Dell EMC recommends a minimum of four 25 GbE interfaces for each PowerFlex rack R640 server. The number that is required depends on how many vSwitches are defined as well as the total network bandwidth requirements. Table 3 shows number of vSwitches and their target usage.
Table 3. vSwitches and target use
Dvswitch0 |
2 x 25 GB |
General-purpose LAN, hypervisor management, operating system installation, hardware management, Oracle public, and private communication |
Dvswitch1 |
1 x 25 GB |
PowerFlex Data 1 |
Dvswitch2 |
1 x 25 GB |
PowerFlex Data 2 |
