NetApp HCI Manual page 88

After you deploy your system, you can make the following changes to the default network configuration in
VMware vSphere as dictated by your network requirements:
• Change vSwitch names
• Change port group names
• Add and remove additional port groups
• Change the vmnic interface failover order for any additional port groups you have added
H300E, H500E, H700E and H410C compute nodes
NetApp HCI expects the following network configuration for H300E, H500E, H700E and H410C nodes.
The following is a six-interface configuration with VMware vSphere Distributed Switching (VDS). This
configuration is only supported when used with VMware vSphere Distributed Switches, and requires VMware
vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing.
Network function
Management
iSCSI-A
iSCSI-B
vMotion
The following is a six-interface configuration with VMware vSphere Standard Switching (VSS). This
configuration uses VMware vSphere Standard Switches (VSS).
Network function
Management
iSCSI-A
iSCSI-B
vMotion
The following is a two-interface configuration. This configuration is only supported when used with VMware
vSphere Distributed Switches (VDS), and requires VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing.
Network function
Management
iSCSI-A
iSCSI-B
vMotion
H610C compute nodes
NetApp HCI expects the following network configuration for H610C nodes.
This configuration is only supported when used with VMware vSphere Distributed Switches (VDS), and
vmkernel
vmk0
vmk1
vmk2
vmk3
vmkernel
vmk0
vmk2
vmk3
vmk1
vmkernel
vmk0
vmk1
vmk2
vmk3
vmnic (physical interface)
vmnic2 (Port A), vmnic3 (Port B)
vmnic5 (Port E)
vmnic1 (Port D)
vmnic4 (Port C), vmnic0 (Port F)
vmnic (physical interface)
vmnic2 (Port A), vmnic3 (Port B)
vmnic1 (Port E)
vmnic5 (Port D)
vmnic4 (Port C), vmnic0 (Port F)
vmnic (physical interface)
vmnic1 (Port D), vmnic5 (Port E)
vmnic1 (Port E)
vmnic5 (Port D)
vmnic1 (Port C), vmnic5 (Port F)