Dell PowerStore 3000X EMC PowerStore Virtualization Infrastructure Guide - Page 17

Manage Users, Adding an external ESXi host to a PowerStore X model ESXi cluster in vCenter Server

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Next steps ● To open vSphere Web Client in a new tab, click Launch vSphere. ● To update the stored IP address or credentials for the vCenter Server, click Update Connection. NOTE: You cannot change the vCenter Server that your cluster is connected to by updating the IP address. To change the vCenter Server that your cluster is connected to, see Change a vCenter Server connection on page 21. ● To disconnect from the vCenter Server, click Disconnect. NOTE: You can no longer use your PowerStore T model cluster to manage VMs. After disconnecting the vCenter Server, you can unregister the VASA provider if you no longer want to use vVols for VM storage. Manage Users Steps 1. Click Settings, and then select Users under Users. 2. Do any of the following: ● Add a user. When you add a user, you select the role of the user. ● View or change the role of a user. ● Delete a user. NOTE: The built-in Administrator account cannot be deleted. ● Change the password of a user. ● Lock or unlock a user. NOTE: Logged-in users with either an Administrator or Security Administrator role cannot lock their own account. Adding an external ESXi host to a PowerStore X model ESXi cluster in vCenter Server During the initialization of a PowerStore X model appliance, the system creates an ESXi cluster which contains the two PowerStore ESXi nodes. The ESXi cluster is created under a new or existing virtual data center in vCenter Server. External ESXi hosts can be added to the PowerStore X model ESXi cluster in vCenter Server. However, an approved Request for Product Qualification (RPQ) is needed due to considerations for networking and CPU model compatibility with vSphere Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC). Adding an external ESXi host into the PowerStore X model ESXi cluster enables the ability to leverage external compute for VM load balancing and high availability. NOTE: ESXi hosts do not have to be in the same cluster to enable vMotion and Storage vMotion between PowerStore X model internal ESXi nodes and external ESXi hosts. Using an external ESXi host with a PowerStore cluster If you have another ESXi host that is connected to a vCenter Server in your environment, you can grant the host access to your PowerStore cluster. Additional ESXi host configuration guidelines For information about configuring another ESXi host on a PowerStore cluster, see the PowerStore Host Configuration Guide. Getting started 17

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Next steps
●
To open vSphere Web Client in a new tab, click
Launch vSphere
.
●
To update the stored IP address or credentials for the vCenter Server, click
Update Connection
.
NOTE:
You cannot change the vCenter Server that your cluster is connected to by updating the IP address. To change
the vCenter Server that your cluster is connected to, see
Change a vCenter Server connection
on page 21.
●
To disconnect from the vCenter Server, click
Disconnect
.
NOTE:
You can no longer use your PowerStore T model cluster to manage VMs.
After disconnecting the vCenter Server, you can unregister the VASA provider if you no longer want to use vVols for VM
storage.
Manage Users
Steps
1.
Click
Settings
, and then select
Users
under
Users
.
2.
Do any of the following:
●
Add a user. When you add a user, you select the role of the user.
●
View or change the role of a user.
●
Delete a user.
NOTE:
The built-in Administrator account cannot be deleted.
●
Change the password of a user.
●
Lock or unlock a user.
NOTE:
Logged-in users with either an Administrator or Security Administrator role cannot lock their own account.
Adding an external ESXi host to a PowerStore X
model ESXi cluster in vCenter Server
During the initialization of a PowerStore X model appliance, the system creates an ESXi cluster which contains the two
PowerStore ESXi nodes. The ESXi cluster is created under a new or existing virtual data center in vCenter Server.
External ESXi hosts can be added to the PowerStore X model ESXi cluster in vCenter Server. However, an approved Request
for Product Qualification (RPQ) is needed due to considerations for networking and CPU model compatibility with vSphere
Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC).
Adding an external ESXi host into the PowerStore X model ESXi cluster enables the ability to leverage external compute for VM
load balancing and high availability.
NOTE:
ESXi hosts do not have to be in the same cluster to enable vMotion and Storage vMotion between PowerStore X
model internal ESXi nodes and external ESXi hosts.
Using an external ESXi host with a PowerStore cluster
If you have another ESXi host that is connected to a vCenter Server in your environment, you can grant the host access to your
PowerStore cluster.
Additional ESXi host configuration guidelines
For information about configuring another ESXi host on a PowerStore cluster, see the
PowerStore Host Configuration Guide
.
Getting started
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