Users Guide

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EVO:RAIL setup checklist
The following table provides the EVO:RAIL preinstallation checklist:
Table 1. EVO:RAIL preinstallation checklist
Hardware For more information, see Hardware.
EVO:RAIL appliance 1–4 EVO:RAIL appliances
Top-of-rack (TOR) switch
• IPv6 enabled on all ports
• 8 ports for RJ-45 or SFP+ for each EVO:RAIL
appliance
• One port for a workstation or laptop for access
to EVO:RAIL
• IPv4 and IPv6 multicast must be enabled on the
VMware Virtual SAN and management network
segments
Out-of-band management switching (optional)
• A separate 1 GbE switch or allocate four
additional ports per EVO:RAIL appliance on the
TOR switch for BMC
• Default BMC username: root and password:
root
Workstation or laptop Access to a browser for EVO:RAIL configuration
and management
Physical For more information, see Appendix B: Physical
Requirements
Power Two power cords for redundancy
Voltage 200–220 volts (V)
Current 10 A
Dimensions 2U rack space in a 19x30-inch cabinet, installed
with a rail kit
Environmental Lists the operating conditions and customer
configuration options
Networking For more information, see Networking.
IP Addresses and VLANs: Fill in the table in
Appendix A: Network Configuration Table.
• Reserve one IP address for EVO:RAIL or
vCenter Server
™
• Reserve four IP addresses for ESXi hosts for
each EVO:RAIL appliance (must be contiguous)
• Reserve four IP addresses for VMware Virtual
SAN
™
for each EVO:RAIL appliance (must be
contiguous)
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