Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

A

Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) 258

All-Flash disk group

versus Hybrid disk group 83

Amazon Web Services (AWS) 209, 258

B

backup proxy server 258

backup repository 258

backup server 258

Bring-Your-Own (BYO) vSphere license model 11

C

Common Internet File System (CIFS) 258

compatibility matrices, VR 8.5.x

reference link 200

Consistency Groups (CGs) 202, 231

Continuous Data Protection (CDP) 10, 210, 273

D

Dell EMC VxRail Deployment Wizard 16, 33

Dell support services

Basic 20

ProSupport 20

ProSupport Plus 20

Dell Technologies SolVe Online 25

URL 26

Dell Technologies support website

URL 24

Dell VxRail

architecture 13-16

documentation 24-26

features 17-21

management 21-24

resources 24-26

direct-connect configuration

examples 144

switch configurations 148

disk groups

configuration 115

configuration, for VxRail D560/F 125

configuration, for VxRail E665/F 112

configuration, for VxRail S670 122, 123

configuration, for VxRail V670F 119

designing, on VxRail D-Series 125

designing, on VxRail E-Series 109-111

designing, on VxRail G-Series 127, 128

designing, on VxRail P-Series 113, 114

designing, on VxRail S-Series 121

designing, on VxRail V-Series 118

Domain Name System (DNS) 22

DR as a Service (DRaaS) 209

Dual In-Line Memory Modules (DIMMs) 13

Dynamic Node Cluster 33

E

End User License Agreement (EULA) 23

external vCenter Server 151

supported configuration 152

unsupported configuration 152

F

Failures to Tolerate (FTT) 85, 105

option 168, 169

parameter 166

Failure Tolerance Method (FTM) 85, 105

with RAID-1, on VxRail cluster 86, 87

with RAID-5, on VxRail cluster 87, 88

with RAID-6, on VxRail cluster 88, 89

Fault Domain (FD) 137, 166

Fibre Channel (FC) 38

G

gateway server 258

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) 258

Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 4

H

Hard Disk Drive (HDD) 14, 82

Host Bus Adapter (HBA) 4, 106

Hybrid disk group

versus All-Flash disk group 83

Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) 3, 31

Hypertext Markup Language revision 5 (HTML5) 4

I

Input/Output Operations per Second (IOPS) 230

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) 15

J

journal volume 232, 233

K

Kubernetes (K8s) 9

L

Life Cycle Management (LCM) 3

local replication architecture 234

components 234

logical unit numbers (LUNs) 216

N

Network-Attached Storage (NAS) 259

Network Daughter Card (NDC) 13, 137

Network File System 259

Network Interface Card (NIC) 22

Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) 106

O

one-unit form factor system 4, 5

Open Virtualization Application/Appliance (OVA) 227

Open Virtualization Format (OVF) 195

P

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) adapter 137

Platform Service Controller (PSC) 16

point-in-time (PIT) 227, 273

production site 262

R

RAID-1

used, for mirroring site 169, 170

RAID-5

used, for mirroring site 170, 171

raw device mapping (RDM) 233

RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VM) 10

CGs 231

components 226, 227

journal volume 232, 233

overview 226-228

vRPA adapters 228

vRPA performance profiles 230

Recovery Point Objective (RPO) 10, 195, 273

Recovery Time Objective (RTO) 195

Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO) 11

remote replication architecture 235

components 235, 236

RESTful APIs 9

RP4VM HTML5 plugin server

supported plugin servers 237

RP4VM license 10

RP4VM, on VxRail

benefits 238

failover scenarios 244-249

features 233

license option 236

local replication architecture 234

overview 233

remote replication architecture 235, 236

simple support matrix 237, 238

RP4VM on VxRail, design 239, 240

network settings 240, 241

software licenses 242-244

storage settings 241

S

SaaS multicluster management 9

Secure Remote Services (SRS) 9

Server Message Block (SMB) 259

single point of failure (SPOF) 265

Single Sign-On (SSO) 23

site disaster tolerance 167

Site Recovery Adapter (SRA) 195

Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4

Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) 9

Software-Defined Storage (SDS) 8, 82

Solid State Drive (SSD) 14, 82, 239, 276

SRM Server 195

Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM) 17, 18

storage replication 193

Support Connect Gateway (SCG) 20

switch configuration

examples 145, 146

versus direct-connect configurations 148

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 259

T

Top of Rack (TOR) 144

two-unit form factor system 5, 6

V

vCenter Server Appliance 195

Veeam Agent backup

architecture 268

Veeam Availability Suite 265

Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR)

3-2-1-1-0 backup rule 265

advanced deployment, backup flow 261, 262

backup job modes 267

backup proxy server 258

backup repository 258

backup server 258

data protection 259

deployment, backup flow 259, 260

gateway server 258

license options 265, 266

overview 258

VBR console 258

Veeam Agent backup 268, 269

VM replication flow 263, 264

Veeam Universal License (VUL) 265, 266

virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) 32

virtual machine (VM) 105, 164, 193

Virtual RecoverPoint Appliance (vRPA) 226

Virtual SAN (vSAN) 4

components, overview 84

supported RAID levels 89, 90

VM disk file (VMDK) 226

VMware

URL 4

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 4, 9

VMware documentation

URL 26

VMware ESXi 9

VMware Network Virtualization (NSX) 209

VMware SDDC technologies 8, 9

VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)

deployment types 195

licensing 203, 204

network ports 196

overview 193-198

storage-based replication 200-202

VM replication 199

VMware SRM 10

VMware Tanzu 9

VMware Validated Designs (VVD) 32

VMware vCenter build numbers and versions

reference link 153

VMware vCenter Server 8

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 4

VMware vRealize Suite 9

VMware vSAN 8, 81, 82

VMware vSAN HCI Mesh 96

benefits 97-99

VMware vSAN, on VxRail 7.x system

architecture 82

VMware vSphere licenses 9

Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSCS) 233

vRPA adapters 228

options, comparison 229

vRPA performance profiles 230, 231

bronze profile 230

gold profile 230

silver profile 230

vSAN datastore

characteristics 82

vSAN HCI Mesh scenarios 39-42

vSAN license 8

vSAN objects

overview 84

sample configuration 85

states 85

vSAN storage policy 81-91

scenario 92-95

vSAN Witness 137, 150

vSphere Replication (VR) 10, 193

Server 195

VxRail

benefits 32

Life Cycle Management (LCM) 138

VxRail 15th generation

features 32, 33

VxRail All-Flash Stretched Cluster 171

VxRail Appliance 4-7, 31

software 8

software licenses 10-13

VxRail Appliance, elements

data protection options 7, 10

VMware SDDC technologies 7, 8

VxRail HCI system software 7

VxRail D560 5

VxRail deployment

with external vCenter Server and customer-supplied VDS 71-75

with external vCenter Server and external DNS 66-71

with internal vCenter Server and external DNS 56-61

with internal vCenter Server and internal DNS 61-65

VxRail D-Series

disk groups, designing on 125

supported scenario of scale-up 126, 127

unsupported scenario of scale-up 126

VxRail dynamic nodes

about 38

considerations 38, 39

with vSAN HCI Mesh 39

VxRail E660 4

VxRail E665 4

VxRail E-Series

disk groups, designing 111

disk groups, designing on 109

options 110

supported scenario of scale-up 113

unsupported scenario of scale-up 112

VxRail G560 6

VxRail G-Series

disk groups, designing on 127, 128

supported scenario of scale-up 129

unsupported scenario of scale-up 128, 129

VxRail HCI system software

automation and orchestration services 9

ecosystem connectors 9

RESTful APIs 9

SaaS multicluster management 9

VxRail Manager 9

VxRail Node 1 135

VxRail Node 2 135

VxRail nodes, with vSAN 33, 34

VxRail P580N 5

VxRail P670 5

VxRail P675 5

VxRail P-Series

disk groups, designing on 113, 114

options 114, 115

supported scenario of scale-up 117

unsupported scenario of scale-up 116

VxRail S670 6

VxRail satellite nodes 33, 42

benefits 44

prerequisites 43

scenario 44, 45

VxRail scale-out rules

overview 105, 106

scenario 106-109

VxRail Series 14

hardware configurations 6, 7

VxRail Sizing Tool

URL 4

VxRail S-Series

disk groups, designing on 121

options 121, 122

supported scenario of scale-up 124

unsupported scenario of scale-up 123

VxRail standard cluster 33

features 37

requirements 37

with external storage 34, 35

with vSAN HCI Mesh 35, 37

VxRail Stretched Cluster

advantages 178

architecture 166

data, storing in preferred site 171-173

deployment, considerations 165

designing 174

failure scenarios 184-189

Failures to Tolerate (FTT) option 168, 169

network settings 181, 182

overview 164

site disaster tolerance 167

site mirroring, with RAID-1 169, 170

site mirroring, with RAID-5 170, 171

software licenses 183

storage settings 182

using, scenario 180, 181

VM storage policy settings 172

VMware vCenter Server options 176-179

without WTS 174, 175

with WTS 175, 176

VxRail V670 5

VxRail vSAN two-node cluster

architecture 137-140

central management and localized witness 140

central management and witness 142, 143

designing 143

direct-connect configuration 144, 145

external vCenter Server 151

failure scenarios 153-157

localized management and witness 141

switch configuration 145-147

using, scenario 149, 150

vSphere Distributed Switch 150, 151

VxRail vSAN two-node cluster, deployment options

cons 143

pros 143

VxRail vSAN two-node clusters

deployment, considerations 136, 137

overview 135-137

VxRail V-Series

disk groups, designing on 118

options 118

supported scenario of scale-up 120, 121

unsupported scenario of scale-up 119

VxRail, with VBR

designing, across two sites 279, 280

designing, in site 275-279

overview 269-272

recovery scenarios 281-285

VxRail with VBR, features 273

archive tier 274

BaaS 274

CDP 273

DRaaS 274

hardened Linux repository 274

recovery for NAS 274

recovery for Oracle 274

recovery for SQL 274

VxRail, with VMware SRM

benefits 209, 210

bi-directional protection 207

design 208, 209

failover scenarios 210-216

overview 204-206

uni-directional protection 206

W

WAN Accelerator 262

Wide Area Network (WAN) 42

Witness Traffic Separation (WTS) 137, 173

VxRail Stretched Cluster 175, 176