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Deployment Guide—Dell EMC PowerFlex with Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 Chassis
Introduction
Document purpose
Audience
Terminology
MX7000 Build Overview Physical Deployment Configuring the switches Configuring the PowerEdge MX7000 Chassis Configuring the PowerFlex R640 Management Node Deploying a Jump Server Configuring the MX740c ESXi Compute Sleds Deploying PowerFlex Two-Layer Deploy SDC on ESXi Servers Validated Components Technical Resources

Terminology

Terminology

  • The following table provides definitions for some of the terms that are used in this guide:

    Table 1.              Terminology 

    Term

    Definition

    CO

    Compute-only nodes

    FEM

    Fabric Expander Module

    FSE

    Fabric Switching Engine

    LACP

    Link Aggregation Control Protocol

    LCS

    Logical Configuration Survey

    NTP

    Network Time Protocol

    OME

    OpenManage Enterprise

    OOB

    Out of Band 

    OVA

    Open Virtual Appliance

    POC

    Proof of Concept

    RCM

    Release Certification Matrix

    SDC

    Storage Data Client

    SDS

    Storage Data Server

    Sled

    MX740c server

    SO

    PowerFlex storage-only nodes

    ToR

    Top of Rack

    vCSA

    VMware vCenter Server Appliance

    VDS

    vSphere Distributed Switch

    VLT

    Virtual Link Trunking