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VxFlex Network Deployment Guide using Dell EMC Networking 25GbE switches and OS10EE
Table of contents
Revisions
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Executive summary
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1
Introduction
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1.1
Typographical conventions
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1.2
Attachments
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1.3
Dell EMC VxFlex
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2
Hardware overview
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2.1
Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON
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2.2
Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON
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2.3
Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node (R740xd)
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VxFlex networking overview
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3.1
Network topologies
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3.1.1
Production network
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3.1.2
Management network
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3.2
Network connectivity
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3.1
Connections to OOB management switch
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3.2
IP addressing
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3.3
Switch preparation
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Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON 25GbE switch configuration
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4.1
Initializing switches
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4.2
S5248F-ON leaf switch configuration
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4.3
Verify switch configuration
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4.3.1
show vlt domain id
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4.3.2
show vlt domain id mismatch
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4.3.3
show vlt domain id backup-link
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4.3.4
show vlt mac-inconsistency
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4.3.5
show spanning-tree brief
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4.3.6
show vrrp brief
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VMware virtual network design
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5.1
ESXi management
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5.2
Load balancing
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5.3
Configuration details
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5.4
VMware vSphere VMkernel configuration
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Deploy Dell EMC VxFlex
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6.1
Deploy the VxFlex plug-in
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