RMU build Gen-1.5: IV. Best Practices - C. Dell OpenManage Enterprise
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Go back to the previous section: B. Install RACADM Tool on RMU
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 theCreate: Virtual Machine
dialog window. - Tick the
Advanced
box and theStart at boot:
box, then enter VM ID of123
, set Name: to<dc>-ome
. Enter 10 into theStart/Shutdown Order:
. SelectNext
. - Select
Do not use any media
. Set Type: toOther
. SelectNext
. - Ensure that Graphic card: is set to
Default
, SCSI Controller: is set toVirtIO SCSI single
, Machine: is set toDefault (i440fx)
, BIOS: is set toDefault (SeaBIOS)
. SelectNext
. - Ensure that Bus/Device: is set to
IDE
&0
, Storage: is set tolocal-zfs,
Disk size (GiB): is set to8
,Backup:
box is ticked, Async IO: is set toDefault (io_uring)
. SelectNext
. - Set Sockets to
1
, set Type: toX86-64-v2-AES
, set Cores: to8
. SelectNext
. - Set Memory(MiB): to
16767
and Minimum memory (MB): to2048
. SelectNext
. - Set Bridge: to
vmbr1
, set Mode: toIntel E1000
, Disable theFirewall:
tickbox. SelectNext
. - Do NOT tick the
Start after created
because we need to map the (soon to be downloaded) OME image to a disk. SelectFinish
.
Continue to next section: D. Update Firmware on SuperMicro Nodes
Or skip and jump to E. Enable Remote Access to Servers Console
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