MX7000 Quick Deploy and Slot Deployment Dell EMC Technical White Paper
Revisions Revisions Date Description Jan 2019 Initial release Acknowledgements This paper was produced by the following members of the Dell EMC storage engineering team: Author: Dahir Herzi and Gilberto Osuna Gonzalez 2 MX7000 Quick Deploy and Slot Deployment | Document ID
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Introduction Introduction The purpose of this whitepaper is to describe the Quick Deploy feature, provide details about the configuration parameters that can be used, and to illustrate different scenarios for which Quick Deploy settings are applied. Quick deployment is applicable for devices occupying one of the chassis slots and to empty chassis slots.
Quick Deploy Settings Details MX7000 Main Quick Deploy Settings Page. Quick Deploy Settings Details There are multiple combinations that can be used to perform quick deploy settings to one or more devices. Moreover the user can prepare configurations for empty slots the maybe used in the future. Listed fields in the UI are described below: Top Section Field Description Password Confirm Password Root password to be set (optional). Confirmation for the password to be set (optional).
Applying Quick Deploy Settings to Occupied Slots Following is an outline of the configuration behavior for the quick deploy feature: • • • • If a device is present in any of the slots and it requires quick deploy settings, then the slot must be selected (checkbox). If a slot is empty, but requires quick deploy configuration when a device is inserted, then the slot must be selected (checkbox). If no slots are selected then quick deploy will not be performed on an inserted device or an existing device.
Applying Quick Deploy Settings to Occupied Slots Quick Deploy Settings for Occupied Slots. A job will be created for Quick Deploy Settings, this Job will apply the requested settings in the selected slot(s) with seated device(s). Job details can be confirmed in the jobs section: Monitor->Jobs Quick Deploy Job executed for occupied slot(s). More details of the job can be seen when View Details button is selected. The details will display the device(s) for which Quick Deploy Settings are being applied.
Applying Quick Deploy Settings to Empty Slots Quick deploy job details for occupied slot selection. Applying Quick Deploy Settings to Empty Slots After navigating Settings->Quick Deploy settings from the Chassis page, we can start applying settings to an empty slot(s). The following steps must be followed: • • • • 8 Set credentials. This is an optional step, if no credentials are provided then by default ‘calvin’ is used and this will be set in all selected slots with seated devices.
Applying Quick Deploy Settings to Empty Slots Quick deploy settings for empty slots. • Apply Quick Deploy Settings. A job will be created for Quick Deploy Settings. Job details can be verified in the section: Monitor->Jobs In the job details it will be indicated that the configuration has been saved since there is no device operations. Quick deploy job details for empty slot selection. Quick Deploy settings for occupied and empty slots can be combined.
