
Planning Your Data Center Network for VxRail
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1Introduction
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2VxRail hardware and the physical network infrastructure
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3VxRail clusters, appliances, and nodes
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4Network switch
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5Data center network
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6VxRail Ethernet port options
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7VxRail Ethernet adapter options
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8VxRail node connectivity options
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9VxRail networking rules and restrictions
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10Topology and connections

VxRail Feature-Driven Decision Points

Planning the VxRail Cluster Implementation
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1Introduction
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2Decide on VxRail single point of management
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3Decide on VxRail network traffic segmentation
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4Plan the VxRail logical network
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5Plan network exclusions reserved for VxRail Manager
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6Plan network settings for VxRail management components
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7Identify IP addresses for VxRail management components
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8Select hostnames for VxRail management components
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9Identify external applications and settings for VxRail
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10Prepare customer-supplied vCenter server
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11Prepare customer-supplied virtual distributed switch
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12Reserve IP addresses for VxRail vMotion network
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13Reserve IP addresses for VxRail vSAN network
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14Decide on VxRail logging solution
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15Assign passwords for VxRail management
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16Prepare for Dell EMC SmartFabric Services enablement

Preparing to Build the VxRail Cluster

VxRail Network Considerations After Implementation

Appendices

Planning Your Data Center Network for VxRail
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1Introduction
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2VxRail hardware and the physical network infrastructure
-
3VxRail clusters, appliances, and nodes
-
4Network switch
-
5Data center network
-
6VxRail Ethernet port options
-
7VxRail Ethernet adapter options
-
8VxRail node connectivity options
-
9VxRail networking rules and restrictions
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10Topology and connections

VxRail Feature-Driven Decision Points

Planning the VxRail Cluster Implementation
-
1Introduction
-
2Decide on VxRail single point of management
-
3Decide on VxRail network traffic segmentation
-
4Plan the VxRail logical network
-
5Plan network exclusions reserved for VxRail Manager
-
6Plan network settings for VxRail management components
-
7Identify IP addresses for VxRail management components
-
8Select hostnames for VxRail management components
-
9Identify external applications and settings for VxRail
-
10Prepare customer-supplied vCenter server
-
11Prepare customer-supplied virtual distributed switch
-
12Reserve IP addresses for VxRail vMotion network
-
13Reserve IP addresses for VxRail vSAN network
-
14Decide on VxRail logging solution
-
15Assign passwords for VxRail management
-
16Prepare for Dell EMC SmartFabric Services enablement

Preparing to Build the VxRail Cluster

VxRail Network Considerations After Implementation
