Dell VxRail™ Appliance 4.7x Administration Guide

Appliance hardware

The VxRail Appliance consists of one to four nodes in a rackmount chassis. Each node has its own compute and storage resources.

For a list of available VxRail Appliance models refer to the VxRail website.

One or more network switches (25 GbE, 10 GbE, or 1 GbE depending on model), appropriate cables, and a workstation/laptop for the user interface are also required for use with your VxRail Appliance.

VxRail Manager

The VxRail Manager Plugin for VMware vCenter (referred to simply as "VxRail Manager") provides a software stack for software-defined data center (SDDC) building blocks including compute, network, storage, and management. VxRail Manager streamlines deployment, configuration, and management for easier initial setup and ongoing operations.

VxRail Manager also provides integration for services and support to help you get the most out of your VxRail Appliance.

With VxRail Manager you can:

• Monitor system health with deep hardware intelligence and graphical representation
• View appliance software versions and updates
• Access Online Support and eServices
• Access community resources such as the user forum and knowledge base
• Use the VxRail Market to access qualified software products
• Perform maintenance operations such as replacing hardware, adding drives, and cycling power to the cluster or nodes
• Perform system software upgrades
• Add and remove nodes in the cluster

VxRail SaaS multi-cluster management

Your VxRail system allows you to take advantage of VxRail SaaS multi-cluster management features, centralized data collection and analytics that streamline monitoring of your VxRail clusters, improve serviceability, and help you make better decisions to manage the performance and capacity of your pre-engineered hyperconverged infrastructure.

You access the SaaS multi-cluster management features through the MyVxRail web portal, which you can launch right from within VxRail Manager.