Users Guide

Networking For more information, see Networking.

• Reserve four IP addresses for VMware

vSphere

vMotion

for each EVO:RAIL

appliance (must be contiguous)

• Optional: Reserve at least four VLANs for

vSphere vMotion, Virtual SAN, a VM Network,

and the management VLAN for ESXi and

EVO:RAIL

• Optional: Reserve one additional VLAN for out-

of-band management and also four IP

addresses for BMC on each EVO:RAIL

appliance

DNS Servers Highly recommended

NTP Servers Recommended

Proxy Servers Optional

Logging VMware vCenter Log Insight or an external third-

party syslog server

Active Directory Optional

Deployment, Configuration, Management For more information, see Deployment

Configuration Management.

EVO:RAIL Deployment Rack and cable

EVO:RAIL Configuration

• Customize Me! or

• Just Go! or

• Upload Configuration File

EVO:RAIL Management Capabilities: create VMs, monitor system, collect

logs, select language, view tasks, upgrade

software, and add new EVO:RAIL appliances