Users Guide

1 Audience and scope...................................................................................................................... 5
2 Overview..................................................................................................................................... 6
3 Pre-deployment requirements.......................................................................................................8
Management host................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Connectivity......................................................................................................................................................................8
Network services...................................................................................................................................................................8
Domain Name Service.....................................................................................................................................................9
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.......................................................................................................................... 9
Network Time Protocol...................................................................................................................................................9
4 Validated components................................................................................................................. 10
Hardware components........................................................................................................................................................10
Software and firmware........................................................................................................................................................10
Software................................................................................................................................................................................10
5 Hardware overview......................................................................................................................11
Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd server.................................................................................................................................11
Front view of the PowerEdge R740xd server.............................................................................................................11
Back view of the PowerEdge R740xd server..............................................................................................................11
Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON Switch....................................................................................................................... 11
6 Physical layout........................................................................................................................... 13
Management Host Network Cabling................................................................................................................................. 13
Top of Rack Connectivity to Spine.................................................................................................................................... 14
Out of Band Management Connectivity........................................................................................................................... 14
7 VCF and SDDC design considerations........................................................................................... 15
External services overview................................................................................................................................................. 15
Active Directory..............................................................................................................................................................15
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.........................................................................................................................16
Domain Name System................................................................................................................................................... 16
Network Time Protocol................................................................................................................................................. 16
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol mail relay (optional)................................................................................................... 16
Certificate Authority (optional).................................................................................................................................... 16
Physical network requirements.......................................................................................................................................... 16
Network pools...................................................................................................................................................................... 16
VLANs and IP subnets......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Host names and IP addresses.............................................................................................................................................17
Host names and IP addresses for external services.................................................................................................. 17
Host names and IP addresses for the virtual infrastructure layer............................................................................18
8 Networking requirements............................................................................................................ 19
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