The values used in the Dell EMC VxRail Deployment Wizard for the examples in this guide are shown in the right column of the table below. The IP addresses and VLAN IDs are from Table 3. For more information on the Deployment Wizard options, see the VxRail Appliance Installation Procedures that are available on Dell Technologies SolVe Online (account required).
Category | Section | Description | Values used in this guide |
Global Settings | General | Top Level Domain | dell.lab |
vCenter Server | Use the VxRail vCenter Server | ||
DNS Server | Externala | ||
DNS Server IP Address(es) | 172.18.11.50 (In L2 uplink example) 172.19.11.50 (In L3 uplink example)b | ||
NTP Server(s) | ntp.dell.labc | ||
Syslog Server IP Address(es) | blank | ||
NIC Configuration | 2x 10 GbE or 2x 25 GbE | ||
vCenter Server Settings | vCenter Server | vCenter Server Hostname | vcenter01 |
vCenter Server IP Address | 172.18.11.62 | ||
Join an existing vCenter SSO Domain | No | ||
Same Password for all Accounts | Yes | ||
vCenter Server Management Username | management | ||
vCenter Server Password | password | ||
Host Settings | ESXi Hosts | Host Configuration Method | Autofill |
ESXi Hostname | vxrail | ||
ESXi Starting IP Address | 172.18.11.101 | ||
Same Credentials for all Hosts | Yes | ||
ESXi Management Username | management | ||
ESXi Management Password | password | ||
ESXi Root Password | password | ||
ESXi Host Location | Same Rack For All Hosts | Yes | |
Rack Name | blank | ||
Rack Position | blank | ||
VxRail Manager Settings | VxRail Manager | VxRail Manager Hostname | vxmgr01 |
VxRail Manager IP Address | 172.18.11.72 | ||
VxRail Manager Root Password | password | ||
VxRail Manager Service Account Password | password | ||
Virtual Network Settings | VxRail Management Network | Management Subnet Mask | 255.255.255.0 |
Management Gateway | 172.18.11.254 | ||
Management VLAN ID | 1811 | ||
vSAN | vSAN Configuration Method | Autofill | |
vSAN Starting IP Address | 172.18.13.101 | ||
vSAN Subnet Mask | 255.255.255.0 | ||
vSAN VLAN ID | 1813 | ||
vSphere vMotion | vSAN Configuration Method | Autofill | |
vSAN Starting IP Address | 172.18.12.101 | ||
vSAN Subnet Mask | 255.255.255.0 | ||
vSAN VLAN ID | 1812 | ||
VM Guest Networks | VM Guest Network Name | VM_Network_A | |
VLAN ID | 1814 | ||
VM Guest Network Name | VM_Network_B | ||
VLAN ID | 1815 | ||
System VM Network | Port Binding | Ephemeral Binding |