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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 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
Appendix F: Physical Network Switch Examples
Pre-defined network profile: 2x10gb or 2x25gb from a single NDC/OCP
Predefined network profile: 4x10gb or 4x25gb NDC/OCP
Predefined network profile: 2 x 10/25 GB NDC/OCP and 2 x 10/25 GB PCIe
Custom option: Any NDC/OCP ports paired with PCIe ports
Custom option: Two NDC/OCP ports paired with PCIe ports other than the first slot
Custom option: PCIe ports only
Custom option: Six ports
Custom option: Eight ports
Custom option: Eight ports connected to four Ethernet switches

Pre-defined network profile: 2x10gb or 2x25gb from a single NDC/OCP

Pre-defined network profile: 2x10gb or 2x25gb from a single NDC/OCP

  • Figure 71. VxRail nodes with two 10 Gb or 25 Gb NDC/OCP ports connected to two ToR switches, and one optional connection to management switch for iDRAC. VxRail nodes with two 10 Gb or 25 Gb NDC/OCP ports connected to two ToR switches, and one optional connection to management switch for iDRAC

    With this predefined profile, VxRail selects the two ports on the NDC/OCP to support VxRail networking. If the NDC/OCP adapter on the VxRail nodes is shipped with four Ethernet ports, the two left most ports are selected. If you choose to use only two Ethernet ports, the remaining ports can be used for other use cases. This connectivity option is the simplest to deploy. It is suitable for smaller, less demanding workloads that can tolerate the loss of the NDC/OCP adapter as a single point of failure.