Table 12  R740xd server configuration for 10/25 GbE, 32xSAS, SFP+/SFP28
Description BMC
(iDRAC)
Monitoring
VxFlex OS
Data1
VxFlex OS
Client
Network
Port1
VxFlex OS
Client
Network
Port2
VxFlex
OS
Data2
VxFlex OS
Managemen
t Network
Not in Use
Port BMC (iDRAC) vmnic0 vmnic1 vmnic4 vmnic5 vmnic2 vmnic3
PCI slot N/A 1:0 1:1 2:1 2:0 N/A N/A
Physical Port
on node
BMC (iDRAC)
(remote KVM)
PCI 10/25
GbE (Left)
PCI 10/25
GbE (Right)
PCI 10/25
GbE (Right)
PCI
10/25
GbE
(Left)
Onboard 1 GbE
(Left)
N/A
Speed 1 GbE 10/25 GbE 10/25 GbE 10/25 GbE 10/25
GbE
1 GbE N/A
vSwitch N/A sio_vSwitch1 User allocated User allocated sio_vSwi
tch2
vSwitch0 N/A
VMkernel port vmk2 User
configurable
User
configurable
vmk3 vmk0 N/A
Physical
Switch
Mgmt Switch Switch 1 Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 2 Mgmt Switch N/A
Note: The above configuration supports more than one PCIe slot-based NIC.
Table 13  R740xd server configuration for 10/25GbE, 12xNVMe, SFP+/SFP28
Description BMC
(iDRAC)
Monitoring
VxFlex OS
Data1
VxFlex OS
Client
Network
Port1
VxFlex OS
Client
Network
Port2
VxFlex
OS
Data2
VxFlex OS
Managemen
t Network
Not in Use
Port BMC (iDRAC) vmnic0 vmnic1 vmnic4 vmnic5 vmnic2 vmnic3
PCI slot N/A 2:0 2:1 7:1 7:0 N/A N/A
Physical Port
on node
BMC (iDRAC)
(remote KVM)
PCI 10/25
GbE (Left)
PCI 10/25
GbE (Right)
PCI 10/25
GbE(Right)
PCI
10/25
GbE
(Left)
Onboard 1 GbE
(Left)
N/A
Speed 1 GbE 10/25 GbE 10/25 GbE 10/25 GbE 10/25
GbE
1 GbE N/A
vSwitch N/A sio_vSwitch1 User allocated User allocated sio_vSwi
tch2
vSwitch0 N/A
VMkernel port vmk2 User
configurable
User
configurable
vmk3 vmk0 N/A
Physical
Switch
Mgmt Switch Switch 1 Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 2 Mgmt Switch N/A
Note: The above configuration supports more than one PCIe slot-based NIC.
Architecture
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