Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node 14G Manual page 39

Figure 1 R640 and R740xd PCI slots, integrated NICs and BMC port locations
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BMC
(iDRAC)
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iDRAC
BMC
(iDRAC)
Data cables are connected to two switches for high availability, via the nodes' 10 GbE,
25 GbE, or 100 GbE ports. Management interfaces are connected to a switch on a
separate management network using onboard and BMC (iDRAC) ports.
The BMC (iDRAC) IP address can reside on a different subnet and/or VLAN, and the
only requirement from the BMC (iDRAC) side is that the AMS (when used) must have
a routable IP Path to the BMC (iDRAC) IP address on the node.
The default configuration used in simple mode deployment follows the following rules
of thumb:
If there is a 1G NIC onboard, the left one of the pair is always used for the
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management network.
If there are two PCI cards or more, the lowest slot number is used for allocation of
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data ports. For example, if slots 2, 3 and 5 are populated with NICs, AMS uses
slots 2 and 3, and the left port on each PCI card is used for data.
Note
You can always change the default using advanced deployment mode in AMS.
If there is only one NIC, the left 10G onboard port is used for the data network.
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If there are only 2*25GbE onboard ports, the left port is used for both the
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management and data network, and the right port for is used for data.
R640 and R740xd server NIC and BMC (iDRAC) port locations
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Integrated
NICs
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Integrated
NICs
Port Configuration
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