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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 teaming and failover policy

Default teaming and failover policy

  • VxRail initialization configures a teaming and failover policy for the port groups on the VMware VDS.

    Overriding the default load-balancing policy is supported on VxRail.

    Table 50. Teaming and failover policy
    Setting Value
    Load balancing (active-passive) Route-based on originating virtual port
    Load balancing (active-active) Route-based on physical NIC load
    Network failure detection Link status only
    Network failure detection Yes
    Failback Yes