Users Guide

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Dell Engineered Solution for EVO:RAIL
setup checklist
Read through the Dell Engineered Solution for EVO RAIL Initial Configuration and Network User’s Guide,
and type the required information in the EVO:RAIL Network Configuration table.
Table 1. Dell Engineered Solution for EVO RAIL setup checklist
Dell Engineered Solution for EVO RAIL setup checklist
10 GbE Top-of-rack
(TOR) switch(es)
• Eight 10 GbE ports (SFP+ or RJ-45) for each EVO:RAIL Appliance
• Disable link aggregation (LACP or EtherChannel) on TOR ports connected
to EVO:RAIL
VLANs (Best practice) Important: Read through the entire section on VLANs in this user’s guide
• Configure one management VLAN for EVO:RAIL
™
, vCenter Server
™
, ESXi
™
,
and vRealize Log Insight
™
and enable IPv4 multicast and IPv6 multicast
• Configure one VLAN for Virtual SAN
™
and enable IPv4 multicast
• IGMP snooping and Querier are also recommended
• On interfaces between switches, be sure to configure the management and
Virtual SAN VLANs to follow the same multicast rules
• Configure one VLAN for vSphere® vMotion
™
• Configure at least one VM Network
• Optional: Configure one VLAN for out-of-band management
IP Addresses
• Reserve one IP address on the management VLAN for EVO:RAIL or vCenter
Server
• Reserve one IP address on the management VLAN for vRealize Log Insight
• Reserve four contiguous IP addresses on the vSAN VLAN for each
appliance.
• Reserve four contiguous IP addresses on the vMotion VLAN for each
appliance
• Reserve four contiguous IP addresses for vSphere vMotion for each
appliance
• Reserve four IP addresses for out-of-band management for each appliance
(optional)
Additional Information
• The IP address of a DNS server(s) on your network (required, except in
totally isolated environments).
• The Appliance management IPs need to resolve for both forward and
reverse lookup.
• The IP address or hostname of an NTP server(s) on your network
(recommended)
• Optional: The hostname, port, and username/password of your proxy
server
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