- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Revision history
- Introduction
- VxRail network planning overview
- Plan the VxRail network
- VxRail cluster types
- VxRail hardware and switch selection decision points
- Prepare the data center to implement VxRail
- Decide on an IP address scheme
- Prepare external network connectivity for VxRail
- Prepare service connectivity for VxRail
- Prepare for VMware vSphere+ subscription licensing
- Prepare data center routing services
- Prepare for multirack VxRail cluster
- Prepare for VMware vSAN HCI mesh topology
- Prepare external FC storage for dynamic clusters
- Prepare for VxRail custom uplink assignments
- Prepare data center network MTU
- Prepare for LAG of VxRail networks
- Plan LAG on switch port pairs
- Prepare certificate authority server for VxRail
- Identify isolation IP addresses for VMware vSphere High Availability
- Plan the VxRail cluster implementation
- Decide on VxRail single point of management
- Decide on VxRail network traffic segmentation
- Decide on teaming and failover policies for VxRail networks
- Plan the VxRail logical network
- Plan network settings for VxRail management components
- Plan network settings for VMware vCenter Server management network
- Identify IP addresses for VxRail management components
- Select hostnames for VxRail management components
- Identify external applications and settings for VxRail
- Prepare the customer-managed VMware vCenter Server
- Prepare a customer-managed VMware VDS
- Reserve IP addresses for VxRail-managed VMware vSphere vMotion network
- Reserve IPv4/IPv6 addresses for VxRail vSAN network
- Decide on VxRail logging solution
- Assign passwords for VxRail management
- Plan VMware vSAN witness networking
- Plan networking for VxRail Satellite Nodes
- Configure the Network for VxRail
- Prepare to build the VxRail cluster
- VxRail network considerations after implementation
- Appendix A: VxRail Network Configuration Table
- Appendix B: VxRail Passwords
- Appendix C: VxRail cluster setup checklist
- Appendix D: VxRail Open Ports Requirements
- Appendix E: VMware VDS port group default settings
- Appendix F: Physical Network Switch Examples
- Pre-defined network profile: 2x10gb or 2x25gb from a single NDC/OCP
- Predefined network profile: 4x10gb or 4x25gb NDC/OCP
- Predefined network profile: 2 x 10/25 GB NDC/OCP and 2 x 10/25 GB PCIe
- Custom option: Any NDC/OCP ports paired with PCIe ports
- Custom option: Two NDC/OCP ports paired with PCIe ports other than the first slot
- Custom option: PCIe ports only
- Custom option: Six ports
- Custom option: Eight ports
- Custom option: Eight ports connected to four Ethernet switches
Dell VxRail Network Planning Guide
Prepare service connectivity for VxRail
VxRail supports network connectivity to Dell Support, enables health monitoring, real-time analytics, event notification, and remote support when necessary.
If you plan to enable VxRail to connect to Dell back-end Customer Support centers, there are three options:
- VxRail Manager can connect directly to the back-end Dell Support sites.
- VxRail Manager can connect to a proxy, which provides the connection to back-end Dell Support sites.
- VxRail Manage can connect to the Dell secure connect gateways, which provide connectivity to back-end Dell Support sites.
If you already have a secure connect gateway that is deployed in your data center to support this service-known as call-home for other Dell products, this same gateway service can be used for VxRail. If this is the first Dell product that you plan to connect to this service, be sure to first complete the prerequisites:
- Create and validate a Dell Support account.
- Configure at least one site ID for identity purposes in the Customer Support databases.
- Register the VxRail product with a site ID.
When service connectivity is enabled, hosts can send health data to the VxRail Support team and provide secure automated access between Support and your VxRail. VxRail uses the secure connect gateway for connectivity. See KB 196945 and the Secure Remote Services 3.52 Upgrade to Secure Connect Gateway Supplement Documentation for more information. Verify that the minimum secure connect gateway version is 5.00.07.10. Enable service connectivity in direct connection mode or through an external secure connect gateway in VxRail Manager.
If you plan to deploy VxRail using single-stack IPv6 networking, deploy either the proxy or secure connect gateway. Either method must provide IPv6 connectivity on the front end, and IPv4 connectivity to Dell support services on the back end.
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