Dell VxRail Network Planning Guide

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Select a hostname for the VxRail-managed VMware vCenter Server

You can skip this section if you plan to use an external VMware vCenter Server in your data center for VxRail. These action items are only applicable if you plan to use the VxRail-managed VMware vCenter Server.

If you want to deploy a new VMware vCenter Server on the VxRail cluster, you must specify a hostname for the VxRail-managed VMware vCenter Server. The domain is also automatically applied to the chosen hostname. Follow the naming format that is selected for the ESXi hosts to simplify cluster management.

Table 1. VMware vCenter Server hostname VMware vCenter Server hostname
Network configuration table	Action
Row 46	Enter an alphanumeric string for the new VMware vCenter Server hostname. The specified domain is appended.