Figure: VxRail Manager and Satellite nodes Updating a VxRail Satellite node is slightly different from updating a VxRail Cluster. The update bundle for satellite nodes is based on the recovery bundle of the managing cluster. The recovery bundle include firmware, drivers, software, and PERC controller updates. The satellite node update […]
VxRail VE-660 and VP-760 GPU options and PCIe availability will vary depending on riser config selected. Dell VxRail VE-660 with vSAN ESA vSAN ESA with all-NVMe storage, up to 153.6TB RI drive support in 3.84TB, 7.68TB or 15.36TB MU drive support in 3.2TB or 6.4TB Up to 2x NVIDIA single […]
Today I will share a success story of VxRail hardware refresh (Gen 14 to 15), now let’s discuss it. Environment Site A and B (the 40GbE layer 2 network is ready between 2 sites) 1 x VxRail Stretched Cluster (Hybrid), 10 x VxRail G560 nodes1 x External vCenter Server Appliance 71 […]
My new article “Cyber Resilient for the Modern Data Center” is live on Dell Technologies Education website, welcome to download it below link. 😉 Data backup and recovery solutions are critical for all mission-critical applications. Planning and designing a cyber-resilient architecture ensures data availability while enabling a business to be […]
Each year, the Knowledge Sharing program invites certified Proven Professionals to demonstrate their thought leadership by participating in a Knowledge Sharing competition. Watch it on-demand today! Find out where each of this year’s Knowledge Sharing winners placed and hear highlights from the winning articles. Congratulations to all winners and selected […]
In this post I will show how to expand the release 8 of VxRail Cluster. The expansion requires that the new node has been physically cabled to the cluster. When we power on a new node that is connected to the same network as the VxRail cluster, this node is […]
VMware ESXi 8.0 and vCenter Server 8.0 was general availability in Oct 2022. Is vCenter Server 8.0 supported with VxRail? Answer is No. VxRail 8.0 Software is not available now. External vCenter 8.0 is currently not supported with VxRail Appliance Software 7.0.xxx or 4.x.xxx releases. Support for vCenter 8.0 will […]
My new book “Dell VxRail System Design and Best Practices” will be released on Dec 23, 2022. This book is for system architects, system administrators, or consultants involved in planning and designing VxRail HCI. The reader is expected to have equivalent knowledge and administration experience with VMware vSphere 7. x […]
I am happy to announce that my new book “Dell VxRail System Design and Best Practices” is available to pre-order on the amazon website now. This book contains the different topics, e.g. Veeam and VMware SRM. You can pre-order at the link below if you are interested. Thanks to Rick […]
Today I will share a successful case of using Veeam Backup & Replication Server and Dell Data Domain Appliance. The customer just upgraded Veeam Backup & Replication Server to v11. The Figure 1 is the high level of physical diagram. This is a great Veeam scenario for reference. Figure 1 […]
As a system administrator, concerns with how to handle the lifecycle management of virtual environments. In VxRail 7.0 environment, it added some new features, e.g. LCM. VxRail LCM has some great features including the Compliance Report and Update Advisory Report. In compliance tab, the Installed Components and Versions section shows […]
In this post, we will discuss how to add and update Satellite node into VxRail system. Lab Environment Requirements: The minimum VxRail software version to support satellite nodes is 7.0.320. The Satellite node can be detected with VMware vCenter Server and VxRail Manager. Remark: VxRail satellite nodes can be supported […]
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