Users Guide

EVO:RAIL Appliance

VMware EVO:RAIL is the first hyper-converged infrastructure appliance powered 100 percent by

VMware’s compute, networking, storage, and management software. EVO:RAIL Deployment,

Configuration, and Management streamlines initial setup and ongoing operations, including updates with

zero downtime and automatic scale-out. EVO:RAIL, is fully deployed in minutes, after the TOR switch is

configured and appliance is racked, cabled, and turned on.

For more information, see Dell PowerEdge C6220 II Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual available at

dell.com/poweredgemanuals.

To ensure the correct functioning of EVO:RAIL and an optimal end-to-end user experience,

understanding the recommendations and requirements in this User’s Guide is essential.

Availability of resources and workload is critical in a hyper-converged environment because compute,

networking, storage, and management are provided on the same platform.

Hardware

EVO:RAIL ships with either eight RJ-45 or SFP+ NIC ports. Each EVO:RAIL appliance requires eight

corresponding ports on the top-of-rack (TOR) switch(es). To configure and manage EVO:RAIL for a

workstation or laptop with a web browser requires one port, either on the TOR switch or on a

management VLAN that can reach the TOR network. Any other 1 GbE port on the appliance is covered

and disabled. The following figure shows an example of the physical appliance and simple network setup.