Dell EMC PowerFlex Rack Using PowerFlex Manager

Define a network

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.

1. On the menu bar, click Settings > Networks.
2. Click Define.
3. In the Name field, enter the name of the network. Optionally, in the Description field, enter a description for the network.
4. 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.

5. 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.
6. 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.
   1. In the Subnet box, enter the IP address for the subnet. The subnet is used to support static routes for data and replication networks.
   2. In the Subnet Mask box, enter the subnet mask.
   3. In the Gateway box, enter the default gateway IP address for routing network traffic.
   4. Optionally, in the Primary DNS and Secondary DNS fields, enter the IP addresses of primary DNS and secondary DNS.
   5. Optionally, in the DNS Suffix field, enter the DNS suffix to append for hostname resolution.
   6. 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.
7. Click Save.