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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

Predefined network profile: 2 x 10/25 GB NDC/OCP and 2 x 10/25 GB PCIe

Predefined network profile: 2 x 10/25 GB NDC/OCP and 2 x 10/25 GB PCIe

  • Figure 73. VxRail nodes with two 10/25 Gb NDC/OCP ports and two 10/25 Gb PCIe ports connected to two ToR switches, and one optional connection to management switch for iDRAC. VxRail nodes with two 10/25 Gb NDC/OCP ports and two 10/25 Gb PCIe ports connected to two ToR switches, and one optional connection to management switch for iDRAC

    In this predefined network profile option, two NDC/OCP ports and two ports on the PCIe card in the first slot are selected for VxRail networking. The network profile splits the VxRail networking workload between the NDC/OCP ports and the two switches, and splits the workload on the PCIe-based ports between the two switches. This option ensures against the loss of service with a failure at the switch level, and also with a failure in either the NDC/OCP or PCIe adapter card.