PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.16.0.0 Administrator's Guide for DM5500

Virtual network prerequisites

Before you configure a virtual network, complete the following actions:

• Register the vCenter server on which PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance is deployed. You can verify it on the vCenter tab of the Asset Sources page.
• Configure the network switch port for trunk mode. This setting allows the port to carry traffic for multiple VLANs.
• Enable Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT) or Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) mode on the VMware Hypervisor virtual network switch port for PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance. 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 Hypervisor documentation.
  • VST—You can configure the port group with a VLAN ID from 1-4094.
• Configure a VLAN interface for the DD through the Interfaces tab on the Hardware > Ethernet window in the DD System Manager. The DD documentation provides more information. It is recommended that you choose an interface name that incorporates the VLAN ID. For example, the interface name ethV1.850 for VLAN ID 850.
• Add the DD as protection storage for PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance.

PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance does not verify the network switch configurations. If the physical or virtual network switch is incorrectly configured, virtual network configuration fails.