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Dell VxRail Network Planning Guide
Introduction Planning Your Data Center Network for VxRail VxRail Cluster Types VxRail Feature-Driven Decision Points VxRail Hardware and Switch Selection Decision Points Prepare Data Center for VxRail Implementation Planning the VxRail Cluster Implementation Planning vSAN Witness Networking Planning VxRail Satellite Nodes Networking Configure the Network for VxRail Preparing to Build the VxRail Cluster VxRail Network Considerations After Implementation Appendixes
Appendixes
Appendix A: VxRail Network Configuration Table
Appendix B: VxRail Passwords
Appendix C: VxRail Cluster Setup Checklist
Appendix D: VxRail Open Ports Requirements
Appendix E: Virtual Distributed Switch Port Group Default Settings
Appendix F: Physical Network Switch Examples

Appendix D: VxRail Open Ports Requirements

Appendix D: VxRail Open Ports Requirements

  • Use the tables in this Appendix for guidance on firewall settings specific for the deployment of a VxRail cluster. Then use the links that are provided after the tables for firewall rules that are driven by product feature and use case.

    The VxRail cluster needs to be able to connect to specific applications in your data center. DNS is required, and NTP is optional. Open the necessary ports to enable connectivity to the external syslog server, and for LDAP and SMTP.

    Datacenter Application Access

    Description

    Source Devices

    Destination Devices

    Protocol

    Ports

    DNS

    VxRail Manager, Dell iDRAC

    DNS Servers

    UDP

    53

    NTP Client

    Host ESXi Management Interface,
    Dell iDRAC,
    VMware vCenter Servers,
    VxRail Manager

    NTP Servers

    UDP

    123

    SYSLOG

    Host ESXi Management Interface,
    vRealize Log Insight

    Syslog Server

    TCP

    514

    LDAP

    VMware vCenter Servers
     

    LDAP Server

    TCP

    389, 636

    SMTP

    Secure connect gateway VMs, vRealize Log Insight

    SMTP Servers

    TCP

    25

    Open the necessary firewall ports to enable IT administrators to deploy the VxRail cluster.

    Administration Access

    Description

    Source Devices

    Destination Devices

    Protocol

    Ports

    ESXi Management

    Administrators

    Host ESXi Management Interface

    TCP. UDP

    902

    VxRail Management UI/Web Interfaces

    Administrators

    VMware vCenter Server, VxRail Manager, Host ESXi Management,
    Dell iDRAC port,
    vRealize Log Insight

    TCP

    80, 443

    Dell server management

    Administrators

    Dell iDRAC

    TCP

    623, 5900, 5901

    SSH and SCP

    Administrators

    Host ESXi Management,
    vCenter Server, Dell iDRAC port, VxRail Manager Console

    TCP

    22

    If you plan to use a customer-managed vCenter server instead of deploying a vCenter server in the VxRail cluster, open the necessary ports so that the vCenter instance can connect to the ESXi hosts.

    vCenter and vSphere

    Description

    Source Devices

    Destination Devices

    Protocol

    Ports

    vSphere Clients to vCenter Server

    vSphere Clients

    vCenter Server

    TCP

    5480, 8443, 9443, 10080, 10443

    Managed Hosts to vCenter

    Host ESXi Management

    vCenter Server

    TCP

    443, 902, 5988,5989, 6500, 8000, 8001

    Managed Hosts to vCenter Heartbeat

    Host ESXi Management

    vCenter Server

    UDP

    902

    Other firewall port settings may be necessary depending on your data center environment. The list of documents in this table is provided for reference purposes.

    Note: VxRail manages the VxRail Customer Firewall Rules interactive workbook. Access to the workbook requires Dell customer credentials. If you do not have Dell login credentials, contact your account team to download the tool for you.

    Description

    Reference

    VMware Ports and Protocols

    VMware Ports and Protocols

    Network port diagram for vSphere 6

    Network Port Diagram for vSphere 6

    vSAN Ports Requirements

    vSAN Network Ports Requirements

    Dell iDRAC Port Requirements

    How to configure the iDRAC 9 for Dell PowerEdge

    Secure Connect Gateway Documentation

      Dell Secure Connect Gateway Documentation

    VMware vCenter Cloud Gateway Requirements

    System Requirements for vSphere+