Dell VxRail Network Planning Guide

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  Revision history
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  Intended use and audience

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  Introduction
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  VxRail hardware and the physical network infrastructure
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  VxRail clusters and nodes
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  Network switch
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  Data center network
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  VxRail networking port options
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  VxRail Ethernet adapter options
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  VxRail Fibre Channel adapter options
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  VxRail RoCE adapter options
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  VxRail DPU options
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  VxRail node connectivity options
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  VxRail networking rules and restrictions

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  Introduction
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  Cluster with vSAN storage
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  Dynamic cluster
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  vSAN stretched cluster
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  2-node cluster
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  Satellite nodes

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  Introduction
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  Software-defined data center
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  Dell SmartFabric network mode
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  vSphere with Kubernetes on VxRail

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  Step-by-step networking decision points

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  Introduction
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  Prepare external network connectivity for VxRail
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  Prepare remote support connectivity for VxRail
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  Prepare for vSphere+ subscription licensing
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  Prepare data center routing services
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  Prepare for multi-rack VxRail cluster
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  Prepare for vSAN HCI mesh topology
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  Prepare external FC storage for dynamic clusters
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  Prepare for VxRail custom uplink assignments
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  Prepare data center network MTU
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  Prepare for link aggregation of VxRail networks
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  Plan link aggregation on switch port pairs
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  Prepare certificate authority server for VxRail

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  Introduction
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  Decide on VxRail single point of management
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  Decide on VxRail network traffic segmentation
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  Decide on teaming and failover policies for VxRail networks
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  Plan the VxRail logical network
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  Plan network settings for VxRail management components
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  Plan network settings for vCenter Server management network
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  Identify IP addresses for VxRail management components
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  Select hostnames for VxRail management components
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  Identify external applications and settings for VxRail
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  Prepare customer-supplied vCenter server
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  Prepare customer-supplied virtual-distributed switch
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  Reserve IP addresses for VxRail vMotion network
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  Reserve IP addresses for VxRail vSAN network
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  Decide on VxRail logging solution
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  Assign passwords for VxRail management

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  Introduction
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  Overview of vSAN Witness for VxRail stretched cluster
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  Overview of vSAN Witness for VxRail 2-node cluster
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  Networking rules for vSAN witness and VxRail
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  Reserve Network Settings for vSAN Witness Networks

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  Introduction
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  Plan networking to support VxRail satellite node management
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  Assign network settings to VxRail satellite nodes
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  Assign passwords for VxRail satellite nodes

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  Introduction
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  Setting up the network switch for VxRail connectivity
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  Setting up the upstream network for VxRail connectivity
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  Configure network to support RoCE
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  Confirm your data center network

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  Introduction
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  Complete pre-requisites for dynamic clusters
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  Configure nodes for tagged VxRail management VLAN
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  Configure a jump host or laptop for VxRail initialization
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  Perform initialization to create a VxRail cluster

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  Introduction
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  Configure link aggregation on VxRail networks
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  Using unassigned physical ports for VxRail networks

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  Introduction to appendixes
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  Appendix A: VxRail Network Configuration Table
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  Appendix B: VxRail Passwords
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  Appendix C: VxRail Cluster Setup Checklist
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  Appendix D: VxRail Open Ports Requirements
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  Appendix E: Virtual Distributed Switch Portgroup Default Settings
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  Appendix F: Physical Network Switch Examples