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VSPEX Configuration Guidelines
VMware Horizon View 5.3 and VMware vSphere for up to 2,000 Virtual
Desktops Enabled by Brocade Network Fabrics, EMC VNX, and EMC Next-
Generation Backup
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Customer configuration data
To reduce the onsite time, you should assemble information such as IP
addresses and hostnames as part of the planning process.
Appendix B provides a table enabling you to maintain a record of relevant
information. You can expand or shorten this form as required while adding,
modifying, and recording your deployment progress.
Additionally, complete the VNX Block Configuration Worksheet for FC
variant or VNX File and Unified Worksheet for NFS variant, available on EMC
online support, to provide the most comprehensive array-specific
information.
Prepare, connect, and configure Brocade network switches
This section lists the Brocade network infrastructure required to support the
VSPEX architectures. Table 26 provides a summary of the tasks for switch
and network configuration, and references for further information.
Table 26. Tasks for switch and network configuration
Task
Description
Reference
Complete
network cabling
Connect switch interconnect ports.
Connect VNX ports.
Connect vSphere server ports.
Configure
Brocade
Storage
Network
Configure Brocade VDX Ethernet Fabric
Network (File based Storage Network)
Configure Brocade
VDX Ethernet
Fabric Network
(File based Storage
Network)
Configure Brocade 6510 Fabric Network
(Block based Storage Network)
Configure Brocade
6510 Fabric
Network (Block
based Storage
Network)
Configure
storage array
infrastructure
network
Configure storage array and vSphere
host infrastructure networking as
specified in the solution document.
Prepare and
configure the
storage array and
Install and
configure vSphere
hosts
Configure the
VLANs
Configure private and public VLANs as
required.
Configure VLANs
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