Before onboarding the Windows server, ensure that the following tasks have been completed:
- The networking fabric is built out using SFS. The switches in the multirack topology are in SmartFabric mode.
- The appropriate configuration has been completed on the external switches. In this example, the fabric connects to the external switches using L2 uplinks.
- ESXi nodes 1 and 2 are onboarded to the fabric.
- vCenter and OMNI are deployed on ESXi node 1.
- The associated networks are created using OMNI. See Configure General Purpose Networks Using OMNI for more information.
- The port 1/1/3 on Leaf1A and Leaf1B connect to the Windows Server and operates at its native speed of 25 GbE.
- The vDS configuration on vCenter has the following port groups:
Table 15. vDS port groups VLAN ID Description 1811 External management 1812 vMotion 1814 VM Network A 1815 VM Network B - OOB management -
The following figure shows the vDS configuration topology view: