfs

Configure the imported disk as the boot disk for the VM
Select the OME VM on the left side
Select Hardware
Double click Unused Disk
Set Bus/Device: to VirtIO Block. Select Add
Select Options and double Click Boot Order
Move the device with description local-zfs:vm-123-disk-1… to position 1. Tick the enable box next to it.
Untick the enable box for all other boot devices Select OK
When complete, your options screen should look like the following
Select the OME VM and start it.

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 # 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|link=Special:FilePath/OME_-_VM_Create_-_08_-_Confirm.png]]
+=== Download & Import OME ===
+# On the RMU, download OME virtual image
+# Open a shell console on the RMU<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
+wget --user-agent="Mozilla" -O ome.zip 'https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER07474001M/1/openmanage_enterprise_kvm_format_3.6.1.zip?uid=c802e350-6536-4f28-7a66-93b4f844cd30&fn=openmanage_enterprise_kvm_format_3.6.1.zip'
+</syntaxhighlight>
+# Unzip the downloaded file<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
+apt update && apt install unzip -y
+unzip ome.zip
+</syntaxhighlight>
+# Import the QCOW2 image into the OEM VM’s space<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
+cd appliance/qemu-kvm/
+qm importdisk 123 openmanage_enterprise.qcow2 local-zfs
+</syntaxhighlight>
+#* [[File:Screenshot 2023-12-19 at 1.31.39 PM.png|800px]]
+# Configure the imported disk as the boot disk for the VM
+# Select the <code>OME</code> VM on the left side
+# Select <code>Hardware</code>
+# Double click <code>Unused Disk</code>
+#* [[File:OME - VM Create - 09 - Add Unused Disk 01.png|800px]]
+# Set Bus/Device: to <code>VirtIO Block</code>. Select <code>Add</code>
+#* [[File:OME - VM Create - 10 - Add Unused Disk 02.png|800px]]
+# Select <code>Options</code> and double Click <code>Boot Order</code>
+#* [[File:OME - VM Create - 11 - Update Boot Order 01.png|800px]]
+# Move the device with description <code>local-zfs:vm-123-disk-1…</code> to position 1. Tick the enable box next to it.
+#* [[File:OME - VM Create - 12 - Update Boot Order 02.png|800px]]
+# Untick the enable box for all other boot devices Select <code>OK</code>
+#* [[File:OME - VM Create - 13 - Update Boot Oder 03.png|800px]]
+# When complete, your options screen should look like the following
+#* [[File:OME - VM Create - 14 - Start VM.png|800px]]
+# Select the <code>OME</code> VM and start it.
 ==Continue to next section: [[RMU build Gen-1.5: IV. Best Practices - D. Update Firmware on SuperMicro Nodes|D. Update Firmware on SuperMicro Nodes]]==