Deployment Guide

52 ScaleIO/VxFlex OS IP Fabric Best Practice and Deployment Guide with OS10EE | version 1.0
C VxFlex OS with routed leaf - multiple rack considerations
The section provides information relating to scaling the VxFlex OS example described throughout this
document. When using a layer 3 design to include the leaf and spine, additional steps are needed to ensure
VxFlex OS and VMware network settings are complete.
C.1 VMkernel configuration - add static routes for default gateways
The default gateway for each network configured on the VMkernels cannot be modified during VMkernel
creation. To set the default gateway requires configuring a static route at the command line of each ESXi
host. These steps are normally taken immediately after configuring the VMkernels, which are detailed in
section 3.3.9.
To add the static routes on each ESXi host, complete the following steps:
1. Open a SSH session to an ESXi host and login as the root user.
2. Use the following esxcli commands to add the default gateway routes for VLANs 1732 and 1734:
[root@ atx01w02esx01:~] esxcli network ip route ipv4 add -n=172.17.32.0/24 -
g=172.17.32.253
[root@ atx01w02esx01:~] esxcli network ip route ipv4 add -n=172.17.34.0/24 -
g=172.17.34.253
3. To verify the routes are configured, use the following esxcli command:
[root@ atx01w02esx01:~] esxcli network ip route ipv4 list
Repeat steps 1-3 for each ESXi host in each cluster.
C.2 Deploying VxFlex OS
This section summarizes how to deploy VxFlex OS in the VMware environment. Deployment entails the
following tasks:
• Registering the VxFlex OS plug-in
• Uploading the OVA template to vCenter
• Accessing the plug-in
• Installing the SDC on ESXi hosts
• Deploying VxFlex OS using the VxFlex OS VMware Deployment Wizard