Chapter 4: VxRail Management Overview

The previous chapter provided an overview of VxRail administration. You learned about all the administration interfaces that are used to manage Dell EMC VxRail appliances, including VxRail Manager, the VxRail Manager plugin for vCenter, vCenter Server, and iDRAC. VxRail appliances can deliver a central management dashboard for managing virtual machines. They also understand the architecture of VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN) and the differences vis-à-vis traditional storage. Lastly, we listed a number of vSAN cluster scenarios based on the different settings of FTT and FTM.

In this chapter, we will provide an overview of VxRail management. We will learn about the functions of the VxRail Manager plugin for vCenter. We will become familiar with how to monitor the status of VxRail appliances with the VxRail Manager plugin for vCenter, how to manage vCenter roles and permissions in the VxRail cluster, and which roles and permissions are required...