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Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Administration Guide

Add a network to a resource group

You can add an available network to a resource group or choose to define a new network for a configuration that was initially deployed outside of PowerFlex Manager. You cannot remove an added network using PowerFlex Manager.

About this task

Before you can add a network to a service, define the network.

You can add a static route to allow nodes to communicate across different networks. The static route can also be used to support replication in storage-only and hyperconverged services.

Prerequisites

Ensure that 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.

Steps

  1. Log in to PowerFlex Manager.
  2. On the menu bar, click Lifecycle > Resource Group.
  3. From the Resource Group Details page, click Add Resources, and select Add Network.
  4. Click Add Additional Network to add an additional network and click Continue or to add an additional static route, go to the next step.
    For a multi-VLAN or multi-subnet configuration, consider additional networks only for the following network traffic:
    • Hypervisor management
    • Hypervisor migration
    • PowerFlex management
    • PowerFlex replication
    • General purpose VLAN (visible only for PowerFlex storage-only nodes)
  5. Click Add Additional Static Route and perform the following to add static routes:
    1. Click Add New Static Route.
    2. Select a Source Network (Data).

      The source network must be a PowerFlex data network or a replication network.

    3. Select a Destination Network (Rep).

      The destination network must be a PowerFlex data network or a replication network.

    4. Type the IP address for the Gateway.
    5. Repeat steps 5a through 5d for additional static routes required.
    6. Click Save.

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