One of the external storage resources supported with dynamic clusters is Fibre Channel storage. With this option, a compatible Fibre Channel storage array can be configured to supply a single VMFS datastore or multiple datastores to a VxRail dynamic cluster.

Figure 18. Dynamic cluster using FC-connected VMFS for primary storage
This option has the following pre-requisites:
- Verify that the storage array in your data center you have planned for support of dynamic cluster is supported with VxRail. See the VxRail E-Lab Navigator to verify compatibility.
- Verify that you have sufficient free capacity on the storage array. A VxRail dynamic cluster requires a VMFS device with a minimum of 800 GB to support workload and applications.
- At the time of ordering, include enough compatible Fibre Channel adapter cards. VxRail recommends a minimum of two Fibre Channel adapter cards per node for redundancy, although a single dual-port adapter card can be used.
- Verify that you have sufficient open ports on your Fibre Channel switches to accommodate the connections required from each VxRail node.