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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

Identify IP addresses for VxRail management components

Identify IP addresses for VxRail management components

  • You may choose to auto-assign the IP addresses for the ESXi hosts that serve as the foundation for VxRail nodes. Request 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 rows 27 and 28

    		Enter the starting and ending IP addresses for the ESXi hosts. A continuous IP range is required.

    If you 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 rows 29 and 32

    		Enter the IP addresses for the ESXi hosts.

    Record the permanent IP address for VxRail Manager. Recording the address is required.

    Network configuration table row 17

    		Enter the permanent IP address for VxRail Manager.

    If you deploy the embedded vCenter on the VxRail cluster provided with VxRail, record the permanent IP address for vCenter and PSC (if applicable). Leave these entries blank if you plan to provide an external vCenter for VxRail.

    Network configuration table row 34

    		Enter the IP address for VxRail vCenter.

    Network configuration table row 11

    		Enter the IP address for VxRail PSC (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 row 75

    		Enter the IP address for the Witness Management network.

    Network configuration table row 76

    		Enter the IP address for the Witness vSAN Network.

    Record the IP addresses for each node required for Witness traffic for a 2-Node cluster deployment. Leave blank if you do not plan to deploy a 2-Node cluster.

    Network configuration table row 78


    		Enter the IP address for the first of the two nodes in the 2-Node cluster.

    Network configuration table row 79

    		Enter the IP address for the second of the two nodes in the 2-Node Cluster.