VxRail nodes with vSAN
The VxRail Standard Cluster is one type of VxRail cluster deployment; it requires a minimum of three nodes with the same model in the VxRail cluster, which all VxRail hardware models support. Each VxRail node includes cache disks (Flash or NVMe) and capacity disks for this cluster type. In Figure 2.2, there are four nodes in the VxRail cluster, and each node consists of a Disk Group with one cache disk and two capacity disks. It can automatically build the VxRail cluster and create a local vSAN datastore as primary storage after the deployment is complete.
Figure 2.2 – The diagram of VxRail nodes with vSAN
VxRail standard clusters also support connectivity with external storage, such as Dell EMC storage, HCI Mesh, or third-party storage. All VxRail nodes support adding one Fibre Channel HBA except the VxRail D and G Series. You can set up the connectivity of the VxRail cluster and secondary storage with Fibre Channel or iSCSI Channel...
