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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 the Data Center for VxRail Implementation Planning the VxRail Cluster Implementation
Introduction
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
Plan network settings for VxRail management components
Plan network settings for vCenter Server management network
Identify IP addresses for VxRail management components
Select hostnames for VxRail management components
Identify external applications and settings for VxRail
Prepare the customer-supplied vCenter server
Prepare the customer-supplied virtual-distributed switch
Reserve IP addresses for VxRail vMotion network
Reserve IP addresses for VxRail vSAN network
Decide on VxRail logging solution
Assign passwords for VxRail management
Prepare for Dell SmartFabric Services enablement
Planning for VxRail Satellite Nodes Configure the Network for VxRail Configure the Network for VxRail VxRail Network Considerations After Implementation VxRail Network Configuration Table VxRail Passwords VxRail Cluster Setup Checklist VxRail Open Ports Requirements Virtual Distributed Switch Port Group Default Settings Physical Network Switch Examples

Decide on VxRail logging solution

Decide on VxRail logging solution

  • Decide whether to use your own third-party syslog server, use the vRealize Log Insight solution, or no logging. You can only select the vRealize Log Insight option if:

    • You plan to deploy the vCenter instance that is included with the VxRail onto the VxRail cluster.
    • The VxRail cluster to be deployed is version 7.0.010 or earlier.
    • If the cluster is being deployed with a version greater than 7.0.010, VxRail does not deploy a vRealize Log Insight virtual appliance onto the cluster during initial build.
    • You can deploy vRealize Log Insight after the VxRail initial build operation is complete.

    If you choose the vRealize Log Insight option, the IP address that is assigned to Log Insight must be on the same subnet as the VxRail management network.

    Network configuration table row 67

    		Enter the hostname for vRealize Log Insight.

    Network configuration table row 68

    		Enter the IP address for vRealize Log Insight.

    • If a syslog server that is already deployed in your data center will be used for logging, capture the IP address.

      Network configuration table row 69

      		Enter the IP address of the syslog server.