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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 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 E: VMware VDS port group default settings
Default standard settings
Default teaming and failover policy
Default network I-O control (NIOC)
Default failover order policy
Appendix F: Physical Network Switch Examples

Default standard settings

Default standard settings

  • Default settings are applied for each VxRail network port group.

    VxRail initialization applies the following standard settings.

    Table 49. Standard settings
    Setting Value
    Port Binding Static
    Port Allocation Elastic
    Number of ports 8
    Network Resource Pool (default)
    Override port policies Only 'Block ports' allowed
    VLAN Type VLAN
    Promiscuous mode Reject
    MAC address changes Reject
    Forged transmits Reject
    Ingress traffic shaping Disabled
    Egress traffic shaping Disabled
    NetFlow Disabled
    Block All Ports No