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5.2 VxRail network configuration table
Information provided in the VxRail network configuration table is used during VxRail deployment. The values
used for this deployment example are shown in the right column. The VLANs and IP addresses used are
based on the information from Table 2.
Note: For additional information on the VxRail network configuration table, see the Dell EMC VxRail Network
Planning Guide.
VxRail network configuration table
Row
Category
Description
Values used
1
VxRail
Management
VLAN ID
The recommended is untagged traffic on the Native VLAN. If
you want the host to send only tagged frames, manually
configure the VLAN on each ESXi™ host using DCUI, and
set tagging for your management VLAN on your switch
before you deploy VxRail.
0*
2
VxRail initial IP
If you cannot reach the default (192.168.10.200/24), set an
alternate IP address
192.168.10.200
3
System
Global settings
Time zone
4
NTP server(s)
172.16.11.50
5
DNS server(s)
172.16.11.50
6
Proxy settings
IP address and port
7
Username and password
8
Management
ESXi
hostnames and
IP addresses
ESXi hostname prefix
vxhost
9
Separator
none
10
Iterator
Num 0x
11
Offset
1
12
Suffix
none
13
Domain
dell.local
14
ESXi starting address for IP pool
172.16.11.1
15
ESXi ending address for IP pool
172.16.11.40
16
vCenter Server
Leave blank if
Customer
Supplied VC
vCenter Server hostname
vxvcenter
17
vCenter Server IP address
172.16.11.100
18
Platform Services Controller hostname
vxpsc
19
Platform Services Controller IP address
172.16.11.101
20
Customer
Supplied
vCenter Server
Leave blank if
VxRail VC
Customer Supplied Platform Services
Controller (PSC) Hostname (FQDN) Leave
blank if PSC is VxRail PSC
21
Customer Supplied vCenter Server hostname (FQDN)
22
Customer Supplied vCenter Server SSO domain
23
admin username/password or the newly created VxRail non-
admin username and password
24
New VxRail management username and password
25
Customer Supplied data center name
26
New cluster name
27
VxRail Manager
VxRail hostname
vxman
28
VxRail IP address
172.16.11.102
29
Networking
Subnet mask
255.255.255.0
30
Gateway
172.16.11.254
31
Passwords
ESXi “root” passwords. Can be different for each host starting
with Release 4.0.100.
root_password
32
VxRail Manager and VxRail vCenter Server
“[e-mail]”
administrator_password
33
vMotion
Starting address for IP pool
172.16.12.1