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Planning Guide—Dell EMC VxRail Network Planning
Planning Your Data Center Network for VxRail
Introduction VxRail hardware and the physical network infrastructure VxRail clusters, appliances, and nodes Network switch Data center network VxRail Ethernet port options VxRail Ethernet adapter options VxRail node connectivity options VxRail networking rules and restrictions Topology and connections

VxRail clusters, appliances, and nodes

  • A VxRail appliance consists of a set of server nodes that are designed and engineered for VxRail. A VxRail physical node starts as a standard Dell PowerEdge server. The Dell PowerEdge server next goes through a manufacturing process following VxRail product engineering specifications to produce a VxRail node ready for shipment. A set of prepared VxRail nodes is delivered to the customer site based on a purchase order. The set of VxRail nodes is delivered ready for data center installation and connectivity into the data center network infrastructure.

    Once the data center installation and network connectivity are complete, and the equipment is powered on, the VxRail management interface is used to perform the initialization process, which forms the final product: a VxRail cluster. 

    A standard VxRail cluster starts with a minimum of three nodes and can scale to a maximum of 64 nodes. The selection of the VxRail nodes to form a cluster is primarily driven by planned business use cases, and factors such as performance and capacity. Five series of VxRail models are offered, each targeting specific objectives:

    VxRail Series

    Target Objective

    E-Series

    Balanced Compute and Storage, Space Optimized (1U1N chassis)

    V-Series

    Virtual Desktop Enablement

    P-Series

    High Performance

    S-Series

    Storage Dense

    G-Series

    Compute Dense, Space Optimized (2U4N chassis)

    D-Series

    Durable, ruggedized, short-depth platforms designed to withstand extreme conditions

    Each VxRail model series offers choices for network connectivity. The following figures show some of the physical network port options for the VxRail models.

    Figure 1.              Back view of VxRail E-Series on Dell 14th Generation PowerEdge server

    Figure 2.              Back view of VxRail V-, P-, and S-Series on Dell 14th Generation PowerEdge server

    Figure 3.              Back view of VxRail G-Series on Dell 14th Generation PowerEdge server

    In addition to network connectivity, review the physical power, space, and cooling requirements for your planned infrastructure to ensure data center compatibility.

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