- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Revision history
- Introduction
- VxRail overview
- VMware vCenter Server
- VxRail-managed VMware vCenter Server
- Customer-managed VMware vCenter Server
- VMware vCenter Server remote plug-in architecture
- VxRail Manager plug-in
- VxRail and VMware vCenter Server release alignment
- VMware vCenter Server management features
- VxRail and VMware vCenter Server version and deployment comparisons
- Encryption
- VxRail cluster with VMware vSAN
- VxRail stretched cluster with VMware vSAN
- VxRail 2-node cluster with VMware vSAN
- VxRail dynamic node clusters
- Secondary storage
- Satellite nodes
- VxRail stretched cluster with VMware vSAN open protocol requirements
- Bandwidth calculation examples
Dell VxRail Architecture Overview
Requirements
Host and storage connectivity
The following are the recommended options for secondary storage to work with VxRail.
- PowerStore
- Power Max (2000/8000, 2500/8500)
- Dell Unity XT
- PowerFlex
- VMAX
Third-party storage arrays are supported, provided the third-party vendor arrays support the VMware ESXi version that matches the VxRail cluster and you follow the best practice from both VMware and the storage vendor. Both standard VMware vSAN-based VxRail clusters, and dynamic node clusters can use secondary storage.
Connectivity for external storage arrays can run over both FC and TCP/IP based storage protocols. For best practices about storage network considerations and requirements, see the Dell Technologies Host Connectivity Guide.
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