Deployment Guide

8 VxFlex Network Deployment Guide using Dell EMC Networking 25GbE switches and OS9
2 Hardware overview
This section briefly describes the hardware that is used to validate the deployment example in this guide. The
appendix contains a complete listing of hardware and components.
Steps in this document were validated using the specified Dell EMC Networking switches and OS9 but may
be used for other Dell EMC Networking switch models that use the same networking operating system or later
assuming the switch has the available port numbers, speeds, and types. Such models will work with minor
adjustments to the commands given.
2.1 Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON
The Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON is a 1-Rack Unit (RU) switch with forty-eight 1GbE Base-T ports and
four 10GbE SFP+ ports. In this guide, one S3048-ON supports management traffic in each rack.
Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON
2.2 Dell EMC Networking S5048F-ON
The S5048F-ON is a 1RU switch with forty-eight 25GbE SFP28 ports and six ports of 100GbE. In this guide,
this switch is deployed as a leaf switch performing basic gateway functionality for attached VxFlex hosts.
Dell EMC Networking S5048F-ON
2.3 Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node PowerEdge R730xd
The Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node PowerEdge R730xd is a 2-RU, two-socket server platform. It allows up to
32 x 2.5” SSDs or HDDs with SAS, SATA, and NVMe support. In this guide, four VxFlex Ready Node R730xd
servers are used in the VxFlex cluster.
Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node PowerEdge R730xd