Deployment Guide

38 VxRail Networking Guide with Dell EMC S4148-ON Switches | version 1.0
C Network I/O control predefined shares
Network I/O control allows users to allocate network bandwidth to the business-critical application and to
resolve situations where several types of traffic compete for shared resources. Network teaming policies for
both 10Gb and 1Gb network adapters along with predefined shares.
Network traffic on E, P, S and V series 2 x 10GbE ports
Traffic Type
Requirement
Uplink 1
(10Gb)
VMNIC0
Uplink 2
(10Gb)
VMNIC1
Uplink 3
(1Gb)
No VMNIC
Uplink 4
(1Gb)
No VMNIC
NIOC
Shares
Management
IPv6 multicast
Active
Standby
Unused
Unused
20
vSphere VMotion
Active
Standby
Unused
Unused
50
vSAN
IPv4 multicast
See Note
Standby
Active
Unused
Unused
100
Virtual Machines
Active
Standby
Unused
Unused
30
Network traffic on E, P, S and V Series 4 x 10GbE ports
Traffic Type
Requirement
Uplink 1
(10Gb)
VMNIC0
Uplink 2
(10Gb)
VMNIC1
Uplink 3
(10Gb)
VMNIC2
Uplink 4
(10Gb)
VMNIC3
NIOC
Shares
Management
IPv6 multicast
Active
Standby
Unused
Unused
40
vSphere VMotion
Unused
Unused
Standby
Active
50
vSAN
IPv4 multicast
See Note
Unused
Unused
Active
Standby
100
Virtual Machines
Standby
Active
Unused
Unused
60
Network traffic on E and S series 1GbE ports
Traffic Type
Requirement
Uplink 1
(1Gb)
VMNIC2
Uplink 2
(1Gb)
VMNIC3
Uplink 3
(1Gb)
VMNIC0
Uplink 4
(1Gb)
VMNIC1
NIOC
Shares
Management
IPv6 multicast
Standby
Active
Unused
Unused
40
vSphere VMotion
Unused
Unused
Standby
Active
50
vSAN
IPv4 multicast
See Note
Unused
Unused
Active
Standby
100
Virtual Machines
Active
Standby
Unused
Unused
60
Note: vSAN for VxRail version 4.5.0 and above requires IPv4 unicast