R740Xd Server Configuration For 10Gbe, 3Xgpu (M60)/ 2Xgpu (M10), Sfp - Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node Operating System Installation Manual

Table 15 R740xd server configuration for 25GbE, 3xGPU (M60)/ 2xGPU (M10), SFP28 (continued)
Description
Physical Switch
Note: The above configuration supports only two 25 GbE onboard NICs in three-GPU configuration. In
configurations with only two GPUs, another PCIe-based NIC is supported: one in slot 3 and/or one in slot 4.
Table 16 R740xd server configuration for 10GbE, 3xGPU (M60)/ 2xGPU (M10), SFP+
Description iDRAC
Monitoring
Port iDRAC
PCI slot N/A
Physical Port iDRAC (remote
on node KVM)
Speed 1 GbE
vSwitch N/A
VMkernel port
Physical Mgmt Switch
Switch
Note: In configurations with only two GPUs, another PCIe-based NIC is supported in either slot 3 or slot 4.
Configure the Management IP address - ESXi
Configure the Management IP address using the ESXi console.
Procedure
1. Open the ESXi KVM console.
2. From the console, press F2 to open the Customize System/View Logs menu.
The Authentication Required window is displayed.
3. Type the server password defined during installation: ScaleIO123
Wait a few seconds for the System Customization window to appear; if it does not, press F2 again.
4. Select Configure Management Network, and press Enter.
5. In the Configure Management Network window, select Network Adapters, and press Enter.
6. Using the Up/Down arrow keys, scroll to the appropriate vmnic for your hardware (the management port vmnic
differs per server type: 1U1N, 2U1N Storage-Only, 2U1N Converged, etc.)
iDRAC Monitoring
Mgmt Switch
VxFlex OS VxFlex OS
Data1 Client
Network Port1
vmnic0 vmnic1
N/A N/A
Onboard 10 Onboard 10
GbE (far Left) GbE (second
from Left)
10 GbE 10 GbE
vSwitch0 User allocated
vmk2 User
configurable
Data Switch 1 Data Switch 1
VxFlex OS Data1/ VxFlex
OS Management
Network
Data Switch 1
VxFlex OS
Client
Network
Port2
vmnic3
N/A
Onboard 10
GbE (far
Right)
10 GbE
User allocated
User
configurable
Data Switch 2
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Configuring network ports on ESXi hosts
VxFlex OS Not in Use
Data2
Data Switch 2 N/A
VxFlex VxFlex OS
OS Management
Data2 Network
vmnic2 vmnic0
N/A N/A
Onboard Onboard 10
10 GbE GbE (far Left)
(second - The same as
from for VxFlex OS
Right) Data1
10 GbE 10 GbE
sio_vSwi vSwitch0
tch1
vmk3 vmk0
Data Mgmt/Data1
Switch 2 Switch
Not in Use
N/A
N/A
None
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
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