Installation guide

Chapter 4: Solution Implementation
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EMC VSPEX End-User Computing: VMware Horizon View 5.3
and VMware vSphere for up to 2,000 Virtual Desktops
Implementation Guide
Network implementation
This section describes the requirements for preparing the network infrastructure
required to support this solution. Table 3 summarizes the tasks to be completed, with
references for further information.
Tasks for switch and network configuration Table 3.
Task
Description
Reference
Configure the
infrastructure
network
Configure the storage array and
vSphere host infrastructure
networking.
Configure the infrastructure
network
Configure the VLANs
Configure private and public VLANs
as required.
Vendor’s switch
configuration guide
Configure the
storage network
(block variant only)
Configure FC/FCoE switch ports and
zoning for vSphere hosts and the
storage array.
 Configure the storage
network (block variant)
 Vendor’s switch
configuration guide
Complete the
network cabling
Connect the switch interconnect
ports, VNX ports, and vSphere
server ports.
Complete the network
cabling
The infrastructure network requires redundant network links for each vSphere host,
the storage array, switch interconnect ports, and switch uplink ports. This
configuration provides both redundancy and additional network bandwidth.
This configuration is required regardless of whether the network infrastructure for the
solution already exists or is being deployed with other components of the solution.
Configure the
infrastructure
network