Dell VxRail™ Appliance 4.7x Administration Guide

Add a VxRail host to a cluster

Add a VxRail host to an existing cluster.

1. From the VMware vSphere Client, select Hosts and Clusters from the left navigation bar.
2. Click the cluster to which you want to add a VxRail host.
3. Select the Configure tab.
4. Select VxRail > Hosts from the inner left navigation window and click ADD.
   You can also click the Actions menu next to the cluster name and select VxRail > Add VxRail Hosts.
5. Do one of the following:
   1. To add a host within the same rack space select the host and click Add Host. This is level 2 from a network configuration perspective.
   2. To add a host from another rack space that is set up to use a ToR switch and spine switch for connectivity, click Add Proxy and specify a proxy node from that target rack space and begin the VxRail host addition procedure. This is level 3 from a network configuration perspective.
   Level 2 and level 3 models are not compatible. VxRail does not support converting from one to the other. Clicking Add Host launches the level 2 procedure. Clicking Add Proxy triggers a wizard to identify the proxy node on another rack to start the level 3 procedure.