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SmartFabric Services with Multisite vSAN Stretched Cluster Deployment Guide
Notes, cautions, and warnings Introduction Hardware Used in this Guide Topology Deployment Planning SFS switch configuration Configure DCI switches Configure Fabric Interconnects Configure Networks Add ESXi hosts to topology Configure a jump host Deploy the DNS server and the vCenter Server ESXi services and witness host configuration Deploy the vSAN Stretched Cluster
Create the cluster
Add hosts to the cluster using Quickstart
Configure the cluster using Quickstart
MTU settings
Run Skyline Health tests
Migrate the vCenter Server and the DNS server Add User VMs Deploy OMNI Validated Components Technical Resources CLI Command Output

Create the cluster

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Create the cluster

    1. In the vSphere Client, right-click the data center in the left pane and select New Cluster.
    2. In the New Cluster configuration window, provide a Name for the cluster, Stretched_Cluster01 in this example. Enable all sliders: vSphere DRS, vSphere HA, and vSAN, as shown.
      Figure 76. Cluster configuration settings
    3. Click NEXT.
    4. Review the settings and click FINISH.
    5. The cluster is created and the Quickstart window displays in the right pane, as shown.
      Figure 77. Quickstart screen