Virtualization & Storage
When configuring vSAN ESA, it’s important to adhere to the following minimum requirements. Below is a quick reference table for supported VxRail models, minimum RAM, networking, storage, and CPU requirements. VxRail Model Minimum RAM Networking Minimum Storage Drive Size Min Drives per Node Min CPU Cores per Node Notes VxRail 15G (E660N / P670N) 128GB 10GbE MU: 1.6TB RI: 1.92TB […]
You can query the NVMe drive inventory from the ESXi console using the following command: esxcli storage core nvme path list | grep “Device Display Name” In this example, the […]
VxRail supports either a single virtual distributed switch (vDS) or two virtual distributed switches as part of the initial bring-up process. This post details how to configure a VxRail cluster […]
CLOMD (Cluster Level Object Manager Daemon) runs on every ESXi host that makes up a vSAN Cluster, some of the functions CLOMD is responsible for within a vSAN cluster include: […]
The following post provides a basic overview of how the VxRail Appliance disk groups are configured and viewed from both the VxRail Manager and the vSphere Client. The VxRail Appliance […]
A Quantum Leap in Hyper-Converged Appliances EMC|VCE and VMware have added a Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance (HCIA) offering named VxRail to the existing CI portfolio of Vblocks, VxBlocks, VxRacks (Blocks,Racks,Appliances). VxRail […]
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