In this chapter, the three VxRail nodes in Rack 1 are deployed as a 3-node cluster. VLANs specified during VxRail deployment are automatically configured in the SmartFabric.

1. In a browser on the jump host, go to https://192.168.10.200 to connect to VxRail Manager. The welcome screen displays, as shown in Figure 48.

Figure 48.          VxRail welcome screen

2. Click GET STARTED on the welcome screen.
3. On the EULA page, review the terms provided, and if you agree, click ACCEPT.

4. On the Expected Dell EMC switch Clusters page, the SmartFabric cluster is discovered, as shown in Figure 49.

Figure 49.          Dell EMC SmartFabric switch cluster found

5. Check the box next to I confirm I want to configure the listed Dell EMC switch clusters and click NEXT.

6. In the Dell EMC Switch Password Change window, set the REST_USER password.

Note: The REST_USER is an account used by VxRail and OMNI to configure the switches.

Figure 50.          Set REST_USER password

7. Click NEXT. A success message displays.

Figure 51.          REST_USER password changed

8. Click NEXT.
9. The VxRail cluster type page displays. Select VxRail cluster.

Figure 52.          VxRail cluster selection

Note: 2-node VxRail clusters are not supported with SFS at this time.

10. Click NEXT.

Wait for all VxRail nodes in the rack to be discovered. Discovery may take about 5 minutes. The three VxRail nodes in Rack 1 are discovered, as shown in Figure 53.

Figure 53.          VxRail nodes discovered

11. When all nodes in the rack have been discovered, check the box next to I confirm I want to configure the listed VxRail nodes and click NEXT.
12. On the How would you like to configure VxRail screen, select your preferred configuration method, Step-by-step, or Configuration file. Either configuration method may be used.

Note: A JSON-formatted configuration file may be used if you have saved one from a previous installation using the same versions of VxRail and SmartFabric OS10, or if you have been provided one from your sales representative. If you do not have a configuration file, select Step-by-step.

Figure 54.          Select the configuration method

13. Click NEXT.

Note: Step-by-step VxRail configuration screens are not included in this guide, but are provided in the VxRail Appliance Installation Procedures available on Dell Technologies Solve Online (account required). The values used in VxRail configuration for this example are entered step-by-step per the planning data in Table 4.

14. When done with the configuration screens, review your selections if desired by clicking REVIEW FIRST, as shown in Figure 55.

Figure 55.          Switch Configuration screen

15. When done reviewing, click CONFIGURE SWITCH.

Note: VxRail Manager uses multicast DNS (mDNS) on the SFS Client Control network to discover the SFS master switch virtual IP address.

When the switch configuration is complete, the Review and validate screen displays, as shown in Figure 56.

Note: Do not press the VALIDATE button at this time.

Figure 56.          Review and validate screen

Note: Before proceeding, be sure to keep the browser window that is displaying the screen shown in Figure 56 open on the jump host.

Optionally, switch configuration can be verified at the CLI with the show virtual-network command.

The command output below shows the External Management, vMotion, vSAN, and VM network VLANs (VLANs 1811-1815 from Table 4) specified on the VxRail deployment screens have been automatically configured on the leaf switches. The VxRail node ports, interfaces 1/1/1-1/1/3, and the VLTi port channel, port channel 1000, are members of all VLANs. The jump host port, interface 1/1/9:1, is still a member of VLAN 4091.

Note: The output below is with an L3 uplink. If an L2 uplink is configured, the uplink port channel also appears as a member of VLANs 1811-1815.

S5248F-Leaf1A# show virtual-network

Codes: DP - MAC-learn Dataplane, CP - MAC-learn Controlplane, UUD - Unknown-Unicast-Drop

Un-tagged VLAN: 4080

Virtual Network: 1811

   VLTi-VLAN: 1811

   Members:

      VLAN 1811: port-channel1000, ethernet1/1/1, ethernet1/1/2, ethernet1/1/3

   VxLAN Virtual Network Identifier: 1811

      Source Interface: loopback2(172.30.0.0)

      Remote-VTEPs (flood-list):

Virtual Network: 1812

   VLTi-VLAN: 1812

   Members:

      VLAN 1812: port-channel1000, ethernet1/1/1, ethernet1/1/2, ethernet1/1/3

   VxLAN Virtual Network Identifier: 1812

      Source Interface: loopback2(172.30.0.0)

      Remote-VTEPs (flood-list):

Virtual Network: 1813

   VLTi-VLAN: 1813

   Members:

      VLAN 1813: port-channel1000, ethernet1/1/1, ethernet1/1/2, ethernet1/1/3

   VxLAN Virtual Network Identifier: 1813

      Source Interface: loopback2(172.30.0.0)

      Remote-VTEPs (flood-list):

Virtual Network: 1814

   VLTi-VLAN: 1814

   Members:

      VLAN 1814: port-channel1000, ethernet1/1/1, ethernet1/1/2, ethernet1/1/3

   VxLAN Virtual Network Identifier: 1814

      Source Interface: loopback2(172.30.0.0)

      Remote-VTEPs (flood-list):

Virtual Network: 1815

   VLTi-VLAN: 1815

   Members:

      VLAN 1815: port-channel1000, ethernet1/1/1, ethernet1/1/2, ethernet1/1/3

   VxLAN Virtual Network Identifier: 1815

      Source Interface: loopback2(172.30.0.0)

      Remote-VTEPs (flood-list):

Virtual Network: 3939

   Description: In-band SmartFabric Services discovery network

   VLTi-VLAN: 3939

   Members:

      VLAN 3939: port-channel1000, ethernet1/1/1, ethernet1/1/2, ethernet1/1/3

   VxLAN Virtual Network Identifier: 3939

      Source Interface: loopback2(172.30.0.0)

      Remote-VTEPs (flood-list):

Virtual Network: 4091

   Description: Default untagged network for client onboarding

   VLTi-VLAN: 4091

   Members:

      Untagged: ethernet1/1/1, ethernet1/1/2, ethernet1/1/3, ethernet1/1/9:1

      VLAN 4091: port-channel1000

   VxLAN Virtual Network Identifier: 4091

      Source Interface: loopback2(172.30.0.0)

      Remote-VTEPs (flood-list):