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Implementing VxRail HCI Solutions

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Implementing VxRail HCI Solutions

Overview of this book

Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) can help you simplify the provisioning and daily operations of computing and storage. With this book, you'll understand how HCI can offload the day 0 deployment and day-to-day operations of a system administrator. You'll explore the VxRail Appliance, which is an HCI solution that provides lifecycle management, automation, and operational simplicity. Starting with an overview of the VxRail Appliance system architecture and components, you'll understand the benefits of the VxRail system and compare it with the environment of traditional servers and storage. As you advance, the book covers topics such as disaster recovery and active-active and active-passive solutions for VxRail. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the confidence to manage the deployment, administration, planning, and design of a VxRail system.

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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Section 1: Getting Started with VxRail HCI System
Section 1: Getting Started with VxRail HCI System
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Chapter 1: Overview of VxRail HCI
Chapter 1: Overview of VxRail HCI
What is a VxRail Appliance?
What's in a VxRail Appliance?
VxRail licensing
VxRail system architecture
VxRail system features
VxRail system management
VxRail resources
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 2: VxRail Installation
Chapter 2: VxRail Installation
Technical requirements
Site preparation for VxRail Appliance
VxRail Appliance hardware installation
VxRail Appliance initialization
VxRail validation
Summary
Questions
4
Section 2: Administration of VxRail
Section 2: Administration of VxRail
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Chapter 3: VxRail Administration Overview
Chapter 3: VxRail Administration Overview
Technical requirements
VxRail management interfaces
VMware vSAN
VxRail cluster configuration
Summary
Questions
6
Chapter 4: VxRail Management Overview
Chapter 4: VxRail Management Overview
Technical requirements
VxRail Manager overview
VxRail monitoring
VxRail roles and permission management
Summary
Questions
7
Chapter 5: Managing VMware vSAN
Chapter 5: Managing VMware vSAN
Technical requirements
VMware vSAN service configuration
Defining vSAN storage policies
Monitoring a vSAN cluster
vSAN availability
Building VMs
Summary
Questions
8
Chapter 6: VxRail Upgrade
Chapter 6: VxRail Upgrade
Technical requirements
VxRail disk group upgrade
VxRail software upgrade
Summary
Questions
9
Chapter 7: VxRail Scale-Out Operations
Chapter 7: VxRail Scale-Out Operations
VxRail scale-out rules
VxRail cluster expansion
Summary
Questions
10
Section 3: Advanced Solutions for VxRail
Section 3: Advanced Solutions for VxRail
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Chapter 8: Active-Passive Solution for VxRail
Chapter 8: Active-Passive Solution for VxRail
Technical requirements
Deploying an active-passive solution for VxRail
SRM appliance deployment
VR deployment
Configuring SRM inventory mappings
Protecting virtual machines
Creating SRM recovery plans
Summary
Questions
12
Chapter 9: Active-Active Solution for VxRail
Chapter 9: Active-Active Solution for VxRail
Technical requirements
Overview of the active-active solution for VxRail
Deploying the active-active solution for VxRail
Overview of the active-active-passive solution for VxRail
Summary
Questions
13
Chapter 10: Migrating Virtual Machines into VxRail
Chapter 10: Migrating Virtual Machines into VxRail
Technical requirements
Understanding migration methodologies for VxRail
Migrating a virtual machine into VxRail with vSphere Replication
Migrating a virtual machine into VxRail with Storage vMotion
Summary
Questions
14
Assessments
Assessments
Chapter 1 – Overview of VxRail HCI
Chapter 2 – VxRail Installation
Chapter 3 – VxRail Administration Overview
Chapter 4 – VxRail Management Overview
Chapter 5 – Managing VMware vSAN
Chapter 6 – VxRail Upgrade
Chapter 7 – VxRail Scale-Out Operations
Chapter 8 – Active-Passive Solution for VxRail
Chapter 9 – Active-Active Solution for VxRail
Chapter 10 – Migrating Virtual Machines into VxRail
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Technical requirements

In this chapter, we need to prepare a laptop for VxRail initialization. For VxRail initialization, we will use a four-port configuration on the Network Daughter Card (NDC) – an onboard network adapter. Make sure Microsoft Windows 7 or above is running on this laptop, and that the web browser is installed on your laptop. The latest versions of Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or above are all supported.

Environment

In this chapter, we will discuss VxRail installation based on the architecture in Figure 2.1. There are three VxRail nodes (P570 model), two 10 Gb network switches, and one 1 Gb network switch. The following table is the summary of each hardware component. The two pairs of 10 Gb switches are used to network VxRail Appliance, and the 1 Gb switch is used for the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) network:

According to the preceding table, we know the network configuration...

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