Dell EMC PowerFlex Rack Using PowerFlex Manager

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Ensure the availability of network IP addresses

When you expand your system, you must ensure that there are network IP addresses available for communication.

About this task

The IP address ranges cannot overlap and must be used exclusively for the static network defined. 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.


Node type	IP address requirements
PowerFlex hyperconverged node	One VMware ESXI management IP address
	One vMotion IP address
	Two IP addressees per data network
	One PowerFlex management IP address
PowerFlex storage-only node	One IP address per data network
PowerFlex storage-only node	One PowerFlex management IP address
PowerFlex compute-only node	One ESXi management IP address
	One vMotion IP address
	One IP address per data network
	One PowerFlex management IP address

Steps

Go to Settings > Networks.
Select the network on which you want to ensure that there are available IP addresses.
Scroll to the Static IP Address Details field, and select Available IP Addresses from the View drop-down list.