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Dell VxRail Network Planning Guide
Introduction Plan the VxRail network VxRail Cluster Types VxRail feature-driven decision points VxRail hardware and switch selection decision points Prepare the data center to implement VxRail Plan the VxRail cluster implementation
Plan the VxRail cluster implementation
Decide on VxRail single point of management
Decide on VxRail network traffic segmentation
Decide on teaming and failover policies for VxRail networks
Plan the VxRail logical network
IP address considerations for VxRail networks VLAN considerations for VxRail networks
Plan network settings for VxRail management components
Plan network settings for VMware vCenter Server management network
Identify IP addresses for VxRail management components
Select hostnames for VxRail management components
Select a top-level domain Select a hostname for VxRail Manager Select the ESXi hostnames Select a hostname for the VxRail-managed VMware vCenter Server
Identify external applications and settings for VxRail
Set the DNS for VxRail management components
Prepare the customer-managed VMware vCenter Server
Prepare a customer-managed virtual-distributed switch
Prepare LAG on a customer-managed virtual-distributed switch
Reserve IP addresses for VxRail-managed VMware vSphere vMotion network
Reserve IP addresses for VxRail vSAN network
Decide on VxRail logging solution
Assign passwords for VxRail management
Planning vSAN Witness Networking Planning VxRail Satellite Nodes Networking Configure the Network for VxRail Prepare to build the VxRail cluster VxRail network considerations after implementation Appendix A: VxRail Network Configuration Table Appendix B: VxRail Passwords Appendix C: VxRail cluster setup checklist Appendix D: VxRail Open Ports Requirements Appendix E: VMware VDS port group default settings Appendix F: Physical Network Switch Examples

Assign passwords for VxRail management

Assign passwords for VxRail management

  • You must assign a password to the accounts that are members of the VxRail management ecosystem.

    Use the Appendix B: VxRail Passwords table to use as worksheets for your passwords.

    Note: The Dell service representative needs passwords for the VxRail accounts in this table. For security purposes, you can enter the passwords during the VxRail initialization process, as opposed to providing them visibly in a document.

    • For ESXi hosts, assign passwords to the root account. You can use one password for each ESXi host or apply the same password to each host.
    • For VxRail Manager, assign a password to the root account (Row 1). This credential is for access to the console.
    • To access the VxRail Manager web interface, use the administrator@<SSO Domain> credentials.
      • If you deploy the VxRail-managed VMware vCenter Server, VxRail Manager and VMware vCenter Server, share the same default administrator login administrator@vsphere.local. Enter the password that you want to use (Row 2).
      • If you use a customer-managed VMware vCenter Server, VxRail Manager uses the same administrator@<SSO Domain> login credentials that you use to access the customer-managed VMware vCenter Server.
    • If you deploy the VxRail-managed VMware vCenter Server:
      • Enter the root password for the VxRail-managed VMware vCenter Server (Row 3).
      • Enter a password for management for the VxRail-managed VMware vCenter Server (Row 4).
    • If you deploy VMware vRealize Log Insight:
      • Enter a password for root (Row 6).
      • Enter a password for admin (Row 7).

    Passwords must comply with the following VMware vSphere complexity rules:

    • Passwords must contain between eight and 20 characters with at least one lowercase letter.
    • One uppercase letter, one numeric character, and one special character.

    For more information about password requirements, see the VMware vSphere password and VMware vCenter Server password documentation.