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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 the Data Center for VxRail Implementation
Introduction
Prepare data center routing services
Prepare for multirack VxRail cluster
Prepare for vSAN HCI mesh topology
Prepare external FC storage for dynamic clusters
Prepare for VxRail custom uplink assignments
Prepare data center network MTU
Prepare for link aggregation of VxRail networks
Plan link aggregation on switch port pairs
Prepare certificate authority server for VxRail
Prepare VxRail remote support connectivity
Planning the VxRail Cluster Implementation Planning for VxRail Satellite Nodes Configure the Network for VxRail Configure the Network for VxRail VxRail Network Considerations After Implementation VxRail Network Configuration Table VxRail Passwords VxRail Cluster Setup Checklist VxRail Open Ports Requirements Virtual Distributed Switch Port Group Default Settings Physical Network Switch Examples

Prepare VxRail remote support connectivity

Prepare VxRail remote support connectivity

  • Note: This section is only relevant if you plan to enable the VxRail remote support feature to connect back to Dell Technologies Customer Support centers.

    VxRail supports network connectivity to Dell Customer Support systems, which enables health monitoring, real-time analytics, event notification, and remote support when necessary. If you plan to enable VxRail to connect to Dell Technologies back-end Customer Support centers, there are two options from which to select. One option is to have VxRail Manager connect to the back-end services sites directly. The other option is to use a centralized instance or pool of Secure Connect Gateways for this purpose.

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    Figure 41.    Enabling “call-home” connectivity with Secure Connect Gateway

    You may already have deployed Secure Connect Gateway in your data center to support this service, which is known as “call-home,” for other Dell Technologies products. This same pool of gateway servers can be used for VxRail. If VxRail is the first Dell product that you plan to connect to this service, be sure to complete the prerequisites below beforehand:

    1. Create and validate a Dell Support account.
    2. Configure at least one Site ID, which is used for identity purposes in the Customer Support databases.
    3. Register the VxRail product with a Site ID.

    If you have not deployed any Secure Connect Gateways, the product is customer-installable and can be downloaded from the Dell support site. Each instance of Secure Connect Gateway requires an IP address. VxRail Manager must be able to reach these gateways in your data center to complete the connection to the back-end customer service centers.

    Versions of VxRail before 7.0.350 connected to a Secure Remote Services virtual appliance in the data center. This configuration enabled VxRail alerts to be sent to Dell Technologies Customer Service. Starting in version 7.0.350, the Secure Remote Services virtual appliance is not required for this purpose. Dell Technologies replaced it with a service internal to VxRail Manager. This internal VxRail service supports connectivity directly to the back-end customer service sites, or to Secure Connect Gateways.

    If you deploy a VxRail version earlier than 7.0.350, you can use an existing Secure Remote Services instance in your data center to support “call-home.” Alternately you can deploy a virtual instance of Secure Remote Services on the VxRail cluster for this purpose. You can choose to deploy the Secure Remote Services virtual appliance on the VxRail cluster. If you do, you must connect the virtual appliance to the same network as VxRail Manager.