R740Xd Server Configuration For 10/25Gbe, 12Xnvme, Sfp+/Sfp28; R740Xd Server Configuration For 25Gbe, 3Xgpu (M60)/ 2Xgpu (M10), Sfp28 - Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node Operating System Installation Manual

Configuring network ports on ESXi hosts
Table 13 R740xd server configuration for 10/25 GbE, 32xSAS, SFP+/SFP28 (continued)
Description iDRAC
Monitoring
Physical Mgmt Switch
Switch
Note: The above configuration supports more than one PCIe slot-based NIC.
Table 14 R740xd server configuration for 10/25GbE, 12xNVMe, SFP+/SFP28
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: The above configuration supports more than one PCIe slot-based NIC.
Table 15 R740xd server configuration for 25GbE, 3xGPU (M60)/ 2xGPU (M10), SFP28
Description
Port
PCI slot
Physical Port on node
Speed
vSwitch
VMkernel port
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VxFlex OS VxFlex OS
Data1 Client
Network Port1
Switch 1 Switch 1
VxFlex OS VxFlex OS
Data1 Client
Network Port1
vmnic0 vmnic1
2:0 2:1
PCI 10/25 GbE PCI 10/25 GbE
(Left) (Right)
10/25 GbE 10/25 GbE
sio_vSwitch1 User allocated
vmk2 User
configurable
Switch 1 Switch 1
iDRAC Monitoring
iDRAC
N/A
iDRAC (remote KVM)
1 GbE
N/A
VxFlex OS
Client
Network
Port2
Switch 2
VxFlex OS
Client
Network
Port2
vmnic4
7:1
PCI 10/25
GbE(Right)
10/25 GbE
User allocated
User
configurable
Switch 2
VxFlex OS Data1/ VxFlex
OS Management
Network
vmnic1
N/A
Onboard 25 GbE (Left)
25 GbE
vSwitch0
vmk2
VxFlex VxFlex OS
OS Management
Data2 Network
Switch 2 Mgmt Switch
VxFlex VxFlex OS
OS Management
Data2 Network
vmnic5 vmnic2
7:0 N/A
PCI Onboard 1 GbE
10/25 (Left)
GbE
(Left)
10/25 1 GbE
GbE
sio_vSwi vSwitch0
tch2
vmk3 vmk0
Switch 2 Mgmt Switch
VxFlex OS Not in Use
Data2
vmnic0 vmnic3
N/A N/A
Onboard 25 GbE None
(Right)
25 GbE None
sio_vSwitch1 N/A
vmk3 N/A
Not in Use
N/A
Not in Use
vmnic3
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A