Port Configuration
Description
BMC
(iDRAC)
Monitoring
Physical
Mgmt Switch
Switch
Description
BMC
(iDRAC)
Monitoring
Port
BMC (iDRAC)
PCI slot
N/A
Physical Port
BMC (iDRAC)
on node
(remote KVM)
Speed
1 GB
vSwitch
N/A
VMkernel port
Physical
Mgmt Switch
Switch
Configure the Management IP address - ESXi
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Table 24 R640 server configuration for 10GbE, 2CPU, SFP+ (continued)
ScaleIO
ScaleIO
Data1
Client
Network
Port1
Data Switch 1
Data Switch 1
Table 25 R640 server configuration for 10GbE, 2CPU, SFP+ (converged)
ScaleIO
ScaleIO
Data1
Client
Network
Port1
vmnic0
vmnic1
2:0
2:1
PCI 10G (Left) PCI 10G
(Right)
10 GB
10 GB
sio_vSwitch1
User allocated User allocated sio_vSwi
vmk2
User
configurable
Switch 1
Switch 1
Configure the Management IP address using the ESXi console.
Procedure
1. Open the ESXi KVM console.
2. From the console, press F2 to open the Customize System/View Logs menu.
The Authentication Required window is displayed.
3. Type the server password defined during installation: ScaleIO123
Wait a few seconds for the System Customization window to appear; if it does
not, press F2 again.
4. Select Configure Management Network, and press Enter.
5. In the Configure Management Network window, select Network Adapters,
and press Enter.
6. Using the Up/Down arrow keys, scroll to the appropriate vmnic for your
hardware (the management port vmnic differs per server type: 1U1N, 2U1N
Storage-Only, 2U1N Converged, etc.)
7. Select the desired vmnic by pressing the Space bar.
ScaleIO
ScaleIO
Client
Data2
Network
Port2
Data Switch 2
Data
Switch 2
ScaleIO
ScaleIO
Client
Data2
Network
Port2
vmnic4
vmnic5
N/A
N/A
Onboard 10G
Onboard
(Right)
10G
(Left)
10 GB
10 GB
tch2
User
vmk3
configurable
Switch 2
Switch 2 Mgmt Switch
ScaleIO
Not in Use
Managemen
t Network
Mgmt Switch
Not in use
ScaleIO
Not in Use
Managemen
t Network
vmnic2
vmnic3
N/A
N/A
Onboard 1G
N/A
(Right)
1 GB
N/A
vSwitch0
User allocated
vmk0
User
configurable
Mgmt Switch