VxRail Manager is used for VxRail deployments. The VxRail Manager VM automatically runs on the master VxRail node, which is the node with the lowest VxRail serial number.
VxRail Manager is accessed by connecting a laptop computer or a jump host directly to any available leaf switch port, as shown in the following figure.
This section covers the configuration of a leaf switch port for connection to a jump host or laptop computer (referred to only as a jump host for the remainder of this guide).
Change native port speed on S5200 series switches
If the jump host has a 1 GbE or 10 GbE NIC, and it is connected to a 25 GbE port on an S5200 series switch, the switch port used must be changed from its native 25 GbE speed to 10 GbE for the port to come up.
If the jump host has a 1 GbE or 10 GbE NIC, and is connected to a 10 GbE port on an S4100 series leaf switch, or has a 25 GbE NIC and connects to an S5200 series leaf switch, leave the port at its native speed, skip this section, and go to the Configure the jump host interface section.
Determine the port group
Determine the port group containing the port that the jump host will use. This is done by referencing the table below for S5200 series switches, or by running the show port-group
command from the leaf switch CLI. For example, if the jump host is connected to port 1/1/9, it is in port group 1/1/3.
Native physical interface name | Port group number | Native speed | Non-native speed | Non-native logical interface name | Applicable switches |
Eth 1/1/1-1/1/4 | 1/1/1 | 25g-4x | 10g-4x | Eth 1/1/x:1 | S5212/S5224/S5248/S5296 |
Change the port-group speed in the SFS web UI
In this section, port group 1/1/3 is changed from its 4x25 G native speed to 4x10 G to accommodate a jump host connected to port 1/1/9 on Leaf1A.
- On the SFS web UI Home page, click 1. Breakout Switch Ports.
- Select the Rack, Switch, and Port group. Set Breakout Capabilities to 4X10GEFixedFormFactor,as shown in the following figure.
- Click OK to apply the setting.
Configure the jump host interface
The jump host interface is configured as follows:
- On the SFS web UI Home page, click 2. Configure Jump Host.
- In the Configure Jump Host window:
- Enter a Name, such as Jump Host 1.
- (Optional) Enter a Description.
- Select the Rack, for example, Rack 1.
- Select the Switch, for example, Leaf1A.
- Select the Configured Interface that the jump host uses. In this example, it is 1/1/9:1.Note: Port 1/1/9 was automatically renamed to 1/1/9:1 when its port group was changed from its native setting of 4x 25 GbE to 4x 10 GbE.
- Next to Untagged Network, leave the network set to Client_Management_Network, as shown in the figure below.
- Click OK to apply the settings. The jump host interface is added as an untagged member of the Client_Management_Network (VLAN 4091 by default). Optionally, from the CLI, run the show virtual-network command to validate the settings.
VLAN 3939 contains port channel 1000 (the VLTi) and the three interfaces connected to the VxRail nodes, 1/1/1-1/1/3. VLAN 4091 contains port channel 1000, the three interfaces connected to the VxRail nodes, and the jump host port, ethernet 1/1/9:1.
Leaf1A# show virtual-network
Codes: DP - MAC-learn Dataplane, CP - MAC-learn Controlplane, UUD - Unknown-Unicast-Drop
Un-tagged VLAN: 4080
Virtual Network: 3939
Description: In-band SmartFabric Services discovery network
VLTi-VLAN: 3939
Members:
VLAN 3939: port-channel1000, ethernet1/1/1, ethernet1/1/2, ethernet1/1/3
VxLAN Virtual Network Identifier: 3939
Source Interface: loopback2(172.30.0.0)
Remote-VTEPs (flood-list):
Virtual Network: 4091
Description: Default untagged network for client onboarding
VLTi-VLAN: 4091
Members:
Untagged: ethernet1/1/1, ethernet1/1/2, ethernet1/1/3, ethernet1/1/9:1
VLAN 4091: port-channel1000
VxLAN Virtual Network Identifier: 4091
Source Interface: loopback2(172.30.0.0)
Remote-VTEPs (flood-list):
Configure the jump host IP addresses
By default, the initial VxRail Manager IP address is 192.168.10.200/24, and it is in VLAN 4091. After the initial configuration, the VxRail Manager address changes to its new address on the External Management VLAN (VLAN 1811 in this example). The new VxRail Manager address used in this guide is 172.18.11.72/24 per the planning data in Table 4.
During installation, the jump host must be able to reach both the initial and new VxRail Manager addresses, so two addresses are configured on its network adapter, one for each network.
The IP addresses are configured on the jump host NIC in this example as follows:
- 192.168.10.201/24, to communicate with the initial VxRail Manager address, 192.168.10.200/24
- 172.18.11.201/24, to communicate with the new VxRail Manager address, 172.18.11.72/24
Once the jump host has been configured with an IP address on the 192.168.10.0/24 network, verify the jump host can communicate with VxRail Manager by pinging 192.168.10.200 from the jump host.