Before following the procedure to onboard PowerStore X nodes, 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 fabric connects to the external switches using L2 uplinks. The appropriate configuration has been completed on the external switches.
- ESXi node 1 and 2 are onboarded to the fabric, as shown in the following figure:
- vCenter and OMNI are deployed on ESXi node 1.
- The ESXi nodes are added to a cluster in vCenter, as shown in the following figure:
- The associated networks are created. VLAN 1820 is used for PowerStore storage traffic.
The following table lists the networks for PowerStore X deployment. See
Configure General Purpose Networks Using OMNI for more information.
Table 17. Networks for PowerStore X deployment Networks for PowerStore X Network Tagged/Untagged Optional/Required Management 1811 Tagged Required Storage 1820 Tagged Required vMotion 1812 Tagged Required Discovery 1819 Untagged Optional Note: There is an internal, untagged network used for discovery and future features such as clustering. Dell Technologies recommends that you set up the untagged network for future use.
PowerStore X requires management, storage, and vMotion networks.
- Interfaces 1/1/31 and 1/1/32 on Leaf2A/B are broken out to 10 GbE. See the example in Breakout Interface.
S5248F-Leaf2A# show interface status | grep up Port Description Status Speed Duplex Mode Vlan Tagged-Vlans Eth 1/1/31:1 up 10G full T - Eth 1/1/32:1 up 10G full T -
Note: The output is truncated. - The vDS configuration in vCenter has the following port groups:
Table 18. vDS port groups VLAN ID Description 1811 External management 1812 vMotion 1814 VM Network A 1815 VM Network B 1820 PowerStore storage - OOB management
The vDS configuration in vCenter has the port groups shown in the figure below.