Users Guide

configure ESXi hosts. Management traffic includes all EVO:RAIL, vCenter Server, ESXi, and

vRealize Log Insight (optional) communication.

• Custom Management VLAN:

To customize the management VLAN on-site (but before EVO:RAIL is initially configured),

changes are required for two different portgroups on all ESXi hosts in an EVO:RAIL cluster. The

first portgroup is the ESXi "Management Network", and the second portgroup is the vCenter

Server management network ("VM Network").

commands:

esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup set -p "Management Network" -v

<VLAN>

esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup set -p "VM Network" -v

<VLAN_ID>

To verify that the VLAN ID was set correctly, run the following command:

esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup list

NOTE: If your management VLAN is customized on-site, your backup configBundle does

not include the new VLAN. If your appliance is ever reset, the management VLAN has to be

reconfigured.

2. Configure a vSphere vMotion VLAN on your TOR switch(es).

3. Configure a Virtual SAN VLAN on your TOR switch(es) and set it to allow IPv4 multicast traffic to

passthrough.

4. Configure the VLANs for your VM Networks on your TOR switch(es).

Table 6. Network configuration table

Network Configuration

Table4 Row 3

Type your management VLAN for EVO:RAIL, ESXi, vCenter Server, and

Log Insight. If you or Dell haven’t already set a tagged VLAN, type Native

VLAN.

Network Configuration

Table4 Row 12

Type a VLAN ID for vSphere vMotion.

Network Configuration

Table4 Row 16

Type a VLAN ID for Virtual SAN.

Network Configuration

Table4 Rows 20–24

Type a VLAN ID and Name for each VM network you want to create.

You may create up to five VM networks.

4 TOR switch(es) Configure your TOR switch(es) with these VLANs.

Configure the corresponding VLANs between TOR switches and/or

core switches.

IP addresses

EVO:RAIL ships with a default set of IP addresses unless you have worked with Dell to preconfigure your

appliance or it is configured onsite. For your convenience, the EVO:RAIL user interface prepopulates IP