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

3.

Using the following table, select the VxFlex wizard parameter settings for steps 5 through 7.

VxFlex Wizard deployment settings

Parameter

Setting

Protection domain name

PD01

RAM read cache size per

SDS

128 MB

Storage Pools

SSD01

Enable zero padding

True

SDS host selection

atx01w01esx05, atx01w01esx06, atx01w01esx07, atx01w01esx08

Selected devices

All empty device categorized into the appropriate storage pool.

SDC host selection

atx01w01esx05, atx01w01esx06, atx01w01esx07, atx01w01esx08

Enable/Disable SCSI LUN

Enable

4.

Using the following tables, use the appropriate values to complete the wizard setup.

VxFlex Wizard deployment settings

Parameter

Setting

Host for VxFlex gateway

atx01w01esx08

Gateway admin password

VxFlex Admin Password

Gateway LIA password


Select OVA template

EMC VxFlex SVM Template (v2.0.140000.228) 1

OVA root password


OVA LIA password


Management network label

atx01-w01-vds01-VxFlex-management

Data01 network label

atx01-w01-vds01-VxFlex-data01

Data02 network label

atx01-w01-vds01-VxFlex-data02

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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