Integrate LCM with Dell EMC XC Series and XC Core

Simple management by integrating with XC Series or XC Core

The power of iDRAC with Life Cycle Management (LCM)

Dell EMC XC Series Appliance and XC Core System

Life Cycle Management (LCM) enables inventory and cluster-

aware update

LCM is a new framework that automates software and

firmware updates for your XC Series or XC Core clusters.

Take Inventory of system

components

Access support site with Dell

EMC Service Tag

Pull down DUPs from Dell.com

Move VMs off Node

Shut down CVM

Put host in Maintenance Mode

Upload each DUP using iDRAC

Update each DUP in

management console

Reboot system

Verify components are updated

Move node back into cluster

Take inventory of system

components

Find available updates

• VMs Migrated

• Node Placed in Maintenance Mode

• Apply Updates

• Reboot Appliance

LCM Automated Framework Begins

* Testing was done on a XC Series 630-10, 4-node cluster running ESXi 6.5U1 and AOS 5.5.0.6** LCM does not support Hyper-V or AHV hypervisors at this time.*** Traditional upgrade is performed on each node in a cluster in an incremental fashion.

Upgrade is 70% faster using LCM

LCM automated framework

Simple upgrade with fewer stepsUpgrade is faster and easier using LCM

Traditional upgrade***

0 2 4 6 8 10

Traditional Update 10h

LCM 2.8h

Time In Hours

Traditional updates take 10 hours vs LCM at 2.8 hours

LCM highlights and benefits

Life Cycle Management (LCM) is a new feature of Nutanix Acropolis Operating System

(AOS) 5.0 which eliminates the manual steps necessary to update Dell EMC XC Series

Appliances or XC Core Systems and saves hours of an administrator’s valuable time.

LCM performs cluster-aware, automated, rolling updates one XC Series appliance at a time

for these components:

• BIOS

• Backplane

• PERC730 and HBA330 controllers

• Network Interface Card

Other key features of LCM include:

• Schedule and check availability for new updates automatically

• Auto-migration of VMs streamlines update process

• Supports dark sites with LCM locality settings

• Leverages rich standards-based APIs offered by iDRAC Lifecycle Controller (WS-MAN,

Redfish, IPMI, and RACADM CLI)

• NCC health checks validate the health of a cluster prior to performing the updates

• Prism Tasks tab enables monitoring for Entity update status

LCM Architecture for a single XC Series Appliance or XC Core System

• iDRAC

• SATADOM

• PTAgent and ISM

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