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The VxRail network configuration table is used as a reference during VxRail deployment. The values used for the deployment examples in this guide are shown in the right column. The IP addresses and VLAN IDs are from Table 3.
Table 4. VxRail network configuration table
Category |
Description |
Values used in this guide |
|
System |
Globals |
NTP server(s) |
ntp.dell.lab* |
NIC Configuration |
2x10GbE or 2x25GbE, 4x10GbE |
2x10GbE or 2x25GbE |
|
Management |
Top Level Domain |
Domain |
dell.lab |
ESXi Hosts |
ESXi hostname prefix |
vxrail |
|
Separator |
None |
||
Iterator |
Num 0x |
||
Offset |
1 |
||
Suffix |
|
||
ESXi host starting IP address |
172.18.11.101 |
||
ESXi host ending IP address |
172.18.11.164 |
||
vCenter Server and PSC (Leave blank if Customer-supplied VC/PSC) |
Join existing vCenter server |
unchecked |
|
vCenter Server hostname |
vcenter01 |
||
vCenter Server IP address |
172.18.11.62 |
||
PSC - Join existing vCenter SSO domain |
unchecked |
||
Platform Services Controller hostname |
psc01 |
||
Platform Services Controller IP address |
172.18.11.61 |
||
PSC Default First Site Name |
Default-First-Site |
||
Customer-supplied vCenter Server and PSC (Leave blank if VxRail VC) |
Customer-supplied Platform Services Controller (PSC) Hostname (FQDN). Leave blank if PSC is embedded in customer-supplied vCenter Server. |
|
|
Customer-supplied vCenter Server hostname (FQDN) |
|
||
Customer-supplied vCenter Server SSO domain |
|
||
Admin username/password or the newly created VxRail non-admin username and password |
|
||
New VxRail management username and password |
|
||
Customer-supplied data center name |
|
||
New cluster name |
|
||
VxRail Manager |
VxRail hostname |
vxmgr01 |
|
VxRail IP address |
172.18.11.72 |
||
Networking |
Management Subnet mask |
255.255.255.0 |
|
Management Gateway |
172.18.11.254 |
||
Management Network VLAN ID |
1811 |
||
DNS Server(s) |
172.18.11.50 (In L2 uplink example) or 172.17.11.50 (In L3 uplink example)** |
||
vCenter Server Network |
Static Binding |
||
vMotion |
|
Starting address for IP pool |
172.18.12.101 |
Ending address for IP pool |
172.18.12.164 |
||
Subnet mask |
255.255.255.0 |
||
VLAN ID |
1812 |
||
vSAN |
|
Starting address for IP pool |
172.18.13.101 |
Ending address for IP pool |
172.18.13.164 |
||
Subnet mask |
255.255.255.0 |
||
VLAN ID |
1813 |
||
VM Networks |
… (unlimited number) |
VM Network name and VLAN ID |
VM_Network_A, 1814 |
VM Network name and VLAN ID |
VM_Network_B, 1815 |
||
Solutions |
Logging |
None, vRealize Log Insight, Syslog server |
vRealize Log Insight |
vxinsight |
|||
vRealize Log Insight IP address |
172.18.11.55 |
||
Accounts |
Virtual appliance accounts |
Use the same credentials for all virtual accounts |
checked |
vCenter Server management account username |
administrator |
||
Shared password for all non-ESXi accounts |
password |
||
VxRail Mgr Svc Account |
Username: "mystic" |
password |
|
ESXi Accounts |
Use the same credentials for all hosts |
checked |
|
|
Root username |
root |
|
|
Root password |
password |
|
|
Management username |
administrator |
|
|
Management password |
password |
*An NTP server is recommended but not required. If an NTP server is not provided, VxRail uses the time that is set on VxRail node 1.
**In the L2 uplink example in this guide, the DNS/NTP servers on the existing network are on the same External Management VLAN, 1811, as the VxRail nodes. IP addresses on this network use the 172.18.11.0/24 address block. In the L3 uplink example, the DNS/NTP servers are on a different VLAN, 1711, with IP addresses in the 172.17.11.0/24 address block. VLAN 1711 represents a pre-existing management VLAN and is used only on the external switches in the L3 uplink example.
This deployment example uses four VxRail nodes. However, host IP address pools are configured for the Management, vMotion, and vSAN VLANs using addresses in the .101 - .164 range, as shown in Table 4. This is optional but removes the need to configure new IP addresses if new hosts are added to the cluster.
Note: VxRail supports cluster sizes up to 64 nodes.