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Table 3. Default distributed port group configurations (continued)
Name NIC teaming VLAN type VLAN ID
PG_Storage_TGT4
Active: Uplink4
Standby: Uplink1, Uplink2, Uplink3
VLAN trunking (VGT) 0-4094
PG_vMotion1
Active: Uplink3
Standby: Uplink1, Uplink2, Uplink4
VLAN (VST) Unique ID
Network I/O Control (NIOC) is enabled by default on the vDS. The following table displays the default settings for traffic types
on a PowerStore X model appliance:
Table 4. Default traffic settings in NIOC
Traffic type Shares Shares Value Reservation
Management Traffic Low 25 1 Gbps
Fault Tolerance Traffic Normal 50 0 Mbps
vMotion Traffic Low 25 0 Mbps
Virtual Machine Traffic High 100 8 Gbps
iSCSI Traffic High 100 3 Gbps
NFS Traffic Normal 50 0 Mbps
vSphere Replication Traffic Normal 50 0 Mbps
vSAN Traffic Normal 50 0 Mbps
vSphere Data Protection Backup
Traffic
Normal 50 0 Mbps
The following table displays the VMkernel adapters for PowerStore X model controller VMs and the default settings for each
VMkernel adapter:
Table 5. VMkernel adapter settings
Device Label Switch TCP/IP Stack Management
vmk0 MGMT_ESXi DVS Default Enabled
vmk1 Storage_INIT1 DVS Default Disabled
vmk2 Storage_INIT2 DVS Default Disabled
vmk3 vMotion1 DVS vMotion Disabled
vmk10 Internal_ESX vSwitch_Internal Default Disabled
All the other VMkernel adapter settings are set to Disabled by default.
VMware licensing
vSphere license requirements
PowerStore X model appliances include an embedded instance of VMware vSphere Enterprise 6.7. You can apply a license from
an existing VMware ELA or purchase vSphere licenses from Dell EMC, VMware, or a partner.
PowerStore X model appliances support two types of licenses:
● vSphere Enterprise Plus or higher
● vSphere Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO) - Enterprise or Advanced licenses only; Standard licenses are not supported
NOTE: A vSphere ROBO license supports a maximum of 25 virtual machines.
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