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

6.2

Upload the VxFlex OVA template

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6.3

Deploy VxFlex using the deployment wizard

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6.4

VxFlex GUI

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Best practices

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7.1

Maximum Transmission Unit size

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7.2

Configure Quality of Service using DiffServ

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A

Troubleshoot SDS connectivity

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Routing VxFlex Virtual Machine traffic

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C

Validated hardware and components

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D

Validated software

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E

Supported switches

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F

Product manuals and technical guides

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Fabric Design Center

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Support and feedback

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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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