PowerProtect Data Manager 19.10 Administration and User Guide

Virtual network prerequisites

Before you configure a virtual network, complete the following actions:

• Register the vCenter server on which PowerProtect Data Manager is deployed. You can verify this on the vCenter tab of the Asset Sources page. You can also add a hosting vCenter. Specifying the PowerProtect Data Manager host provides instructions.
• Configure the network switch port for trunk mode. This setting allows the port to carry traffic for multiple VLANs.

• Enable Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT) or Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) mode on the VMware ESXi virtual network switch port for PowerProtect Data Manager. You can use a standard port group or a distributed port group.

  • VGT—For standard port groups, configure the virtual switch port for VLAN ID 4095, which makes all VLANs accessible. Alternatively, you can use VLAN trunking, which supports specifying multiple VLANs by ID or range. The VMware ESXi documentation provides more information.
  • VST—You can configure the port group with a VLAN ID from 1-4094.

• Configure a VLAN interface for the DD through the Interfaces tab on the Hardware > Ethernet window in the DD System Manager. The DD documentation provides more information.

  Dell Technologies recommends that you choose an interface name that incorporates the VLAN ID. For example, the interface name ethV1.850 for VLAN ID 850.

• Add the DD as protection storage for PowerProtect Data Manager.

PowerProtect Data Manager does not verify the network switch configurations. If the physical or virtual network switch is incorrectly configured, then virtual network configuration fails.