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Dell VxRail 7.0 vSAN Stretched Cluster Planning Guide
Executive summary Overview VMware new features
VMware new features
VxRail cluster nodes
VxRail cluster deployment options
VxRail cluster consideration
vCenter Server requirements
Customer-supplied vCenter Server requirements
Sizing considerations Networking and latency Appendix A: VxRail stretched cluster setup checklist Appendix B: VxRail stretched cluster open protocol requirements Appendix C: Bandwidth calculation examples

Customer-supplied vCenter Server requirements

Customer-supplied vCenter Server requirements

  • The following are the customer-supplied vCenter Server requirements:

    • VxRail 7.x and vSphere 7.x, version details can be found in the VxRail Appliance Software 7.x Release Notes.
    • To join the customer-supplied vCenter Server, you must:
    • Know the customer-supplied vCenter Server FQDN.
    • Know the Customer Existing Single Sign-on domain.
    • Create or select a data center on the customer-supplied vCenter Server for the VxRail Cluster to join.
    • Specify the name of the cluster created by VxRail in the selected data center when it is built. It will also be part of the distributed switch name. This name must be unique and not used anywhere in the data center on the customer-supplied vCenter Server.
    • Verify that the customer DNS server can resolve all VxRail ESXi hostnames before deployment.
    • Create or reuse a VxRail management user and password for this VxRail cluster on the customer-supplied vCenter Server. The user must be:
    • Created with no permissions
    • Created with no roles assigned to it
    • (Optional) If the administrator account cannot be used, create a VxRail admin user and password for VxRail on the Customer-Supplied vCenter Server.