Deployment Guide

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Infrastructure Services
Record IP addresses for your DNS and NTP servers. It is recommended that you specify at least two addresses for DNS and NTP
servers each.
DNS Server
NTP Server
Physical/Top-of-Rack Switch Information (Optional)
Record the switch IP addresses to validate the cabling and switch settings before the cluster is configured. To ensure a strong
layer of redundancy, it is required that you connect your appliance to at least two switches. You can provide read-only credentials
for the switches.
Protocol (SSH / SNMP)
IP Address
Port
User Credentials / Community String
PowerStore T Model Only
Out-of-Band Management Switch Information (Optional)
You can provide read-only credentials for the switches.
Protocol (SSH / SNMP)
IP Address
Port
User Credentials / Community String
PowerStore X Model Only
Hypervisor
Record your existing vCenter administrator login credentials. The initial configuration workflow automatically creates a
datacenter and ESXi cluster, and associates them with your cluster.
Note
: Ensure that the vCenter Server is accessible on the network.
Existing vCenter
IP Address
User Credentials
New Datacenter Name
New ESXi Cluster Name
SupportAssist (Optional)
SupportAssist is a secure, automated health and system monitoring capability. It sends notifications to Dell EMC, enables remote
support, and sends data to CloudIQ. Once your cluster is created successfully, you can connect to Dell EMC SupportAssist. If you
already have SupportAssist enabled, record the associated account details and the gateway or proxy IP information here.
Tip
: The default port number Dell EMC uses is
9443
.
Gateway or Proxy Server IP Address
Gateway or Proxy Server Port
Proxy Server User Credentials
(Not applicable for Gateway Connect)
Policy Manager IP Address and Port
(Not applicable for Direct Connect without
remote access or Gateway Connect)