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Dell VxRail Network Planning Guide
Introduction
Revision history
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

Revision history

Revision history

  • Date Revision Description
    October 2023 H15300.31
    • Updated section on service connectivity.
    • Added support for 10GbE NICs on P570 nodes.
    • Added support for 10GbE for VMware vSAN ESA
    August 2023 H15300.30 Added support for VxRail VE-660 and VP-760 models.
    June 2023 H15300.29
    Added content:

    • Support for vSAN HCI mesh with vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA)

    • Support for HCI mesh with VxRail stretched cluster

    May 2023 H15300.28 New content for LAG is supported on VxRail-managed VMware VDS.
    April 2023 H15300.27 Updates for hardware branding and removed SmartFabric content.
    March 2023 H15300.26
    • Included content for release of VxRail 15G VD-Series hardware platform.
    • Added sections to provide networking preparation guidance for connecting to Dell and VMware external sites.
    • Added chapter for networking requirements for vSAN witness.
    • Removed references to Platform Services Controller.
    • Updated SmartFabric content based on new VxRail rules.
    January 2023 H15300.25 Support for DPUs and ESXio in VxRail.
    December 2022 H15300.24
    • Support for vSAN Express Architecture.
    • Support for SmartFabric Services in integrated mode and decoupled mode.
    November 2022 H15300.23 Support VxRail-managed VMware vCenter Server on a 2-node cluster.
    August 2022 H15300.22 Support for new features in 7.0.400.
    March 2022 H15300.21 Support for new features in 7.0.350.
    January 2022 H15300.20 Support for new 15G VxRail models.
    December 2021 H15300.19
    • Update dynamic cluster content with link to Dell published guide.
    • Update content for VxRail Manager network exclusions.
    November 2021 H15300.18 Support for PowerFlex as external storage for dynamic cluster.
    October 2021 H15300.17 Support for satellite nodes.
    August 2021 H15300.16 Support for new features in 7.0.240.
    June 2021 H15300.15
    • Updated Intel and AMD node connectivity options for 100 GbE.
    • Expanded network topology option to include custom networks with six Ethernet ports per node.
    • Clarified that VxRail supplied internal DNS cannot support naming services outside of its resident cluster.
    • Private VLANs (PVLANs) are unsupported for VxRail networking.
    April 2021 H15300.14
    • Added content on mixing of node ports in VxRail clusters.
    • Option for manual node ingestion instead of IPV6 multicast.
    • Added content for LACP policies.
    • Updated stretched cluster node minimums.
    February 2021 H15300.13 Support for new features in 7.0.131.
    November 2020 H15300.12 Removed requirement for VxRail guest network during initial configuration.
    October 2020 H15300.11 Support for new features in VxRail 7.0.100 and removed references to VMware Log Insight.
    September 2020 H15300.10 Outlined best practices for link aggregation on non-VxRail ports.
    August 2020 H15300.9 Updated requirement for NIC redundancy enablement.
    July 2020 H15300.8 Support for new features in VxRail 7.0.010.
    June 2020 H15300.7 Updated networking requirements for multirack VxRail clusters.
    May 2020 H15300.6 Updated switch requirements for VxRail IPv6 multicast.
    April 2020 H15300.5
    Support for:
    • VxRail SmartFabric multirack switch network.
    • Optional 100 GbE Ethernet and FC network ports on VxRail nodes.
    March 2020 H15300.4 Support for new functionality in VMware vSphere 7.0.
    February 2020 H15300.3 Support for new features in VxRail 4.7.410.
    August 2019 H15300.2 Support for VxRail 4.7.300 with Layer 3 VxRail networks.
    June 2019 H15300.1 Support for VxRail 4.7.210 and updates to 25 GbE networking.
    April 2019 H15300
    • First inclusion of this version history table.
    • Support of VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail.