- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Revision history
- Introduction
- VxRail components and features
- VxRail Manager overview
- Manage VxRail entitlements
- Manage VLAN IDs and VxRail IP addresses
- Manage VxRail passwords
- Manage VxRail cluster settings
- Manage license assignments
- Remediate the CPU core count after node addition or replacement
- Repoint the VMware vCenter Server to a VMware vCenter Server in a different domain
- Repoint a single VMware vCenter Server node to an existing domain
- Back up each VxRail node (optional)
- Repoint the VMware vCenter Server A of domain 1 to domain 2
- Update the VMware vCenter Server SSL certificates from VMware vCenter Server B
- Refresh the node certificates in the VMware vCenter Server A
- Repoint the VMware vCenter Server node to a new domain
- Submit install base updates for VxRail
- View Dell AIOps information in VxRail
- Manage network settings
- Configure a VxRail node to support the PCIe adapter port
- Configure jumbo frames
- Convert a VxRail-managed VMware VDS to a customer-managed VMware VDS
- Enable a VxRail node to support the PCIE adapter port without an NDC connection
- Enable dynamic link aggregation for two ports on a VxRail network for a VxRail-managed VMware VDS
- Verify the health state of the VxRail cluster
- Verify the VMware VDS health status
- Verify the VMware VDS uplinks
- Confirm isolation of the VxRail port group
- Identify the NICs for LAG
- Identify NIC assignment to node ports
- Identify the switch ports that are targeted for LAG using iDRAC
- Prepare the switches for LAG
- Configure the first switch for LAG
- Configure the second ToR switch for LAG
- Identify the load-balancing policy on the switches
- Configure the LACP policy on the VMware VDS
- Verify the port flags
- Migrate the uplink to a LAG port
- Migrate the LACP policy to the standby uplink
- Move the second VMNIC to LAG
- Verify LAG connectivity on VxRail nodes
- Verify that LAG is configured in the VMware VDS
- Enable dynamic link aggregation for four ports on a VxRail network for a VxRail-managed VMware VDS
- Verify the health state of the VxRail cluster
- Verify the VMware VDS health status
- Verify the VMware VDS uplinks
- Confirm uplink isolation of the VxRail port group
- Identify the NICs for LAG
- Identify NIC assignment to node ports
- Identify the switch ports using LLDP
- Identify the switch ports using iDRAC
- Prepare the switches for LAG
- Configure switch ports for LAG
- Configure the LACP policy on the VMware VDS
- Verify that port flags are all individual on the switch
- Migrate the LACP policy to standby uplink
- Migrate the active uplink to a LAG port
- Change LAG to the active uplink
- Verify LAG connectivity
- Enable dynamic link aggregation for four ports on a VxRail network for a customer-managed VMware VDS
- Verify the health state of the VxRail cluster
- Verify the VMware VDS health status
- Verify the VMware VDS uplinks
- Confirm isolation of the VxRail port group
- Identify the NICs for LAG
- Identify NIC assignment to node ports
- Identify the switch ports using LLDP
- Identify the switch ports using iDRAC
- Prepare the switches for link aggregation
- Identify the load-balancing policy on the switches
- Configure the LACP policy on the VMware VDS
- Verify that port flags are all individual on the switch
- Migrate an unused uplink to a LAG port
- Migrate the LACP policy to standby uplink
- Migrate an unused uplink to a LAG port
- Configure the first switch for LAG
- Verify LAG connectivity on the switch
- Verify LAG connectivity on VxRail nodes
- Move VMware vSAN or VMware vSphere vMotion traffic to LAG
- Verify that LAG is configured in the VMware VDS
- Move the second VMNIC to LAG
- Configure the second ToR switch for LAG
- Verify LAG connectivity on the second switch
- Verify LAG connectivity on VxRail nodes
- Enable network redundancy across NDC and PCIe ports
- Verify that the VxRail version supports network redundancy
- Verify that the VxRail cluster is healthy
- Verify the VxRail physical network compatibility
- Verify the physical switch port configuration
- Verify active uplink on the VMware VDS port groups post migration
- Add uplinks to the VMware VDS
- Migrate the VxRail network traffic to a new VMNIC
- Set the port group teaming and failover policies
- Remove the uplinks from the VMware VDS
- Reset the VMware vSphere alerts for network uplink redundancy
- Enable VMware vSAN RDMA in the VxRail cluster
- Modify the VMware VDS port group teaming and failover policy
- Optimize cross-site traffic for VxRail
- Collect log bundles
- Collect the VxRail Manager log bundle
- Collect log bundles from VxRail Manager
- Collect the VMware vCenter Server log bundle
- Collect the VMware ESX log bundle
- Collect the iDRAC log bundle
- Collect the platform log bundle
- Collect the log bundle with node selection
- Collect the log bundle with component selection
- Collect the full log bundle
- Delete log bundles from VxRail Manager
- Set the PostgreSQL log destination to the system log
- Renew the PostgreSQL certificate
- Manage VMware certificates
- Rename VxRail components
- Remove VxRail nodes
- Replace and add VxRail hardware
- Upgrade your VxRail
Dell VxRail 9.0.x Administration Guide
Revision history
| Date | Revision | Description of change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 1 | Initial release. |
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