Dell VxRail™ Appliance 4.7x Administration Guide

Configure VxRail satellite nodes

The VxRail Manager allows you to configure certain parameters that apply to the hosts in your VxRail cluster.

VxRail uses satellite nodes to provide simplicity, agility, and automation. Satellite nodes are used to address more edge use cases with single node deployments. Satellite nodes extend the VxRail operational model and efficiencies to edge sites while automating day-to-day operations, health monitoring, and life cycle management. This service is provided from a centralized location without the need for local technical or specialized resources.

A VxRail cluster with VMware vSAN that has been upgraded to 7.0.300, or later manages the satellite nodes. Only a VxRail cluster with a customer-managed VMware vCenter Server can manage satellite nodes. The VxRail Manager VM that is deployed can control all satellite nodes from a centralized host management location in the VMware vCenter Server. Using VxRail Manager, you can add, remove, and update satellite nodes from one access point.

The host folder is used to logically group the VxRail satellite nodes together.

Go to VxRail Manager for configuration steps that use the VMware vSphere Client. Go to VMware Docs for more information about using the VMware vSphere Client.