Users Guide

Figure 3. Initial user interface

EVO:RAIL Configuration

EVO:RAIL can be configured by using the following parameters:

• Host names for vCenter Server and ESXi host naming scheme

• Networking (IP ranges or VLAN ID): ESXi, Virtual SAN, vSphere vMotion, vCenter Server, and VM

Networks

• Passwords: ESXi hosts and vCenter Server; optional Active Directory authentication

• Globals: Time zone; existing NTP, DNS, and Proxy servers; logging: vCenter Log Insight or third-party

syslog server

Custom networking is easy with EVO:RAIL. You specify the IP or VLAN details for each network type: ESXi

hosts, Virtual SAN, vSphere vMotion, vCenter Server, and VM Networks. EVO:RAIL verifies the

configuration data, and then builds the appliance. EVO:RAIL implements data services, creates the ESXi

hosts, and configures the vCenter Server.

NOTE: Dell recommends allocating sufficient IP addresses for all the EVO:RAIL appliances.

EVO:RAIL 1.0 allocate 16 IP addresses in each IP pool to make subsequent appliance configuration

even easier!

EVO:RAIL can be configured by using three options.

• Just Go!

• Customize Me!

• Upload Configuration File