Dell EMC VxFlex Series - Vxflex Ready Node R640 and R740 Xd Port Designations - Esxi; R740 Xd Server Configuration for 10;25 Gbe, 32 Xsas, SFP+;SFP28

l
If there are only 2*25GbE onboard ports, the left port is used for both the
management and data network, and the right port for is used for data.
Note
The application\client network will have to run on those same two ports.
l
If there are only 4*10G onboard ports:
n
The left port is used for management
n
The left port, and the third port from the left are used for VxFlex OS data
n
The second port from the left, and the right port are used for application\client
traffic
VxFlex Ready Node R640 and R740xd port designations -
ESXi
Connect the cables and configure the system in an ESXi-based system as shown in
the following tables, depending on the server type and architecture, when relevant.
R740xd servers
Note
In the following tables use SFP+ for 10 GbE, and SFP28 for 25 GbE ports.
Table 6 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.
Port Configuration
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