Deployment Guide

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Dell EMC Networking - Deploying VMware vSAN with OS10 Enterprise Edition | version 1.0
The following table contains example IP address information. The addresses below will be used throughout
the virtual networking configuration steps.
VLAN and IP addresses used in example configurations
Purpose
VLAN
Host1
Host2
Host3
Host4
Gateway
ESXi
management
2030
172.20.30.101
/24
172.20.30.102
/24
172.20.30.103
/24
172.20.30.104
/24
172.20.30.253
vMotion
2031
172.20.31.101
/24
172.20.31.102
/24
172.20.31.103
/24
172.20.31.104
/24
172.20.31.253
vSAN
2032
172.20.32.101
/24
172.20.32.102
/24
172.20.32.103
/24
172.20.32.104
/24
172.20.32.253
Note: IP addresses are provided in the example configuration commands throughout this document. The
addresses are used in a lab setting and are not intended as a recommendation for production use.
5.1.2 Create vCenter Server datacenter and cluster
This section provides the steps to create a datacenter object and a cluster. For this example, the vCenter
Server is assumed to be present within the network and can be reached by the ESXi management network on
the hosts. All appropriate licenses required for host and vSAN operation are installed.
Note: vCenter Server deployment and configuration information can be found at
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSAN/index.html.
A datacenter object is a container for clusters, hosts, networks, datastores, and virtual machines (VMs). An
existing datacenter object can be used to contain the new vSAN cluster, or a new datacenter object can be
created. The following steps can be used to create a new datacenter object within vCenter:
1. Access the vCenter Server by connecting to the vSphere Web Client through a web browser.
2. Log into vCenter with your credentials.
3. On the web client Home screen, select Hosts and Clusters.
4. In the Navigator pane, right click the vCenter Server object and select New Datacenter.
5. Provide a Name (example: vSAN) and click OK.
Create datacenter object