Setup Guide

Untagged traffic
If you want to use the native VLAN for any of your PowerStore networks, you must enter VLAN ID 0 (zero) for any untagged
traffic in the PowerStore Initial Configuration Wizard. PowerStore uses VLAN 0 as a marker for untagged traffic. When you
set the VLAN ID to zero, the network traffic is not tagged (based on the 802.1q standard), and the network takes on the native
VLAN. The traffic on that network is passed as untagged in PowerStore, and the Native VLAN is applied to the untagged traffic
through the switch.
IP requirements for deployments with ToR switches
You will need IP addresses to configure the networks in PowerStore through the Initial Configuration Wizard (ICW) which runs
automatically after you discover PowerStore.
Management and storage network IP address requirements
You will need to reserve a total of:
● 5 IP addresses per appliance
● 2 IP addresses per cluster
The following table details the IP address assignments.
Table 18. PowerStore T model IP address requirements
Network IP Addresses Required
Management Network Total Required Per VLAN or Subnet for Management 4
Per Appliance Node A 1
Node B 1
Appliance 1
Per Cluster Cluster IP Address 1
Storage Network
(optional)
Total Required Per VLAN or Subnet for Storage 3
Per Appliance Node A iSCSI Target 1
Node B iSCSI Target 1
Per Cluster Global Storage Discovery
IP Address (optional)
1
For details see the Initial Configuration Worksheets.
You can choose to assign either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses to the management, or storage networks. You cannot assign different IP
versions to the same network, for example, all 4 IPs assigned to the management network must all be either IPv4 or IPv6. You
can, however, use different IP versions for different networks for example, you can use IPv4 for the management network, and
IPv6 for the storage network.
NOTE: It is recommended that you reserve extra IP addresses to accommodate adding more appliances in the future.
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