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Dell EMC requires three PowerFlex management controller nodes with high availability (HA) support and vSAN for software scale-out. To support VMware NSX-T Edge nodes, a fourth node is required to support the required system resources to support the NSX-T Manager VMs. |
- PowerFlex management controller nodes are either part of the appliance or provided by the customer. Two options are available: A single node or a three-node PowerFlex management controller . Neither option meets the VMware NSX-T requirements.
- To support NSX-T requirements, four PowerFlex management controller nodes are recommended to support the required system resources for three large-size NSX-T Manager VMs.
Note: If the
PowerFlex management controller s are provided by the customer, the customer must review the NSX-T documentation provided by VMware, and provide sufficient infrastructure to support the required CPU and memory for the NSX-T Manager VMs.
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Compute |
Dell Technologies recommends at least four PowerFlex hyperconverged nodes or three PowerFlex compute-only nodes for the performance and resiliency features of Storage Data Server (SDS) . |
Dell Technologies recommends at least four PowerFlex hyperconverged nodes or three PowerFlex compute-only nodes for the performance and resiliency features of Storage Data Server (SDS) . |
Network |
- Supports either a traditional Ethernet architecture (Cisco or Dell Technologies) or leaf-spine topology (Cisco).
- By default, the NSX-T Edge physical nodes connect directly to either the aggregation or border leaf switches, depending on the network topology. If there is a limitation because of port capacity or cable distance, the management and transport connections are relocated from the aggregation or border leaf switches to the access or leaf switches.
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- The access switches (Cisco or Dell Technologies) can be managed by PowerFlex Manager or managed by the customer.
- The leaf (Cisco), spine (Cisco) or aggregation (Cisco or Dell Technologies) switches are only managed by the customer.
- Dell Technologies recommends connecting the customer provided NSX-T Edge nodes directly to the border leaf or aggregation switches. If there is a limitation because of port capacity or cable distance, the management and transport connections are relocated from the aggregation or border leaf switches to the access or leaf switches.
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Storage |
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- PowerFlex storage-only nodes are not supported as an NSX-T transport node.
- Storage is software-defined SAN storage that uses local disks to build a virtual SAN storage pool.
- The single PowerFlex management controller node runs on local RAID storage as the storage solution. A single PowerFlex management controller node cannot be used for NSX-T.
- The three PowerFlex management controller node option runs on vSAN storage solution. NSX-T requires a fourth PowerFlex management controller node to meet system requirements.
- PowerFlex compute-only nodes run on PowerFlex as the storage solution.
- The NSX-T Edge nodes can run in either a local RAID storage (recommended) or a VMware vSAN storage solution.
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