NUTA NIX BA SIC SETUP FOR RE-IMA GING VIA FOUNDA TION VM N

Use Case exam p le: 'Bare Met al' re-im ag ing a Nut anix clust er from an unknow n st at e or unknow n IP ad d ressing from a used POC or lab

Please review t he lat est inform at ion in t he "Field Inst allat ion Guid e" from t he Nut anix Port al ( ht t p :// m y.nut anix.com ) p rior t o using Found at ion

Node D Node B
Connect 1GbE Shared Connect 1GbE Shared
IPMI port to switch IPMI port to switch

Typ ical 4 No d e
Blo ck
Rear View Node C Node A
Connect 1GbE Shared Connect 1GbE Shared
IPMI port to switch IPMI port to switch

Single cable per node imaging/setup is

1GbE 1GbE 1GbE possible using Shared IPMI ports
1GbE indicated in the diagram

However, If possible connect both the

dedicated IPMI port and the dedicated
1GbE 1Gbit port connected to the switch
(ie. 2 network cables per node)
Laptop IPv6 m ult icast enab led L2 sw it ch

Lap t o p sho uld b e co nnect ed t o t he sam e L2 net w o rk as t he IPMI net w o rk

Lap t o p sho uld co nt ain:

Virt ualBox
- Dow nload from ht t p :// virt ualb ox.org
Fo und at io n St and alo ne VM
- Dow nload t he Found at ion VM from t he Nut anix Port al
- Found at ion VM d ep loym ent inst ruct ions in t he Field Inst allat ion Guid e on t he Nut anix Port al
- A lw ays use t he lat est Found at ion version availab le on t he Nut anix Port al
Nut anix A OS im ag e(s)
- Dow nload from t he Nut anix Port al
Hyp erviso r ISO(s)
- Dow nload from Hyp ervisor m anufact urer's w eb sit e
IPMI MAC Ad d ress lo cat io n p er no d e
Please check t he MD5 checksum o n all d ow nlo ad s. Check fo r co rrect IPMI MA C ad d resses
- Oft en failed re-im ag ing is caused by corrup t ed d ow nload s or m ist yp ed ad d ressing

Fo llow t he inst ruct io ns in t he Field Inst allat io n Guid e t o p erfo rm a 'Bare Met al' re-im ag e using t he IPMI MA C ad d resses o n each no d e

Not e:
Lenovo HX-series syst em s req uire t hat you connect b ot h t he syst em m anag em ent ( IMM) p ort and one of t he 10 Gb E p ort s
Dell XC-series syst em s req uire t hat you connect b ot h t he iDRA C p ort and one of t he 1 Gb E p ort s ( XC4 30 -4 req uires 10 Gb it connect ed )
Check t he Found at ion Field Inst allat ion Guid e for m ore sp ecifics for your m od els

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NUTA NIX SHA RED IPMI PORT LOCA TIONS PER NX MODEL

Lo cat io n o f t he Shared IPMI p o rt fo r t he fo llow ing m o d els :

NX-10 6 5-G4 / G5
NX-10 6 5S-G5
SX-10 6 5-G5
NX-30 6 0 -G4 / G5
NX-6 0 35-G4 / G5
NX-80 35-G4 / G5
NX-9 0 60 -G4

Lo cat io n o f t he Shared IPMI p o rt fo r t he fo llow ing m o d els :

NX-10 20
NX-10 6 5S
NX-10 50
NX-30 50
NX-30 6 0
NX-6 0 0 0
NX-70 0 0
NX-9 0 4 0

Lo cat io n o f t he Shared IPMI p o rt fo r t he fo llow ing m o d els :

NX-1155-G5
NX-3155G-G4 / G5
NX-6155-G5
NX-8150

The NX-3175-G4/G5 requires 1 adapter

Full diagrams for all NX models see the
following document available on the
Nutanix Portal:
per node (not supplied with the node)
Lo cat io n o f t he IPMI p o rt fo r t he fo llow ing m o d els : The adapter connects the 10 GbE SFP+
port to your 1 GbE field imaging switch.
NX-3175-G4 / G5 ( SFP+)
NX-8150 -G4 / G5 ( 10 BaseT) The supported adapters are:

1) FluxLight: GLC-T
"NX and SX Series Hardware No t e: Yo u m ust co nnect t he d ed icat ed 1Gb E IPMI p o rt as w ell 2) Finisar: FCLF8522P2BTL
Administration and Reference" as t he 10 Gb E Po rt 1 fo r im ag ing t he NX-3175 m o d els 3) Arista: SFP-1G-T
See Nutanix KB 2422

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