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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
Plan the VxRail cluster implementation
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
IP address considerations for VxRail networks VLAN considerations for VxRail networks
Plan network settings for VxRail management components
Plan network settings for VMware vCenter Server management network
Identify IP addresses for VxRail management components
Select hostnames for VxRail management components
Select a top-level domain Select a hostname for VxRail Manager Select the ESXi hostnames Select a hostname for the VxRail-managed VMware vCenter Server
Identify external applications and settings for VxRail
Set the DNS for VxRail management components
Prepare the customer-managed VMware vCenter Server
Prepare a customer-managed virtual-distributed switch
Prepare LAG on a customer-managed virtual-distributed switch
Reserve IP addresses for VxRail-managed VMware vSphere vMotion network
Reserve IP addresses for VxRail vSAN network
Decide on VxRail logging solution
Assign passwords for VxRail management
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 F: Physical Network Switch Examples

Identify IP addresses for VxRail management components

Identify IP addresses for VxRail management components

  • If you are choosing 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 pool of unused IP addresses.

    Record the IP address range for the ESXi hosts.

    Table 9. Record the IP address range for the ESXi hosts
    Network configuration table Action
    Row 27 and 28 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.

    Table 10. Record the IP address of each ESXi host
    Network configuration table Action
    Row 29 and 32 Enter the IP addresses for the ESXi hosts.

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

    Table 11. Record the permanent IP address for VxRail Manager
    Network configuration table Action
    Row 17 Enter the permanent IP address for VxRail Manager.

    If you are going to deploy the embedded VMware vCenter Server on the VxRail cluster provided with VxRail, record the permanent IP address for VMware vCenter Server. Leave these entries blank if you are going to provide an external VMware vCenter Server for VxRail.

    Table 12. Record the permanent IP address for VMware vCenter Server
    Network configuration table Action
    Row 34 Enter the IP address for VxRail vCenter.