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Virtual machine and optional data services networks ..................................................................... 56
Optional NIC configurations ............................................................................................................... 56
Changing network configuration ........................................................................................................ 56
Migrating workloads onto VxRail ............................................................................... 57
Considerations .................................................................................................................................. 57
Using vSphere vMotion ..................................................................................................................... 57
VMware vSphere Replicator .............................................................................................................. 58
Dell EMC RecoverPoint for VM .......................................................................................................... 59
Connecting iSCSI storage to VxRail .................................................................................................. 59
Procedure ..................................................................................................................................... 60
Connecting NFS storage to VxRail .................................................................................................... 60
Procedure ..................................................................................................................................... 61
Using Dell EMC CloudArray .............................................................................................................. 61
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................ 61
Resource utilization and performance monitoring ................................................... 62
Monitoring system capacity, workload activity, and performance ........................................................ 62
VxRail Manager Logical Health view .................................................................................................. 63
Monitoring storage capacity using vCenter web client ........................................................................ 64
Using native vSphere performance monitoring ................................................................................... 65
Viewing CPU and memory performance metrics ............................................................................ 65
Enabling vSAN performance data collection .................................................................................. 67
Viewing vSAN performance metrics ............................................................................................... 68
Understanding vSAN performance metrics .................................................................................... 69
Advanced workload and performance analysis .............................................................................. 72
Creating a vSAN Observer Performance Statistics bundle ............................................................. 72
VxRail software upgrades .......................................................................................... 74
System scale-out upgrades ........................................................................................ 76
Adding a node to an existing cluster .............................................................................................. 76
Drive expansion procedure ............................................................................................................ 79
Procedure ..................................................................................................................................... 79
Replacing failed components..................................................................................... 82
Identifying failed components ............................................................................................................ 82
Replacing a capacity drive ................................................................................................................. 83
Procedure ..................................................................................................................................... 83
Replacing a cache drive .................................................................................................................... 84
Procedure ..................................................................................................................................... 84
Replacing a power supply.................................................................................................................. 85
Procedure ..................................................................................................................................... 85