Before you proceed with the solution deployment, plan and record the necessary configuration values in the tables below. For a fully populated example, see the Topology overview section.
SFSS configuration data
SFSS Configuration Item | Value |
Hostname (cannot contain ".") | |
Default Username | |
Default Password | |
Management Interface IP | |
Management Mask/Prefix | |
Management Gateway | |
Associated CDC Instance(s) | |
Storage interface MTU | |
IPv4 Internal Network | 172.18.0.0/161 |
IPv6 Internal Network | fe01::0/642 |
SSH access for root user | Enable / Disable3 |
NTP server |
CDC instance configuration data
CDC Instance ID(s) configuration item | CDC 1 | CDC 2 |
SFSS FQDN / IP | ||
Storage interface IP | ||
Storage interface(s) | ||
Storage subnet mask/prefix length | ||
Storage subnet default gateway4 | ||
Associated storage VLAN ID | ||
Zone Group Name(s) | ||
Zone Name(s) |
VMware vSphere configuration data
vCenter Configuration Item | Value |
vCenter FQDN / IP | |
Data Center | |
SFSS's Host Cluster name | |
SFSS's Host Cluster vDS/vSwitch | |
SFSS's Host Cluster Management Port Group | |
Workload Management Port Group | |
Workload Cluster name | |
Workload Cluster Management vDS | |
Workload Cluster NVMe/TCP vDS | |
NVMe/TCP Datastore name(s) |
ESXi Hosts/Cluster SAN Configuration Item | SAN A | SAN B |
SFSS VM storage Port Group | ||
SFSS VM storage Port Group VLAN | ||
Physical port number | ||
VM NIC name |
ESXi Hosts/Cluster SAN Configuration Item | SAN A | SAN B |
Workload Cluster storage Port Group | ||
Workload Cluster storage Port Group VLAN | ||
Workload Cluster storage network mask/prefix length | ||
Workload Cluster storage network gateway5 | ||
Workload Cluster storage network vmk interface IPs | ||
Workload Cluster Storage Software Adapter | ||
Physical port number | ||
VM NIC name |
Linux configuration data
Linux configuration item | Value |
SFSS Host Management IP | |
SFSS VM Management Bridge interface name | |
SFSS VM SAN A Bridge interface name | |
SFSS VM SAN B Bridge interface name |
Linux configuration item | Value |
Management IP address | |
SAN A IP address | |
SAN B IP address | |
Discovery method | nvme-stas |
I/O policy | Round Robin |
SFSS Zoning enforcement | Stick connections disabled |
PowerStore configuration data
PowerStore Configuration Item | Value |
PowerStore Cluster FQDN/IP | |
Volume Group name(s) | |
Volume Name(s) | |
DDC Port Number6 | 8009 |
PowerStore Storage Network Configuration Item | SAN A | SAN B |
Storage network name | ||
Storage network VLAN ID | ||
Storage network address | ||
Storage network mask/prefix length | ||
Storage network gateway7 | ||
Storage network interface IPs |
PowerMax configuration data
Configuration Item | Value |
Unisphere IP address | |
PowerMax system ID | |
Discovery Option | |
DDC number | 8009 |
Configuration Item | SAN A | SAN B |
Port | ||
Director | ||
Network ID (Internal use only) | ||
VLAN ID | ||
TCP Port (I/O) | 4420 | 4420 |
Endpoint name | ||
IP address | ||
Prefix length | ||
MTU |
Network VLANs and subnets
DNS records
FQDN | Management IP address | Description |
Host(s), Mgmt Cluster | ||
Host(s), Workload | ||
vCenter | ||
OMNI | ||
SFSS |