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How to Set up PowerProtect Data Manager Multi-vLAN Network

Summary: This article is to assist Dell customers and partners with creating a PPDM multiple vLAN network.

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Instructions

Supported Scenarios

PowerProtect Data Manager supports virtual networks for the following use cases:
  • Virtual machine backups
  • Guest level backups 
  • Replication
  • Disaster recovery
  • Cloud DR
  • Storage Data Management

Virtual network planning
Single Network

Data for Management Components traffic on Management network
Data for management components traffic on Management network showing PowerProtect Data Manager, Search Engine, Agent, Protection Engine
Figure 1: Virtual network planning showing single network - This topology assigns all traffic types to the same network. There is no separation between Management and data or between agents which belong to different logical organisations.

Data for Management Components traffic on Data network
Data for management components traffic on Data network showing PowerProtect Data Manager, Search Engine, Agent, Protection Engine
Figure 2: Data for management components traffic on Data network showing PowerProtect Data Manager, Search Engine, Agent, Protection Engine

Full Network separation
Full Network Separation showing PowerProtect Data Manager, Search Engine, Agent, Protection Engine
Figure 3: Full Network Separation showing PowerProtect Data Manager, Search Engine, Agent, Protection Engine


Steps to configure multi-vLAN network  

Physical Switch Diagram
Figure 4: Multi-vLAN diagram and its configurations 
 
  1. Register the vCenter server on which the PPDM VM is deployed.
  PowerProtect Data Manager showing Infrastructure> Asset Sources
Figure 5: PowerProtect Data Manager showing Infrastructure > Asset Sources
 
  1. Configure physical Switch ports that connect to ESXi Servers to trunk mode. This setting allows the ports to pass multiple vLAN traffic.
  Network Telemetry showing ports active
Figure 6: Network Telemetry showing ports active
 
  1. In vCenter UI, enable Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT) or Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) mode on VMware ESXi vSwitch port group for PPDM. You can use a standard port group or a distributed port group.
  • VGT: For port groups on standard virtual switches, configure the virtual switch port for vLAN ID 4095, which makes all vLANs accessible. For port groups on distributed virtual switches, use vLAN trunking, which supports specifying multiple vLANs by ID or range. For more information, see the VMware ESXi documentation. 
  • VST: You can also configure the port group with a vLAN ID from 1-4094
NOTE: Learn more about standard vSwitch tagging methods by visiting VMware Support.
 
vSphere Client showing Data Protection> Configure> Networking> Virtual switches showing VGT port group components
Figure 7: vSphere Client showing Data Protection > Configure > Networking > Virtual switches showing VGT port group components
 
  1. In Data Domain Web UI, Configure NIC vLAN IPs for the DD. The DD documentation provides more information. Select Hardware > Ethernet, select the Physical NIC, and click Create. Select vLAN to add vLAN configuration.
  DD System Manager showing Hardware> Ethernet> Network> Interfaces
Figure 8: DD System Manager showing Hardware > Ethernet > Network > Interfaces
 
  1. In PPDM Web UI, add the DD as protection storage. Select Infrastructure > Storage, click Add under Protection Storage tab to add primary and replication Data Domains.
  PowerProtect Data Manager showing Infrastructure> Storage> Protection Storage showing added network
Figure 9: PowerProtect Data Manager showing Infrastructure > Storage > Protection Storage showing added network
 
  1. Once added, set Network name and Network purpose for each DD interface
Network name and purpose fields
Figure 10: Network name and purpose fields
 
  1. In PPDM Web UI, add virtual networks, include creating a pool of static IP addresses. These names are not required to match to the ones in the previous step. However, it is recommended that you use the same network name in both locations for each virtual network. 
PowerProtect Data Manager showing Infrastructure> Networks
Figure 11: PowerProtect Data Manager showing Infrastructure> Networks
 

Virtual Network Assignment
 
By Protection policy shows Edit Primary Backup, By asset show asset list with edit option
Figure 12: By Protection policy shows Edit Primary Backup. By asset shows the asset list with edit option.
 

Additional Information

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Affected Products

PowerProtect Data Manager Software
Article Properties
Article Number: 000205869
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 18 May 2023
Version:  4
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