Dell PowerFlex Rack with PowerFlex 3.x Administration Guide

Introduction

This guide provides procedures for administering PowerFlex rack.

The target audience for this document includes system administrators responsible for managing PowerFlex rack, and Dell personnel responsible for remote management.

If you need to install PowerFlex Manager, see Installing and configuring PowerFlex Manager.

In a default PowerFlex setup two data networks are standard. Four data networks are only required for specific customer requirements, for example, high performance or use of trunk ports.

There are UI changes for the VMware vSphere Client 7.0 U3x update:

• On the Home screen, there is no Menu button. The new menu is next to vSphere Client.
• From the Add DVSwitch menu, the New Host is no longer available.

Dell PowerFlex rack was previously known as Dell VxFlex integrated rack. Similarly, Dell PowerFlex Manager was previously known as Dell VxFlex Manager, and Dell PowerFlex was previously known as Dell VxFlex OS. References in the documentation will be updated over time.

PowerFlex rack architecture is based on Dell PowerEdge R650, R750, R6525, R7525, R640, R740xd, and R840 servers.

Dell Networking S5200 series switches are now known as Dell PowerSwitch S5200-ON series switches. Dell Networking S4100 series switches are now known as Dell PowerSwitch S4100-ON series switches. References in the documentation will be updated over time.

PowerFlex Manager provides the management and orchestration functionality for PowerFlex rack. References to PowerFlex Manager in this document apply only if you have a licensed version of PowerFlex Manager. For more information, contact Dell Technologies Sales.

Procedures in this book for using VMware vSphere apply to both VMware vSphere Client and VMware vSphere Web Client, except where noted.

PowerFlex supports multi-subnet or multi-VLAN for all network types other than data, vSAN, and NSX overlay.

For additional PowerFlex rack documentation, go to PowerFlex rack technical documentation.