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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 Data Center for VxRail Implementation Planning the VxRail Cluster Implementation
Introduction to implementation planning
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 customer-managed vCenter server
Prepare customer-managed 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
Planning vSAN Witness Networking Planning VxRail Satellite Nodes Networking Configure the Network for VxRail Preparing to Build the VxRail Cluster VxRail Network Considerations After Implementation Appendixes

Introduction to implementation planning

Introduction to implementation planning

  • VxRail is an entire software-defined data center in a cluster form factor. All administrative activities, including initial implementation and initialization, configuration, capacity expansion, online upgrades, as well as maintenance and support are handled within the VxRail management system. When the VxRail is installed in your data center and connected to your network, and the physical components are powered on, the VxRail management system automates the full implementation of the final software-defined data center based on your settings and input.

    Before getting to this phase, several planning and preparation steps must be undertaken to ensure a seamless integration of the final product into your data center environment as described in this section.

    Use  Appendix C: VxRail Cluster Setup Checklist and  Appendix A: VxRail Network Configuration Table to help create your network plan. References to rows in this document are to rows in the VxRail Network Configuration Table.

    Note: Once you set up the VxRail cluster and complete the initial initialization phase to produce the final product, the configuration cannot easily be changed. We strongly recommend that you take care during this planning and preparation phase to decide on the configurations that will work most effectively for your organization.