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- Page 1 WHITE PAPER DELL EMC VxRAIL™ vCENTER SERVER PLANNING GUIDE ABSTRACT This planning document provides guidance for various vCenter Server deployment options supported on VxRail Appliances. February 2019 1 | vCenter Planning Guide © 2019 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Use Cases ........................................6 Limitations....................................... 6 Notes .......................................... 6 VMware vSphere Recommended Topologies for vCenter Server ..................... 7 VxRail vCenter Server Deployment Details ............................10 VxRail vCenter Server .................................... 10 Requirements ....................................... 10 Customer Supplied vCenter Server ..............................10 Requirements ....................................... 10 Conclusion ........................................ -
Page 3: Intended Use And Audience
This guide discusses various VMware vCenter Server™ deployment scenarios supported to manage your VxRail Clusters. It is intended for customers, Dell EMC Sales Teams and field engineers involved in selling, planning and installing VxRail, including Dell EMC sales and support personnel. -
Page 4: Vxrail Appliances
VxRail vCenter Server. VxRail orchestrates the deployment and lifecycle management of the VxRail vCenter Server. This VxRail vCenter Server can only manage the VxRail Cluster on which it is deployed. Beginning with release 3.5, a VxRail Appliance can optionally join a compatible vCenter Server environment, hosted outside of the VxRail Cluster. -
Page 5: Vxrail Vcenter Server
The VxRail vCenter license is for the VxRail vCenter Server and is not transferable to be used for a Customer Supplied vCenter Server. As such, it can be considered a limited or restricted use vCenter Server license as will be seen by the use cases supported and the list of limitations below. -
Page 6: Use Cases
The Customer Supplied vCenter Server deployment can be a physical server or a virtual server running on either a vCenter Server Appliance or in a Windows environment with embedded or external PSC. Use Cases A Customer Supplied vCenter Server solution is required when: •... -
Page 7: Vmware Vsphere Recommended Topologies For Vcenter Server
6.5, the vCenter Server topologies are described in VMware KB article 2147672. For vSphere 6.0 the vCenter Server topologies are described in VMware KB article 2108548. The following table indicates for each topology whether a VxRail vCenter Server or a Customer Supplied vCenter Server could support this topology. Recommended Topology... - Page 8 Yes. 1 Single Sign-On domain 2 or more Single Sign-On sites 2 or more vCenter Server with external PSCs Yes. 1 Single Sign-On domain 1 Single Sign-On site 2 or more external PSC(s) 1 or more vCenter Server with external PSCs using 1 third-party load balancer Yes.
- Page 9 Yes. 1 Single Sign-On domain 2 Single Sign-On sites 2 or more external PSCs per Single Sign-On site 1 or more vCenter Server with external PSC(s) Only vCenter Server 6.5, which requires VxRail 4.5.x. NOTE: Only one public IP address for the vCenter HA Network is supported.
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Page 10: Vxrail Vcenter Server Deployment Details
VxRail implementation requirements. VxRail vCenter Server Please note that the vCenter license included with the VxRail Appliance is for use of the VxRail vCenter Server only and is not transferable for use as a Customer Supplied vCenter Server. - Page 11 • Verify the customer DNS server can resolve all VxRail ESXi hostnames before deployment. • (Optional) Create a VxRail non-admin user and password for VxRail on the Customer Supplied vCenter Server. The following will be done by your Dell EMC Representative: ▪ Create two new roles, VxRail Initial Global and VxRail Datacenter Global.
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Page 12: Conclusion
Since the decision for the topology is not changeable after deployment for any use case, careful planning is essential. For further details on the best vCenter deployment options contact your Dell EMC sales team or your VMware representative.
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