Planning Guide—Dell EMC VxRail Network Planning

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  Introduction to VxRail

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  Planning your data center network for VxRail
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  VxRail hardware and the physical network infrastructure
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  VxRail clusters, appliances, and nodes
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  Network switch
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  Data Center Network
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  VxRail node connectivity options
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  VxRail Ethernet port options
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  VxRail networking rules and restrictions
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  Topology and connections
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  Out-of-band management (optional)

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  VxRail feature-driven decision points
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  Software-defined data center
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  Dell EMC SmartFabric network mode
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  vSAN stretched-cluster
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  2-Node cluster

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  VxRail hardware and switch selection decision points

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  Planning the VxRail Implementation
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  Plan
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  Decide on VxRail single point of management
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  Plan the VxRail logical network
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  Plan network settings for VxRail management components
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  Identify unique 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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  Reserve IP addresses for VxRail vMotion and vSAN networks
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  Decide on VxRail logging solution
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  Assign passwords for VxRail management
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  Prepare for Dell EMC SmartFabric Services enablement

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  Configure the upstream network for VxRail
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  Setting up the network switch for VxRail connectivity
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  Confirm your data center network
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  Confirm your firewall settings
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  Confirm your data center environment

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  Preparing to build the VxRail cluster
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  Configuring a workstation/laptop for VxRail initialization
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  Perform initialization to create a VxRail cluster

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  Modify Teaming and Failover Policy for VxRail Network Ports
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  Support for NSX
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  Using unassigned VxRail physical ports

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  VxRail Network Configuration Table

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  VxRail Passwords

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  VxRail Setup Checklist

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  VxRail Open Ports Requirements

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  Physical Network Switch Examples