Using UCP Expansion for UCP non-virtualization solutions

Basic Information

1. In a web browser, log on to UCP Advisor.
2. Click Settings > UCP Expansion.
   
   
   
   
3. For Select Solution Type, select UCP Non-virtualization.
4. For the Search By option:
   • Select IPv4 Address if UCP Advisor and the compute nodes are in different subnets, and then for the IPv4 Address Range, enter the IPv4 address range for the compute nodes that you want to discover.
   • Select IPv6 Address if UCP Advisor and the compute nodes are in the same subnet. You can also select this option to discover the compute nodes on a remote network by providing the external gateway VM IPv4 address.
     Note: You can onboard the discovered compute nodes to only those UCP systems that have the same external gateway VM IPv4 address configured or the Spare Pool.
5. For the UCP Advisor Gateway IPv4 address, enter the IP address of the UCP Advisor VM or select the external gateway VM IP address from the list.
6. (Optional) Enter the BMC username and password. The BMC credentials must be the same for all the compute nodes that you want to configure.
7. (Optional) Enter the ESXi username and password. The ESXi credentials must be the same for all the compute nodes that you want to configure.
8. Click Next.

Node Autodiscovery

1. Select one or more compute nodes that you want to add to the cluster.
   Note:

   • All the compute nodes in the given network range are discovered.
   • You can select either bare metal compute nodes or non-bare metal compute nodes, and ESXi nodes.
   • You must select compute nodes that are of the same model type. For example, you can select any number of DS120 nodes; however, you cannot select a combination of DS120 nodes and DS220 nodes in a single operation.
   • Autodiscovery of HA810/HA820 G2 and HA810/HA820 G3 nodes takes approximately 25 minutes to complete.
   • Compute nodes that are already assigned to a UCP system are not discovered during autodiscovery.
   
   
   
   
   
   Note: If the compute nodes are listed with SOL errors, reset the BMC/iLO and clear any active IPMI sessions from the BMC/iLO console.
2. Click Configure Devices.

IPv4 Assignment

1. Select an option to assign IPv4 for BMC.
   • Select the Server power on/up order option, enter Continue, and then click Submit to assign a sequence of IP addresses to the selected compute nodes.
     Note: The compute nodes are first powered off. You must physically power on the compute nodes in a bottom-up sequence in the physical rack for the IPv4 assignment to succeed.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
   • Select Manually Assign to manually assign IPv4 addresses for the selected compute nodes.

BMC Configuration

You can skip this step if the BMC is already configured for all of the selected compute nodes.

1. Click Configure BMC.
   
   
   
   
2. Enter the following network settings. When done, click Next, review the summary, and then click Configure.

   IPv4 Address Range

   The IPv4 address range for the BMC.

   Default Gateway

   The default gateway address for the BMC.

   Subnet Mask

   The subnet mask IP address for the BMC.

   VLAN ID

   (Optional) The VLAN ID for the BMC.

   Note: You must enter the VLAN ID if you have configured it. If you enter an incorrect VLAN ID, the BMC will not be configured.

   NTP

   (Optional) The NTP server IP address for the BMC.

   BMC Admin User New Password

   Enter the BMC admin user password.

   BMC Admin User Confirm Password

   Confirm the BMC admin user password.

3. Click Next to onboard the discovered compute nodes.
   Note: If BMC configuration fails, restart UCP Expansion. You cannot skip BMC configuration at this stage of UCP Expansion.

Onboard Compute Devices

1. Onboard the discovered compute nodes.
   
   
   
   
   • Click Onboard Devices, select the UCP system where you want to onboard the compute nodes, and then click Onboard.
     Note: You can onboard the compute nodes to a UCP system or to the Spare Pool.
     
     
     
     
     

     Click Finish to complete the UCP expansion.

     
     
     
     
     
     Note: If onboarding fails for a compute node, verify that the BMC and the ESXi for that compute node is reachable, and then retry onboarding.
   • Click Skip to skip onboarding the compute nodes and complete the UCP expansion.
   • Click Export as CSV to download the compute node details as a CSV file. You can later use this file to onboard the compute nodes to UCP systems.

Complete UCP Expansion

After completing the UCP expansion:

• Click UCP Expansion Log to download the log report and troubleshoot any issues.
  Note: You can also view the UCP expansion logs in the day0 folder of the UCP Advisor log bundle.
• Click UCP Expansion Report to download the UCP expansion configuration report.