Deployment Guide

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3 Scaling VCF Domains Beyond a Single MX7000 Chassis | Document ID
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Table of contents ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 Planned Growth ............................................................................................................................................................ 5
1.1 MX7000 Network Automation ............................................................................................................................. 5
1.2 VMware Cloud Foundation ................................................................................................................................. 5
2 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 .................................................................................................................................... 6
2.1 MX7000 Chassis Group ..................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 MX7000 Network Fabrics ................................................................................................................................... 7
3 Dell Scalable Fabric Architecture ................................................................................................................................. 8
3.1 Full Switch Mode ................................................................................................................................................ 8
3.2 SmartFabric ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
3.2.1 Networks ............................................................................................................................................................. 8
3.2.2 Fabric .................................................................................................................................................................. 9
3.2.3 Uplink .................................................................................................................................................................. 9
4 Deployment ................................................................................................................................................................ 11
4.1.1 Templates ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
5 Initial VCF Cluster Deployment .................................................................................................................................. 13
6 Expand a VCF Cluster ................................................................................................................................................ 15
6.1 Shut Down Existing Virtual Infrastructure ......................................................................................................... 15
6.2 Expanding the MCM Group .............................................................................................................................. 15
6.3 Reconfiguring the Network Fabric .................................................................................................................... 17
6.3.1 Logical Reconfiguration .................................................................................................................................... 18
6.3.2 Resulting Port Mappings .................................................................................................................................. 19
6.4 Restart Hosts and VMs ..................................................................................................................................... 20
7 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................................. 21