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This paper explains the configuration requirements to integrate a PowerStore AppsON VMware vSphere cluster with VxBlock 1000 or Vscale Architecture with NXOS/VXLAN networks. This document does not provide full deployment guidelines for VxBlock 1000, Vscale Architecture, or PowerStore X storage. This document also identifies differences between the default configuration for Converged Infrastructure VMware vSphere hypervisor and the PowerStore X VMware vSphere hypervisor.
PowerStore X requires an external VMware vCenter server with Standard Edition license or higher. For the integration of PowerStore X with VxBlock 1000 and/or Vscale Architecture, the PowerStore X VMware ESXi cluster is added to the workload (production) VMware vCenter server located on the AMP Central management platform. Make sure that the AMP Central workload VMware vCenter server has been reviewed by Dell Technologies Sales to ensure it can support the additional VMware ESXi cluster.
This document does not include information about adding an external ESXi server to the PowerStore AppsON VMware vSphere cluster. For information about adding an external ESXi server to the PowerStore AppsON VMware vSphere cluster, see the Dell PowerStore Virtualization Infrastructure Guide.
When the PowerStore X appliance cluster is in the data center and is near or with the VxBlock System 1000, you can add the VxBlock System 1000 Cisco UCS blade servers or rack servers to the PowerStore AppsON VMware vSphere ESXi cluster.
This document does not include information about using PowerStore X storage as an external Fibre Channel SAN attached storage on the VxBlock System 1000. When the PowerStore X cluster is located in the data center and is near or with the VxBlock System 1000, you can connect the PowerStore X appliance Fibre channel ports to the VxBlock System 1000 Cisco MDS SAN switches. This is a traditional block storage configuration for the VxBlock System 1000. This configuration uses the same SAN standards and best practices as the PowerStore T model with the VxBlock System 1000. For information about configuring PowerStore X as VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols) or block devices for external hosts, see the Dell PowerStore Host Configuration Guide.
Due to limited capabilities in the lab, the proof-of-concept environment testing was limited to a single appliance.