Dell VxRail Network Planning Guide

Prerequisites for dynamic clusters

A dynamic cluster depends on external storage resources to support cluster implementation and operations. A dynamic cluster does not support a local VMware vSAN data store. A dynamic cluster cannot not fully complete implementation unless an external storage resource is available to support a virtual machine workload.

To deploy a dynamic cluster over an FC network, complete all the steps on your FC switches and storage array to present LUNs to the VxRail nodes.

To deploy a dynamic cluster where the primary storage resource is a remote VMware vSAN data store, perform the following: confirm that your data center network is configured so that the VMware vSAN network on the cluster serving the VMware vSAN data store and the VMware vSAN network on the dynamic cluster can connect.

To deploy a dynamic cluster using storage over an IP network, confirm that your data center network is configured so that the VxRail nodes can connect to the supporting storage array.