Dell PowerFlex Appliance and PowerFlex Rack with PowerFlex 3.x VMware NSX Ready Architecture Overview

Introduction

This document describes the high-level design of VMware NSX ready on PowerFlex rack and PowerFlex appliance. NSX ready refers to PowerFlex rack and PowerFlex appliance nodes that are configured for NSX ready installation. Dell manufacturing is responsible for preparing PowerFlex rack and PowerFlex appliance nodes, while the VMware Services team deploys the NSX ready data centers in the field.

This document applies to VMware vSphere 7.0 on NSX ready on both PowerFlex rack and PowerFlex appliance with PowerEdge R640 nodes. See the Dell Release Certification Matrix portal for more information about hardware and software that is supported with NSX ready.

The target audience for this document includes customers, Dell Technologies sales engineers, field consultants, and advanced services specialists who want to deploy NSX ready hardware.

Dell PowerFlex rack was previously known as Dell VxFlex integrated rack. Similarly, Dell PowerFlex Manager was previously known as Dell VxFlex Manager, and Dell PowerFlex was previously known as Dell VxFlex OS. References in the documentation will be updated over time.