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Getting Started with VMware Virtual SAN

You're reading from   Getting Started with VMware Virtual SAN Build optimal, high-performance, and resilient software-defined storage on VSAN for your vSphere infrastructure

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784399252
Length 162 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Cedric Rajendran Cedric Rajendran
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Preface 1. An Introduction to Software-defined Storage and VSAN FREE CHAPTER 2. Understanding Virtual SAN 3. Workload Profiling and Sizing 4. Getting Started with VSAN – Installation and Configuration 5. Truly Software-defined, Policy-based Management 6. Architecture Overview 7. Design Considerations and Guidelines 8. Troubleshooting and Monitoring Utilities for Virtual SAN 9. What's New in VSAN 6.0? Index

Network layout


The networking required for Virtual SAN is set up on a vSwitch for simplicity. We have three vSwitches created with the six network cards distributed to the required port groups, as shown in the following table:

vSwitch

NIC

Speed

Type

vSwitch0

vmnic0

vmnic1

2 x 1 GB

Management and vMotion network (vmk0)

vSwitch1

vmnic2

vmnic3

2 x 10 GB

VSAN network (vmk1)

vSwitch2

vmnic4

vmnic5

2 x 1 GB

Virtual machine network

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