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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 Planning vSAN Witness Networking Planning VxRail Satellite Nodes Networking Configure the Network for VxRail Prepare to build the VxRail cluster
Prepare to build the VxRail cluster
Complete prerequisites for dynamic clusters
Configure nodes for tagged VxRail management VLAN
Configure a jump host or laptop for VxRail initialization
Perform initialization to create a 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

Complete prerequisites for dynamic clusters

Complete prerequisites for dynamic clusters

  • Perform these steps only if you intend to deploy a dynamic cluster.

    A dynamic cluster depends on external storage resources to support cluster implementation and operations. A dynamic cluster does not support a local VMware vSAN datastore. A dynamic cluster cannot not fully complete implementation unless an external storage resource is available to support a virtual machine workload.

    If you plan to deploy a dynamic cluster over an FC network, complete all the steps on your FC switches and storage array to present LUNs to the VxRail nodes. To deploy a dynamic cluster where the primary storage resource is a remote vSAN datastore, confirm that your data center network is configured so that the vSAN network on the cluster serving the vSAN datastore and the vSAN network on the dynamic cluster can connect. If you plan to deploy a dynamic cluster using storage over an IP network, confirm that your data center network is configured so that the VxRail nodes can connect to the supporting storage array.