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Dell EMC VxRail Multirack Deployment Guide
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1
Objective ............................................................................................................................................................. 7
1.2
Fabric Design Center (FDC) ............................................................................................................................... 7
1.3
Supported switches and operating systems ....................................................................................................... 8
1.4
Typographical conventions ................................................................................................................................. 8
1.5
Attachments ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
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Hardware overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.1
Dell EMC VxRail P570 ........................................................................................................................................ 9
2.2
Dell EMC VxRail E560 ........................................................................................................................................ 9
2.3
Dell EMC Networking Z9264F-ON ................................................................................................................... 10
2.4
Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON ..................................................................................................................... 10
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Topology ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
3.1
VxRail node connectivity .................................................................................................................................. 11
3.2
Underlay network design .................................................................................................................................. 13
3.3
Virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) overlay .......................................................................................................... 15
3.4
External vCenter connectivity ........................................................................................................................... 16
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Switch configuration values and prerequisites ........................................................................................................... 17
4.1
Pre-planning VLANs, IP address, and switch values ....................................................................................... 17
4.1.1
VLANs and IP addresses ................................................................................................................................. 17
4.1.2
Switch settings .................................................................................................................................................. 18
4.2
Switch prerequisites ......................................................................................................................................... 18
4.2.1
Verify OS10EE version ..................................................................................................................................... 18
4.2.2
Verify license installation .................................................................................................................................. 19
4.2.3
Factory default configuration ............................................................................................................................ 19
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Configure switches ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
5.1
Configure general settings ................................................................................................................................ 20
5.2
Configure OSPF routing and upstream network-facing ports .......................................................................... 21
5.3
Configure Virtual Link Trunk (VLT) ................................................................................................................... 22
5.4
Configure Uplink Failure Detection (UFD) ........................................................................................................ 22
5.5
Configure Virtual Extensible LANs (VXLAN) .................................................................................................... 23
5.6
Configure Virtual LANs (VLAN) ........................................................................................................................ 25
5.7
Configure downstream VxRail node interfaces ................................................................................................ 26
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Switch validation ......................................................................................................................................................... 28
6.1
General validation commands .......................................................................................................................... 28