If the existing external network does not have a vCenter appliance that can access the SFS network, assign an ESXi server.
Installation and configuration of vSphere is beyond the scope of this documentation. For more information, see VMware vSphere Documentation. For the values entered in this example, see the following table.
Parameter | Value |
Network adapters | vmnic0, vmnic1 |
VLAN ID | 1811 |
ESXi01 IP address Gateway | 172.18.11.101/24 172.18.11.254 |
DNS server | In L2 example - 172.18.11.50 In L3 example - 172.19.11.50 |
Hostname | esxi01 |
Suffix | dell.local |
When the first ESXi host has been configured, verify the connectivity using the ESXi host Direct Console User Interface (DCUI).