If you are choosing to auto-assign the IP addresses for the ESXi hosts that serve as the foundation for VxRail nodes, ask your networking team to reserve a large enough pool of unused IP addresses.
Record the IP address range for the ESXi hosts.
Network Configuration Table | Enter the starting and ending IP addresses for the ESXi hosts - a continuous IP range is required. |
If you choose instead to assign the IP addresses to each individual ESXi host, record the IP address for each ESXi host to be included for VxRail initial build.
Network Configuration Table | Enter the IP addresses for the ESXi hosts. |
Record the permanent IP address for VxRail Manager. This is required.
Network Configuration Table Row 17 | Enter the permanent IP address for VxRail Manager. |
If you are going to deploy the embedded vCenter on the VxRail cluster provided with VxRail, record the permanent IP address for vCenter and Platform Service Controller (if applicable). Leave these entries blank if you will provide an external vCenter for VxRail.
Network Configuration Table Row 34 | Enter the IP address for VxRail vCenter. |
Network Configuration Table Row 36 | Enter the IP address for VxRail Platform Service Controller (if applicable). |
Record the two IP addresses for the witness virtual appliance. Leave blank if a witness is not required for your VxRail deployment.
Network Configuration Table | Enter IP address for Witness Management Network. |
Network Configuration Table | Enter IP address for Witness vSAN Network. |
Record the IP addresses for each node required for Witness traffic for a 2-Node cluster deployment. Leave blank if you are not deploying a 2-Node cluster.
Network Configuration Table | Enter the IP address for the first of the two nodes in the 2-Node cluster. |
Network Configuration Table | Enter the IP address for the second of the two nodes in the 2-Node Cluster. |