Vxflex Ready Node R840 Port Designations - Esxi; R840 Server Configuration For 2X10Gbe+2Gbe Rndc, 2X10/25Gbe Pcie Slot 3, 2X10/25Gbe Pcie Slot 6 - Sas Or Nvme, No Gpu - Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node Operating System Installation Manual
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Data cables are connected to two switches for high availability, via the nodes' 25 GbE ports (not supported for
integrated NICs). Management interfaces are connected to a switch on a separate management network using onboard
and iDRAC ports.
Additionally, integrated NICs can be used for data connections for up to 25 GbE support.
The iDRAC IP address can reside on a different subnet and/or VLAN.
The default configuration used in simple mode deployment follows the following rules of thumb:
If there is a 1G NIC onboard, the left one of the pair is always used for the management network.
l
If there is only one NIC, the left 10G onboard port is used for the data network.
l
If there are only 2*25GbE onboard ports, the left port is used for both the management and data network, and
l
the right port for is used for data.
Note:
The application/client network must run on these same two ports.
If there are only 4*10G onboard ports:
l
The left port is used for management
n
The left port, and the third port from the left are used for VxFlex OS data
n
The second port from the left, and the right port are used for application\client traffic
n
VxFlex Ready Node R840 port designations - ESXi
Connect the cables and configure the system in an ESXi-based system as shown in the following tables, depending on
the server type and architecture, when relevant.
The tables below show the most common correlation between the physical NIC port location and the logical
configuration in VMware. When using the same slot locations as shown below, all settings but one setting are static.
The vmnic number is the dynamic setting and is determined by the VMware bus scan and boot logic. This number
cannot be set persistently.
If you need to build your own table of reference, correlate the ESXi physical ports to the vmnic logical port name.
R640
R740xd
R840
Note:
In the following tables use SFP+ for 10 GbE, and SFP28 for 25 GbE ports.
Table 17 R840 server configuration for 2x10GbE+2GbE rNDC, 2x10/25GbE PCIe slot 3, 2x10/25GbE PCIe slot 6 – SAS or NVME, no
GPU
Description
iDRAC
Monitoring
Port
iDRAC
PCI slot
N/A
Physical Port
iDRAC (remote
on node
KVM)
VxFlex OS
VxFlex OS
Data1
Client
Network Port1
vmnic5
vmnic4
4:0
4:1
PCI 10/25 GbE
PCI 10/25 GbE
(Left)
(Right)
VxFlex OS
VxFlex
Client
OS
Network
Data2
Port2
vmnic7
vmnic6
6:0
6:1
PCI 10/25 GbE
PCI
(Right)
10/25
GbE
(Left)
VxFlex Ready Node Operating System Installation Guide for ESXi
Configuring network ports on ESXi hosts
VxFlex OS
Not in Use
Management
Network
vmnic0
vmnic1/2/3
N/A
N/A
Onboard 1 GbE
N/A
(Left)
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