Course structure
Plan for a VxRail Deployment
- Review VxRail architecture and deployment process.
- Identify server and rack requirements
- Identify vCenter Server deployment options and requirements.
- Identify VxRail network deployment options and requirements.
- Identify VxRail node discovery options and requirements.
- Identify storage deployment options and requirements
Use VxRail Configuration Portal to prepare for VxRail deployment.
- VxRail Configuration Portal Overview
- Create VxRail Project
- Create VxRail cluster configuration
- Interaction: Create a VxRail Cluster Configuration
- Export VxRail configuration report
- Review pre-deployment checklist
- Interaction: Export a Configuration Report and Review the Pre-Deployment Checklist.
- Download VxRail configuration file for deployment
- Lab: Use SolVe to generate a VxRail hardware installation procedure.
Install VxRail hardware
- Process Overview
- Rack VxRail nodes and Connect power
- Cable to ToR switches
- Power On VxRail Nodes
- Configure iDRAC and system time for VxRail nodes
- Interaction: Configure iDRAC network settings using the system BIOS method and validate system time.
Implement a VxRail Cluster
- Use SolVe to generate a VxRail Installation procedure to configure a VxRail cluster
- Lab: Generate a VxRail Configuration Procedure
- Lab: Compare two VxRail Configuration Procedures
Validate network environment for deployment
- Configure tagged management VLAN ID on VxRail nodes
- Interaction: Modify default management network VLAN ID
- Configure access to VxRail Manager VM
- Lab: Configure VxRail Manager VM network settings
- Lab: Validate the ToR Switch configuration
- Lab: Validate the IP Address availability, reachability, and DNS readiness
Deploy a VxRail cluster
- Deploy a standard VxRail cluster with VxRail-managed vCenter Server
- Interaction: Deploy a standard VxRail Cluster with VxRail- managed vCenter and predefined VDS.
- Deploy a standard VxRail cluster with existing vCenter Server
- Lab: Prepare the existing vCenter Server
- Lab: VxRail deployment with an existing vCenter Server and VxRail-deployed VDS.
- Interaction: Add a Native Key Provider in vCenter
- Interaction: Deploy a VxRail cluster with vSAN ESA, customer- supplied vCenter Server, and a Native Key Provider
Perform post deployment tasks
- Verify VxRail cluster deployment using VxRail Plugin
- Lab: Verify VxRail deployment using VxRail Plugin
- Perform vSAN health check
- Lab: Review vSAN Health
- Add VMware licenses
- Enable vSAN Performance Service
- Lab: Enable vSAN Performance Service
- Enable vSAN Space Efficiency Services
- Lab: Enable vSAN Space Efficiency
- Enable vSAN Encryption Services
- Create vSAN storage policies
- Lab: Create Storage Policy
- Configure Dell support account and Secure Remote Services
- Configure VxRail Manager file-based backup
- Lab: Configure VxRail Manager file-based backup
Perform VxRail Software Upgrade
- Interaction: Perform VxRail Software Upgrade
Perform VxRail cluster expansion
- Expand a VxRail cluster by adding nodes in a single rack
- Lab: Add a node to a VxRail cluster
Troubleshoot VxRail implementations
- VxRail Implementation Process Troubleshooting
- Search Dell knowledge base for VxRail implementation errors
- Perform log collection
- Lab: Perform log collection
- Lab: Troubleshoot vSAN using vSphere Client and ESXCLI
