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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2
Initial Configuration
2.1 Prerequisites
To ensure the correct functioning of EVO:RAIL and an optimal end-to-end user experience,
understanding the recommendations and requirements in the EVO:RAIL documentation is
essential. Availability of resources and workload is critical for any environment, but even more
so in a hyper-converged environment as compute, networking, storage, and management are
provided on the same platform.
Before you proceed with the deployment and configuration of your new EVO:RAIL appliance:
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Please review the
EVO:RAIL Setup Checklist
and fill in the
EVO:RAIL Network Configu
-
ration Table
by following all of the steps listed in the
VMware EVO:RAIL Network User
Guide
. This is essential to help ensure smooth deployment and configuration.
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Please review the physical power, space and cooling requirements for the expected resil-
iency level of the appliance.
2.2 EVO:RAIL Deployment
EVO:RAIL deployment is simple, with just four steps:
Step 1. Rack and cable: connect the 10GbE adapters on EVO:RAIL to your Top of Rack
(TOR) switch(es). See Chapter 3 for rack installation instructions.
Step 2. Power on each node on your EVO:RAIL appliance.
Step 3. Connect a workstation/laptop (any operating system) to the TOR switch and configure
the network address to talk to EVO:RAIL / vCenter Server.
For example:
IP address: 192.168.10.210; netmask: 255.255.255.0; gateway: 192.168.10.254
Step 4. Browse to the EVO:RAIL IP address (for example, https://192.168.10.200:7443). If
you encounter a browser message about certificates, click
Proceed
anyway. The
latest versions of Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer 10+ are all supported. The
minimum recommended screen resolution is 1280x1024.
