Appendix D: VxRail network configuration

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The following table lists the configuration settings required by VxRail Manager to deploy a VxRail cluster.

Category	Detail	Description
VxRail	Management Network	VxRail and Cloud Foundation management network subnet. Must be large enough for all VxRail and Cloud Foundation management components.
	External Management	VLAN ID for the management network that passes 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) IP Address
		DNS server(s) IP Address
		Syslog Server
Management	System-generated ESXi hostnames	ESXi hostname prefix
		Separator
		Iterator
		Offset
		Suffix
		Domain
	Customer-supplied Hostnames	Hostname 1
		Hostname 2
		Hostname 3
		Hostname 4
	ESXi IP Addresses	Can be individual IP addresses or in sequence
	vCenter Server	VxRail vCenter Server hostname
	vCenter Server	VxRail vCenter Server IP address
	VxRail Manager	VxRail hostname
	VxRail Manager	VxRail IP address
	Networking	Subnet mask
	Networking	Gateway
vMotion		IP address pool for vMotion
		Gateway
		Subnet mask
		VLAN ID
vSAN		IP address pool for vSAN
		Subnet mask
		VLAN ID
Dell Node	iDRAC	IP address 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
Second Site	vMotion	IP address pool for vMotion
		Subnet mask
		VLAN ID
	vSAN	IP address pool for vSAN
		Subnet mask
		VLAN ID
	VxLAN	IP address pool for VxLAN
		Subnet mask
		VLAN ID