Users Guide

1 Audience and scope...................................................................................................................... 6
2 Overview..................................................................................................................................... 7
3 Pre-deployment requirements.......................................................................................................9
Management host................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Connectivity..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Network services...................................................................................................................................................................9
Domain Name Service................................................................................................................................................... 10
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.........................................................................................................................10
Network Time Protocol................................................................................................................................................. 10
4 Validated components................................................................................................................. 11
Hardware components.........................................................................................................................................................11
Software and firmware........................................................................................................................................................ 11
Software................................................................................................................................................................................12
5 Hardware overview..................................................................................................................... 13
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000.......................................................................................................................................... 13
Front view of the PowerEdge MX7000 chassis........................................................................................................ 13
Back view of the PowerEdge MX7000 chassis......................................................................................................... 14
Logical view of the PowerEdge MX7000 chassis......................................................................................................14
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c compute sled..................................................................................................................15
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX5016s storage sled.................................................................................................................. 16
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX9002m management module................................................................................................. 17
Dell EMC Networking MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine.............................................................................................. 18
Dell EMC Networking MX7116n Fabric Expander Module.............................................................................................. 18
Dell EMC Networking MX5108n Ethernet switch........................................................................................................... 19
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX5000s SAS switch...................................................................................................................19
6 Physical layout...........................................................................................................................20
Configuration options..........................................................................................................................................................20
Option 1—single PowerEdge MX7000 enclosure.....................................................................................................20
Option 2—single PowerEdge MX7000 with MX5016s storage sled..................................................................... 20
Option 3—two PowerEdge MX7000 enclosures...................................................................................................... 21
Option 4—two PowerEdge MX7000 with MX5016s storage sled......................................................................... 21
Option 5—two PowerEdge MX7000 enclosures using Fabric Switching Engine................................................ 22
Cabling.................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
Cabling for a dual PowerEdge MX7000 enclosure configuration using Fabric Switching Engines.....................23
7 Cloud Foundation and SDDC design considerations........................................................................27
External services overview.................................................................................................................................................27
Active Directory............................................................................................................................................................. 27
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol........................................................................................................................ 28
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