Designing a VxRail vSAN two-node cluster

This section will discuss designing and planning a VxRail vSAN two-node cluster, including the networking and deployment type. VxRail vSAN two-node clusters support direct-connect configuration and switch configuration deployment. Both configurations require four ports (10 Gb and 25 Gb) on each VxRail node.

Direct-connect configuration

In Figure 6.6, you can see four 10 Gb ports in a direct-connect configuration. There are four 10 Gb ports on each VxRail node, and the Top of Rack (TOR) switch is a 10 Gb network switch. Ports 1 and 2 (P1 and P2) of each VxRail node are connected to the network switch, and both ports are used for the management and vSAN Witness networks. Ports 3 and 4 (P3 and P4) of VxRail Node 1 are directly connected to ports P3 and P4 of VxRail Node 2, and both ports are used for vSAN and vMotion networks:

Figure 6.6 – Four 10 Gb ports in a direct-connect configuration

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