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VxFlex Network Deployment Guide using Dell EMC Networking 25GbE switches and OS10EE

C

Validated hardware and components

The tables in this section list the hardware and components that are used to configure and validate the

examples in this guide. Table 20 shows the Dell EMC Networking switches and associated versions used. It is

recommended to update your switches to the latest operating systems available on

Dell Digital Locker

(account required).

Dell EMC Networking switches

Qty

Item

OS/Firmware version

1

S3048-ON - Management switch

OS10EE 10.4.2.2

System CPLD: 9

Module CPLD: 7

2

S5248F-ON - Leaf switch

OS10EE 10.4.2.2

System CPLD: 0.4

Slave CPLD: 1.0

Table 21 lists details of the VxFlex Ready Nodes used to validate the examples in this guide.

It is

recommended that you update your hardware and firmware with the latest

VxFlex Ready Node 14G

Hardware Update

.

VxFlex hardware and firmware

Qty per server

Item

Firmware version

2

Intel® Xeon® Gold 6126 CPU @ 2.60GHz, 12 cores

-

192

GB RAM

-

5

960GB SATA SSD

-

1

Dell HBA330

15.17.09.06

2

MLNX 25GbE 2P ConnectX-4 LX

14.23.10.20

1

Integrated Intel® 2P X710/2P l350 rNDC

18.8.9

-

BIOS

1.6.12

-

iDRAC

3.21.26.22

Section	Page
1 Introduction	6
1.1 Typographical conventions	6
1.2 Attachments	7
1.3 Dell EMC VxFlex	7
2 Hardware overview	8
2.1 Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON	8
2.2 Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON	8
2.3 Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node (R740xd)	8
3 VxFlex networking overview	9
3.1 Network topologies	9
3.1.1 Production network	9
3.1.2 Management network	10
3.2 Network connectivity	11
3.1 Connections to OOB management switch	12
3.2 IP addressing	14
3.3 Switch preparation	16
4 Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON 25GbE switch configuration	18
4.1 Initializing switches	18
4.2 S5248F-ON leaf switch configuration	18
4.3 Verify switch configuration	20
4.3.1 show vlt domain id	20
4.3.2 show vlt domain id mismatch	21
4.3.3 show vlt domain id backup-link	21
4.3.4 show vlt mac-inconsistency	22
4.3.5 show spanning-tree brief	22
4.3.6 show vrrp brief	22
5 VMware virtual network design	23
5.1 ESXi management	23
5.2 Load balancing	23
5.3 Configuration details	23
5.4 VMware vSphere VMkernel configuration	25
6 Deploy Dell EMC VxFlex	27
6.1 Deploy the VxFlex plug-in	27
6.2 Upload the VxFlex OVA template	27
6.3 Deploy VxFlex using the deployment wizard	27
6.3.1 MDM Virtual IP Addresses	30
6.4 VxFlex GUI	31
7 Best practices	32
7.1 Maximum Transmission Unit size	32
7.2 Configure Quality of Service using DiffServ	34
A Troubleshoot SDS connectivity	36
B Routing VxFlex Virtual Machine traffic	37
C Validated hardware and components	39
D Validated software	40
E Supported switches	41
F Product manuals and technical guides	42
G Fabric Design Center	43

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