Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 3.x Administration Guide

Introduction

The Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 3.x Administration Guide provides procedures for administering and upgrading the PowerFlex appliance.

The target audience for this document includes system administrators responsible for managing PowerFlex appliance and Dell personnel responsible for remote management.

The dvswitch names are for example only and may not match the configured system. Do not change these names or a data unavailable or data lost event may occur.

Depending on when the system was built, it uses an embedded operating system-based jump server or a Windows-based jump server. The specific procedures in this guide describe using the Windows-based jump server. You can accomplish the same tasks using the tools available for the embedded operating system-based jump server. Refer to Using an embedded operating system-based jump server for more details.

Depending on when the system was built, it will have one of the following controllers. You can upgrade the controller using the associated upgrade procedures:

In a default PowerFlex setup two data networks are standard. Four data networks are only required for specific customer requirements, for example, high performance or use of trunk ports.

Dell PowerFlex appliance was previously known as Dell VxFlex appliance. Similarly, Dell PowerFlex Manager was previously known as Dell VxFlex Manager, and Dell PowerFlex was previously known as Dell VxFlex OS. References in the documentation will be updated over time.

PowerFlex management controller 2.0 with PERC H755 raid controllers are added as a service in lifecycle mode in PowerFlex Manager.

PowerFlex management controller 2.0 with HBA355 raid controllers are added as a service in managed mode in PowerFlex Manager.

PowerFlex appliance architecture is based on Dell PowerEdge R650, R750, R6525, R7525, R640, R740xd, and R840 servers.

PowerFlex Manager provides the management and orchestration functionality for PowerFlex appliance.

PowerFlex supports multi-subnet or multi-VLAN for all network types other than data, vSAN, and NSX overlay.

For additional PowerFlex appliance documentation, go to PowerFlex appliance technical documentation.