VxRail First Run for the Management Cluster

Before you can deploy the management domain using VMware Cloud Builder, you must perform the VxRail first run.

The VxRail first run for the management cluster consists of the following tasks:

• The discovery of the VxRail Nodes occurs. All the nodes that were imaged are detected.
• Upload the JSON configuration file. Trigger the validation.
• All the configuration inputs are validated.

Note: You specify the vSphere Lifecycle Manager method (vSphere Lifecycle Manager images or vSphere Lifecycle Manager baselines) during the VxRail first run or in the vCenter Server VxRail UI after the first run, but before bring-up. See the Dell VxRail documentation for details.

Note: vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) requires vSphere Lifecycle Manager images.

The following components are deployed and enabled:

• vCenter
• vSAN
• VxRail Manager

Click Manage VxRail to log in to the VMware vCenter server.

For information on VxRail First Run, contact Dell Support.