Users Guide

Workstation or laptop (for configuration and

management)

EVO:RAIL requires a workstation or laptop with a web browser to configure and manage. It should be

either plugged in to the TOR switch or able to logically reach the TOR switch.

EVO:RAIL uses a browser to deploy, configure, and manage the network resources. It supports the latest

versions of Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer 10 and later. However, for Internet

Explorer, after you browse to the appliance IP address, you must go to IE settings:

1. Select Compatibility View settings and clear both the options for the web addresses corresponding

to EVO:RAIL or vCenter Server. For example, 192.168.10.200.

2. Click Internet options → Security → Local intranet → Sites. Ensure that all the options are clear and

click OK, and then click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box..

Automatic Scale-out

EVO:RAIL provides automated scale-out functionality by detecting new EVO:RAIL appliances on the

network. When a new EVO:RAIL appliance is turned on, either add it to an existing EVO:RAIL cluster or

create an EVO:RAIL cluster. Minimal user inputs are required to configure. EVO:RAIL can scale up to 16

nodes in a cluster that equates to four C6220 units. For more information, see Adding Appliances to an

EVO:RAIL Cluster.

Fault-tolerance

EVO:RAIL conforms to standard Virtual SAN policy, one failure. It does not support more than one failure

in a single appliance environment. On EVO:RAIL, an entire node can fail and the system still continue to

function. One SSD or up to three HDDs on the same node can fail. Disk failures cannot affect more than

one node, and the node still continues to function with one or two HDD failures. One network port on

any node can fail without affecting the node.

EVO:RAIL does not support ether-channels (LACP or IP Hash). During initial setup EVO:RAIL is

automatically configures when network failover occurs by using the virtual switch.

Logging in and Log Bundles

Logging consists of information about auditing and to track EVO:RAIL, vCenter, and ESXi functionalities.

By default, logging is set to vCenter Log Insight. You may alternately select an existing third-party

syslog server. To log in to vCenter Log Insight by using browser type preconfigured IP address, and

then username as admin. To log in by using SSH to Log Insight, type username as root. The password in

either case is the one you provide for vCenter Server.