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azure-local-multi-rack

Plan, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot multi-rack (rack scale) deployments of Azure Local — preintegrated racks scaling to hundreds of machines, built on Network Fabric Controller, Cluster Manager, SAN storage, and managed network fabric. Use for the Microsoft.NetworkCloud and Microsoft.ManagedNetworkFabric control plane. NOT for standard 1-16 node Azure Local, and NOT for rack-aware clusters (two racks as availability zones, up to 8 nodes, synchronous replication) — those are standard scale. WHEN: multi-rack, rack scale Azure Local, aggregation rack, compute rack, Network Fabric Controller,

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Use azure-local-multi-rack to perform a read-only operational assessment of [multi-rack Azure Local environment] for [issue], first confirming it is rack-scale rather than standard Azure Local; do not change fabric, SAN, isolation domains, or VM power state.

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  • [multi-rack Azure Local environment]
  • [issue]

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name: azure-local-multi-rackdescription: "Plan, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot multi-rack (rack scale) deployments of Azure Local — preintegrated racks scaling to hundreds of machines, built on Network Fabric Controller, Cluster Manager, SAN storage, and managed network fabric. Use for the Microsoft.NetworkCloud and Microsoft.ManagedNetworkFabric control plane. NOT for standard 1-16 node Azure Local, and NOT for rack-aware clusters (two racks as availability zones, up to 8 nodes, synchronous replication) — those are standard scale. WHEN: multi-rack, rack scale Azure Local, aggregation rack, compute rack, Network Fabric Controller, NFC, Cluster Manager, network fabric, isolation domain, az networkcloud, az networkfabric, multi-rack logical network, multi-rack Arc VM."license: MITmetadata:   author: Microsoft  version: "1.0.1"

Azure Local Multi-Rack

Multi-rack is in preview — say so, and confirm availability from the docs before committing to a design.

Quick Reference

PropertyValue
Best forRack-scale Azure Local: 100+ machines, preintegrated racks, SAN, managed fabric
ScaleMinimum four racks — one aggregation rack plus three or more compute racks
ProvidersMicrosoft.NetworkCloud, Microsoft.ManagedNetworkFabric, Microsoft.AzureStackHCI
CLIaz networkcloud, az networkfabric, az stack-hci-vm
Related skillazure-local for standard 1-16 node and rack-aware deployments

When to Use This Skill

Use when the deployment is multi-rack / rack scale: preintegrated racks, an aggregation rack, a Network Fabric Controller, a Cluster Manager, SAN storage, or the networkcloud / managednetworkfabric CLI extensions.

Do not use for standard Azure Local (1-16 node hyperconverged, up to 64 disaggregated) or rack-aware clusters — hand off to the azure-local skill. If the scale is unclear, ask first: the two have separate, non-interchangeable procedures for the same-sounding tasks (logical networks, VM creation, NSGs).

MCP Tools

No dedicated MCP namespace. Use generic Azure MCP tools: mcp_azure_mcp_extension_cli_generate (confirm networkcloud/networkfabric extensions first), mcp_azure_mcp_monitor (needs Log Analytics), mcp_azure_mcp_resourcehealth (partial; not fabric or SAN health), mcp_azure_mcp_documentation (multi-rack articles only — standard Azure Local pages do not apply).

Details: cli-and-prereqs.

Workflow

  1. Confirm this is multi-rack, not standard Azure Local — see When to Use.
  2. Plan/deploy -> plan-and-deploy
  3. VMs, AKS, images, disks -> workload-management
  4. Fabric, isolation domains, load balancers, NSGs -> networking
  5. Monitoring, metrics, serial console, failures -> operate-and-monitor

Read the matched workflow first and use docs-map. Start read-only. Ask before fabric changes, isolation domain edits, VM power/delete operations, or anything touching the aggregation rack or SAN.

Error Handling

ScenarioRemediation
Scale unknownAsk whether the deployment is multi-rack or standard before recommending procedures.
Standard Azure Local detectedHand off to the azure-local skill; multi-rack procedures do not apply.
Missing CLI extensionInstall per cli-and-prereqs before running commands.
Risky fabric or SAN changeStop and follow safety-rules.
Doc URL 404/redirectSearch Learn for the title, scoped to multi-rack deployments of Azure Local.