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Deployment Guide—VMware IaaS on PowerEdge MX Servers and PowerMax Storage
Introduction Predeployment Requirements Physical Layout Network Configuration SAN Storage Deployment and Configuration Management Cluster Deployment
Installing ESXi on the management hosts
Configuring the ESXi management network
Configuring standard virtual switches
Creating a management datastore from the PowerMax LUN
Deploying vCenter Server Appliance
Adding vCenter Server to Unisphere storage management
Configuring Active Directory authentication (optional)
Disabling SSH on ESXi hosts (optional)
Configuring the management cluster
Compute Cluster Deployment Management Software and Data Protection Deployment References Site Survey

Configuring the ESXi management network

Configuring the ESXi management network

  • After you install ESXi and restart the server, configure and test the ESXi management network.

    Configure the management network

    Configure the management network:

    1. Open the iDRAC Virtual Console, and press F2 to log in to the Direct Console User Interface.
    1. Enter the credentials that you created during the ESXi setup, and then press Enter.
    2. From the System Customization menu, select Configure Management Network.
    3. On the Configure Management Network page, select Network Adapters to ensure that the NIC is registered as connected.
    4. On the Network Adapters page, ensure that the Status column displays Connected for vmnic0 and any other NIC ports that are already connected.

    If the NIC is not connected, check the cabling and status of the switch port and correct any issues. Then, press Esc to return to the previous page.

    1. Press Esc to exit the Network Adapters menu.
    2. Select VLAN (optional) and press Enter.
    3. Enter the VLAN ID for the management network (110 in Table 3, VLAN information example), and then press Enter.
    4. Select IPv4 Configuration and press Enter.
    5. Using the cursor keys, select Set static IPv4 address, and then press the space bar.
    6. On the IPv4 Configuration page, enter the IPv4 address, subnet mask, and default gateway for the management host.

    See Table 17 of the site survey.

    1. Press Enter.
    2. Select DNS Configuration and press Enter.
    3. Type the IP address of the DNS servers and the FQDN of the host.

    See Table 13 of the site survey.

    1. If the environment has multiple domains, or if subdomains and short names are used, select Custom DNS Suffixes and add the suffixes.
    2. Press Esc to return to the main menu.
    3. Press Y to confirm the changes and restart the management network.

    Test the management network

    Test the management network setup:

    1. Under System Customization, select Test Management Network.

    Test Management Network shows a summary of what will be tested. The following figure is from a test deployment.

    Figure 10.     Test Management Network

    1. Press Enter to continue.

    When the test has completed, results that are similar to those in the following figure are displayed.

    Figure 11.     Test network results