I found following script on Dell Tech Center “The script illustrates In-band retrieval of CMC IP Address.”
Download here.
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Managing Dell PowerEdge VRTX using Windows PowerShell
I recently found a good post on Dell TechCenter about managing Dell PowerEdge VRTX with PowerShell.
To see the post, click here.
Dell PowerEdge VRTX Networking
This article is written by @DellTechCenter Team.
Dell PowerEdge VRTX is a converged infrastructure product focused on remote, branch, and small office requirements.
This document outlines the configuration of the Dell PowerEdge VRTX 1GbE switch I/O Module (IOM) to establish basic connection to the local network. Dell PowerEdge VRTX can be configured with an integrated 1GbE pass-through switch module or an integrated 1GbE switch module. The 1GbE switch module is recommended for most applications.
You can download the guide here.
Emerson talks about Dell PowerEdge VRTX and Hyper-V
PowerShell Script to Configure Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 to use shared RAID as Cluster shared Volume
First what is shared RAID?
Shared RAID means that different Systems share one RAIDcontroller (or two if the system is redundant) and his virtual Disks.
Like with the Dell PowerEdge VRTX, where you can have up to 4 nodes sharing a PERC H710p based Raidcontroller (redudant configuration will be available beginning 2014) and up to 25 disks.
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By default, you cannot use shared RAID as in Windows Server. If you want to use a shared RAID Controller as Cluster shared Volume with Windows Server you need to change the registry.
You have to create the registry value:
HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ClusDisk\Parameters\AllowBusTypeRAIDBecause most of us running scripts or management systems like Microsoft System Center to autoconfigure the Operatingssystem and the Server, I spend some time to create a script you can use with Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 to configure this registry value.
Script:
#Copyright www.datacenter-flo.de & www.dell.de/techcenterSet-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Force #Set Execution Policy to RemoteSigned
Get-PSDrive -PSProvider Registry #Load PowerShell drive Registry
$regkey = “HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ClusDisk\Parameters\” #write var RegKey with Registry path
$name = “AllowBusTypeRAID” #write var name with name of value
$exists = Get-itemproperty -path $regkey -name $name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue #write value of var name in var exist
if ($exists.$name -eq $null) #check if var name exist
{
new-Itemproperty -path “HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ClusDisk\Parameters\” -name AllowBusTypeRAID -value “1” -PropertyType “dword” #write new key because var name not exist
Write-Output “The Key [$regkey$name] was created and set to value 1.” Write-Output “You can now use shared RAID as Cluster Shared Volume (CSV)”
}else{
if ($exists.AllowBusTypeRAID -eq 0 ) #var name exist now checking if value is 0
{
Set-ItemProperty -path “HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ClusDisk\Parameters\” -name AllowBusTypeRAID -value “1” #var name exist but is 0 so set value to 1
Write-Output “The Key [$regkey$name] was available and set to value 1.”
Write-Output “You can now use shared RAID as Cluster Shared Volume (CSV)”
}else{
Write-Output “The Key [$regkey$name] already exist.”
Write-Output “You can now use shared RAID as Cluster Shared Volume (CSV)”
}
}