Dell EMC XC Series Networking Deployment and Best Practices Guide

Published April 2018

This document provides details on how to deploy a network to be used by the Dell EMC XC Series cluster. The goals of this document are to 1. Assist administrators in selecting the best hardware and topology for their XC Series network 2. Deliver step-by-step instructions on cabling, configuring, and deploying the XC Series network 3. Provide best practices that ensure networking availability and scalability 4. Provide examples of automating network configurations using Ansible playbooks 5. Show cabling diagram examples for various networking topologies