Adding the details of an existing network enables
PowerFlex Manager to automatically configure nodes that are connected to the network. Defining a network enables information to be populated in
PowerFlex Manager, but it does not change your environment.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the following conditions are met before defining the network:
A new VLAN is created on any switches that need access to that VLAN and is added to any management cluster server facing ports. The VLAN is then added it to any northbound trunks to other switches that it must communicate with.
PowerFlex Manager can communicate with the out-of-band management network.
PowerFlex Manager can communicate with the operating system installation network in which the appliance is deployed.
PowerFlex Manager can communicate with the hypervisor management network.
The DHCP node is fully functional with the appropriate PXE settings to PXE boot images from
PowerFlex Manager in your operating system installation network.
Steps
On the menu bar, click
Settings > Networks.
Click
Define.
In the
Name field, enter the name of the network. Optionally, in the
Description field, enter a description for the network.
From the
Network Type drop-down list, select a network type.
For a hyperconverged architecture deployment with two data networks, you typically have two
PowerFlex data networks that are defined with the
PowerFlex data network type. The
PowerFlex data network type supports both SDC and SDS communications. The
PowerFlex data network type is used with hyperconverged nodes.
In the
VLAN ID field, enter a VLAN ID between
1 and
4094.
NOTE:PowerFlex Manager uses the VLAN ID to configure I/O modules to enable network traffic to flow from the
PowerFlex node to configured networks during deployment.
Optionally, select the
Configure Static IP Address Ranges check box, and then do the following:
NOTE:The
Configure Static IP Address Ranges check box is not available for all network types. For example, you cannot configure a static IP address range for the operating system installation network type. Also, you cannot select or clear this check box to configure static IP address pools after a network is created.
In the
Subnet box, enter the IP address for the subnet. The subnet is used to support static routes for data and replication networks.
In the
Subnet Mask box, enter the subnet mask.
In the
Gateway box, enter the default gateway IP address for routing network traffic.
Optionally, in the
Primary DNS and
Secondary DNS fields, enter the IP addresses of primary DNS and secondary DNS.
Optionally, in the
DNS Suffix field, enter the DNS suffix to append for hostname resolution.
To add an IP address range, click
Add IP Address Range. In the row, indicate the role in
PowerFlex nodes for the IP address range and then specify a starting and ending IP address for the range. For the
Role, select either:
SDS or SDC: Default; range is assigned to
Storage Data Server (SDS) and
Storage Data Client (SDC) roles.
SDC: Range is assigned to
SDC role on
PowerFlex hyperconverged nodes and
PowerFlex compute-only nodes.
SDS: Range is assigned to
SDS role on
PowerFlex hyperconverged nodes and
PowerFlex storage-only nodes.
Repeat this step to add IP address ranges based on the requirement. For example, you can use one range for
SDC and another for
SDS.
NOTE:IP address ranges cannot overlap. For example, you cannot create an IP address range of 10.10.10.1–10.10.10.100 and another range of 10.10.10.50–10.10.10.150.
Click
Save.
Data is not available for the Topic
Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
Please select whether the article was helpful or not.
Comments cannot contain these special characters: <>()\