SmartFabric Services with Multisite vSAN Stretched Cluster Deployment Guide

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  Notes, cautions, and warnings

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  Purpose of this guide
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  Dell Technologies vision
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  SmartFabric Services
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  SFS UI
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  SFS multisite fabric interconnect
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  OpenManage Network Integration
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  VMware vSAN stretched cluster
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  Typographical conventions

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  Hardware Used in this Guide
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  Leaf and spine switches
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  Other infrastructure switches
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  vSAN stretched cluster nodes
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  Additional ESXi hosts
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  Jump host

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  Topology
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  Production topology with SmartFabric Services
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  Production topology connection details
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  OOB management topology
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  OOB management connection details

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  Minimum requirements
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  Unsupported features
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  Networks and IP addresses
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  BGP ASNs and router IDs
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  DNS server records
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  SFS default fabric settings

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  SFS switch configuration
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  Configure switch OOB management interfaces
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  Enable SmartFabric
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  Connect to the SmartFabric Services UI
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  Update fabric and switch names

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  Configure DCI switches
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  DCI-Site-1 switch configuration
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  DCI-Site-2 switch configuration
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  DCI-Site-3 switch configuration
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  Verify DCI switch connectivity

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  Configure Fabric Interconnects
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  Determine SmartFabric Router IDs
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  Configure Site 1 fabric interconnect
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  Configure Site 2 fabric interconnect
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  More fabric interconnect information
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  Validation with CLI commands

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  Configure Networks
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  Create networks
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  Configure Layer 3 networks

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  Add ESXi hosts to topology
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  vSAN cluster and services host initial configuration
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  Witness host initial configuration
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  ESXi host onboarding
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  Test connectivity

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  Configure a jump host
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  Change native port speed on S5200 series switches
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  Configure the jump host interface
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  Configure the jump host IP address

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  Deploy VM for DNS/NTP server
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  Deploy the vCenter Server

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  ESXi services and witness host configuration
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  Create the data center
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  Add the services and witness hosts to vCenter
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  Configure jumbo frames and vMotion network on the services host
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  Configure jumbo frames and vSAN network on the witness host
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  Enable NTP on the ESXi services and witness hosts

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  Create the cluster
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  Add hosts to the cluster using Quickstart
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  Configure the cluster using Quickstart
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  MTU settings
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  Run Skyline Health tests

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  Migrate the vCenter Server and the DNS server
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  Migrate the DNS server
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  Migrate the vCenter Server

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  Add User VMs
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  Create Distributed Port Group
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  Deploy VMs
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  Verify connectivity

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  Deploy OMNI
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  Services host connections for OMNI VM
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  Services host configuration
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  Deploy the OMNI VM
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  OMNI console configuration
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  Add the SmartFabric instances to OMNI
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  Register the vCenter server in OMNI
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  OMNI Day-2 automation example

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  Validated Components
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  Switches and operating systems
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  vSAN cluster hosts and services host
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  Witness host
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  VMware software
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  OMNI software

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  Dell Networking
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  VMware
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  Fabric Design Center
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  Support and feedback

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  CLI Command Output
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  show virtual-network
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  show ip bgp summary
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  show ip interface brief
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  show ip route