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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
Prepare the data center to implement VxRail
Prepare external network connectivity for VxRail
Prepare service connectivity for VxRail
Prepare for VMware vSphere+ subscription licensing
Prepare data center routing services
Prepare for multirack VxRail cluster
Prepare for VMware vSAN HCI mesh topology
Prepare external FC storage for dynamic clusters
Prepare for VxRail custom uplink assignments
Prepare data center network MTU
Prepare for LAG of VxRail networks
Identify switch ports to be configured for LAG
Plan LAG on switch port pairs
Prepare certificate authority server for VxRail
Identify isolation IP addresses for VMware vSphere High Availability
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

Prepare for VMware vSphere+ subscription licensing

Prepare for VMware vSphere+ subscription licensing

  • This section is only relevant if your VMware licensing is going to be subscription-based and require connectivity to the VMware cloud for these services.

    If VMware licenses are subscription-based, then the VMware vCenter Server instance supporting your VxRail cluster requires connectivity to the VMware cloud through the VMware vCenter Cloud Gateway.

    Deployment and administration of the VMware vCenter Cloud Gateway virtual appliance is out of scope for this guide. See VMware vSphere+ Documentation for more details.

    Table 4. Open ports to connect VMware vCenter Server to the VMware Cloud
    Source Destination Port
    Web browser VMware vCenter Server Cloud Gateway 5480
    VMware vCenter Server VMware Cloud 433
    VMware vCenter Server VMware vCenter Server Cloud Gateway 5480
    VMware vCenter Server VMware vCenter Server Cloud Gateway 5484
    VMware vCenter Server VMware vCenter Server Cloud Gateway 7444
    VMware vCenter Server VMware vCenter Server Cloud Gateway 433
    VMware vCenter Server VMware vCenter Server Cloud Gateway 5010-5019
    VMware vCenter Server VMware vCenter Server Cloud Gateway 2020