Dell VxRail™ Appliance 4.7x Administration Guide

25GbE, 10GbE, or 1GbE switches

You must have one or more 25GbE, 10GbE, or 1GbE switches:

• Two or more network switches are recommended for failover, and for installations with more than four appliances.
• Two switch ports are required for each node (the VxRail 60 requires four ports per node). A fully-populated appliance can require eight switch ports.

Cabling

If you have RJ45 NIC ports on your appliance you need:

• Two to four CAT6 or higher cables per node (these cables are included with RJ45-equipped appliances). A fully-populated appliance requires up to eight cables (the VxRail 60 requires 16 cables).

If you have SFP+ NIC ports on your appliance you need:

• Two to four compatible Twinax Direct-Attach-Copper (DAC) cables per node (these cables are not included; you must supply your own). Active DAC cables should be used if the cable is over 5 meters long.

or

• Two to four compatible fiber cables with appropriate transceivers per node (these cables and transceivers are not included; you must supply your own).

Servers

You must have a DNS server for network address resolution and Secure Remote Services support.