Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Hardware overview
- 3 Topology overview
- 4 Preparation
- 5 S4148U-ON switch configuration
- 6 S4148U-ON validation
- 7 Configure Unity FC storage
- 8 Configure storage on ESXi hosts
- 9 Configure ESXi hosts for LAN traffic
- A Validated components
- B Technical support and resources
- C Support and feedback
5 Dell EMC Networking FCoE-to-Fibre Channel Deployment with S4148U-ON in F_port Mode | version 1.0
9 Configure ESXi hosts for LAN traffic .......................................................................................................................... 51
9.1 vSphere distributed switches ............................................................................................................................ 51
9.2 Create a VDS .................................................................................................................................................... 51
9.3 Add a distributed port group ............................................................................................................................. 52
9.4 Configure load balancing .................................................................................................................................. 53
9.5 Add hosts to the VDS ....................................................................................................................................... 53
9.6 Add a virtual network adapter to VMs .............................................................................................................. 55
9.7 Verify connectivity to the production network ................................................................................................... 57
A Validated components ................................................................................................................................................ 58
A.1 Switches ........................................................................................................................................................... 58
A.2 PowerEdge R640 servers ................................................................................................................................. 58
A.3 Storage ............................................................................................................................................................. 58
A.4 VMware software .............................................................................................................................................. 59
A.5 VMware licenses............................................................................................................................................... 59
B Technical support and resources ............................................................................................................................... 60
B.1 Dell EMC product manuals and technical guides ............................................................................................. 60
B.2 VMware product manuals and technical guides ............................................................................................... 60
C Support and feedback ................................................................................................................................................ 61