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Planning Guide—VMware Cloud Foundation 3.x on VxRail
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VxRail Network Configuration

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VxRail Network Configuration

  • D                            VxRail Network Configuration

    Category

    Detail

    Description

    VxRail

     

    External Management

    VLAN ID for the management VLAN that passes through upstream from the top-of-rack switches

    Internal Management

    VLAN ID for VxRail device discovery. This network stays isolated on the top-of-rack switches. The default VLAN ID is 3939.

    System

    Global settings

    Time zone

    NTP server(s)

    DNS server(s)

    Management

    ESXi hostnames and IP addresses

    ESXi hostname prefix

    Separator

    Iterator

    Offset

    Suffix

    Domain

    Starting IP address for VxRail node pool

    Ending IP address for VxRail node pool

    vCenter & PSC Server
     

    VxRail vCenter Server hostname

    VxRail vCenter Server IP address

    VxRail Platform Services Controller hostname

    VxRail Platform Services Controller IP address

    VxRail Manager

    VxRail hostname

    VxRail IP address

    Networking

    Subnet mask

    Gateway

    vMotion

     

    Starting address for IP pool

    Ending address for IP pool

    Subnet mask

    VLAN ID

    vSAN

     

    Starting address for IP pool

    Ending address for IP pool

    Subnet mask

    VLAN ID

    VM Networks

    Minimum 1.

    VM Network name and VLAN ID

    Dell Node

    iDRAC

    IP address pool for iDRAC port on each VxRail node

    The following table applies to stretched clusters only.

    Category

    Detail

    Description

    Witness

     

    Management

    Hostname

    IP Address

    Subnet Mask

    Gateway

    VSAN

    IP Address

    Subnet Mask

    Gateway

    Witness Site

    vSphere Host

    IP Address

    Network

    Witness Traffic Separation

    Optional VLAN ID to manage traffic between two sites hosting VxRail nodes and witness site

    2nd Site

    vMotion

    Starting address for IP pool

    Ending address for IP pool

    Subnet mask

    VLAN ID

    VSAN

    Starting address for IP pool

    Ending address for IP pool

    Subnet mask

    VLAN ID

    VXLAN

    Starting address for IP pool

    Ending address for IP pool

    Subnet mask

    VLAN ID