For this deployment, a VxRail cluster is deployed using the six VxRail hosts in Sites 1 and 2. Deploy VxRail as shown in the Deploy First VxRail Cluster section of Dell Networking SmartFabric Services Deployment with VxRail 7.0.400.
Note: If VxRail 7.x is used, it must be at version 7.0.400 or later, and be deployed with Automated VxRail Switch Configuration set to Disabled. This setting is covered in Deploy First VxRail Cluster mentioned above. This setting does not apply to VxRail 8.x.
The general deployment settings for this VxRail vSAN stretched cluster example are the same as shown in the VxRail deployment settings - first cluster section of Dell Networking SmartFabric Services Deployment with VxRail 7.0.400. The VLAN IDs, hostnames, and IP addresses have changed per Table 1 and Table 4.