Dell XC430 Solution Manual

Also see for XC430: Owner's manual

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Create Nutanix storage cluster• Use the Nutanix web-based clustering application to create Nutanix storage cluster from all locallydiscovered nodes ready to be clustered. During this process, the following parameters are set:– Cluster name– Set cluster IPs (iDRAC, Hypervisor, and CVM)– Cluster virtual external IP– Subnet mask and default gateway, and cluster virtual external IP– DNS and NTP (hypervisor NTP N/A for Hyper-V) servers• Option to create Nutanix storage cluster manually, if IPv6 link-local is not enabledConfigure Nutanix storage cluster using hypervisor management GUIKVM Nutanix Acropolis:• Create storage pool and containers through Nutanix web console.• Create, deploy, and manage virtual machines through Nutanix web console.• For more information, see the Acropolis Virtualization Administration Guide.VMware vSphere:• Create storage pool through Nutanix web console.• Create and mount containers as NFS datastores on appropriate hosts through Nutanix web console.• Manually add and configure vSphere cluster by using the Nutanix guidelines. For more information,refer to the vSphere Administration Guide.Microsoft Hyper-V:• Create storage pool and containers through Nutanix web console.• Run Hyper-V setup script from any CVM to join hosts to domain, create Hyper-V failover cluster, andregister storage cluster as SMB share.• Optionally, add cluster to System Center Virtual Machine Manager with Hyper-V setup script ormanually.Default cluster credentialsThe default cluster credentials for the system differ from those provided at the starting of all Nutanixdocumentation. See Table 3 for default cluster credentials, which are specific to the system.NOTE: The default password is not set for ESXi hosts.Table 3. Default Cluster CredentialsInterface Target Username PasswordWeb managementconsoleiDRAC root CalvinRemote desktop orconsoleHyper-V host Administrator nutanix/4u15