Deployment Guide

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ScaleIO/VxFlex OS IP Fabric Best Practice and Deployment Guide with OS10EE | version 1.0
VLAN and network examples
VMkernel Name
VLAN ID
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Management > vmk0
1731
172.17.31.yyy
255.255.255.0
vMotion > vmk1
1732
172.17.32.yyy
255.255.255.0
ScaleIO-data01 > vmk2
1734
172.17.34.yyy
255.255.255.0
Note: VMkernel adapter vmk0 is installed by default for host management at the time of ESXi installation.
To add the vMotion VMkernel adapters to all hosts connected to the VDS, complete the following steps:
1. On the web client Home screen, select Networking
.
2. R
ight-click on the VDS and select Add and Manage Hosts
.
3. I
n the Add and Manage Hosts dialog box complete the following steps:
a. On the Select task page, make sure Manage host networking is selected. Click Next.
b. On the Select hosts page, click Attached hosts. Select all hosts. Click OK > Next.
c. On the Select network adapter tasks page, make sure the Manage VMkernel adapters box is
checked, and all other boxes are unchecked. Click Next.
The Manage VMkernel network adapters page opens.
i. To add the vMotion adapter, select the first host and click New Adapter.
ii. On the Select target device page, click the radio button next to Select an existing network
and click Browse.
iii. Select the port group created for vMotion > OK. Click Next
.
i
v. On the Port properties page, leave IPv4 selected and check only the vMotion box for
Enabled services. Click Next.
v. On the IPv4 settings page, if DHCP is not used, select Use static IPv4 settings. Set the I
P
address, for example, 172.17.32.101, and subnet mask for the host on the vMotion network,.
Click Next > Finish.
d. Repeat steps i-v to add ScaleIO-data01 VMkernels for the remaining hosts, choosing a different
IP setting for each host.
e. Click Next.
f. On the Analyze impact page, Overall impact status should indicate .
g. Click Next > Finish.
T
o add ScaleIO VMkernel adapters to all hosts connected to the VDS, repeat the above steps except step
3.c.iv. On the Port Properties page, uncheck all Enabled services boxes.
When complete, the VMkernel adapters’ page for each ESXi host in the vSphere datacenter should look
similar to Figure 23. View this page by going to Hosts and Clusters, selecting a host in the Navigator pane,
then selecting Configure > Networking > VMkernel adapters in the center pane.