Deployment checklist for your Azure Stack Edge Pro R device
This article describes the information that can be gathered ahead of the actual deployment of your Azure Stack Edge Pro R device.
Use the following checklist to ensure you have this information after you have placed an order for an Azure Stack Edge Pro R device and before you have received the device.
Deployment checklist
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Device management |
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Device installation | Power cables in the package. For US, an SVE 18/3 cable rated for 125 V and 15 Amps with a NEMA 5-15P to C13 (input to output) connector is shipped. |
For more information, see the list of Supported power cords by country. |
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Customer needs to procure these cables. For a full list of supported network cables, switches, and transceivers for device network cards, see Cavium FastlinQ 41000 Series Interoperability Matrix. |
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Network readiness | Check to see how ready your network is for the deployment of an Azure Stack Edge device. | Use the Azure Stack Network Readiness Checker to test all needed connections. |
First-time device connection | Laptop whose IPv4 settings can be changed. This laptop connects to Port 1 via a switch or a USB to Ethernet adaptor. | |
Device sign-in | Device administrator password, between 8 and 16 characters, including three of the following character types: uppercase, lowercase, numeric, and special characters. | Default password is Password1, which expires at first sign-in. |
Network settings | Device comes with 2 x 1-GbE, 4 x 25-GbE network ports.
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Static IPv4 configuration requires IP, DNS server, and default gateway. |
Compute network settings |
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Only static IPv4 configuration is supported. |
(Optional) Web proxy settings |
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Firewall and port settings | If using firewall, make sure the listed URLs patterns and ports are allowed for device IPs. | |
(Recommended) Time settings | Configure time zone, primary NTP server, secondary NTP server. | Configure primary and secondary NTP server on local network. If local server is not available, public NTP servers can be configured. |
(Optional) Update server settings | Require update server IP address on local network, path to WSUS server. | By default, public Windows update server is used. |
Device settings |
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(Optional) Certificates | If you bring your own certificates including the signing chain(s), Add certificates in appropriate format. | Configure certificates only if you change device name and/or DNS domain. |
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Encryption-at-rest | Recommend using automatically generated encryption key. | If using your own key, you need a 32 character long Base-64 encoded key. |
Activation | Require activation key from the Azure Stack Edge Pro/ Data Box Gateway resource. | Once generated, the key expires in 3 days. |
Next steps
- Prepare to deploy your Azure Stack Edge Pro device.
- Use the Azure Stack Edge Network Readiness Tool to verify your network settings.