Adding the details of an existing network enables
PowerFlex Manager to automatically configure nodes that are connected to the network.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the following conditions are met before you define the network:
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 appropriate PXE settings to PXE boot images from
PowerFlex Manager in your deployment network.
About this task
To define a network, complete the following steps:
Steps
On the menu bar, click
Settings and then click
Networking.
Click
Networks.
The
Networks page opens.
Click
Define. The
Define Network page opens.
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 one of the following network types:
General Purpose LAN
Hypervisor Management
Hypervisor Migration
Hardware Management
PowerFlex Data
PowerFlex Data (Client Traffic Only)
PowerFlex Data (Server Traffic Only)
PowerFlex Replication
NAS File Management
NAS File Data
PowerFlex Management
For a
PowerFlex configuration that uses a hyperconverged architecture with two data networks, you typically have two networks that are defined with the
PowerFlex data network type. The
PowerFlex data network type supports both client and server communications. The
PowerFlex data network type is used with hyperconverged resource groups.
For a
PowerFlex configuration that uses a two-layer architecture with four dedicated data networks, you typically have two
PowerFlex (client traffic only) VLANs and two
PowerFlex data (server traffic only) VLANs. These network types are used with storage-only and compute-only resource groups.
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 that enable network traffic to flow from the 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. 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:
Server or Client: Range is assigned to the server and client roles.
Client Only: Range is assigned to the client role on
PowerFlex hyperconverged nodes and
PowerFlex compute-only nodes.
Server Only: Range is assigned to the server 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.
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