Design of vCenter Server
In the previous chapter, you learned about the new features and hardware in the 15th-generation VxRail, including VxRail cluster types, vSAN dynamic nodes, and VxRail satellite nodes. When you plan to deploy the VxRail system in your environment, you can choose different kinds of VxRail deployments. You learned the advantages and disadvantages of each kind of VxRail node and what use case is suitable for each VxRail node.
VMware vCenter Server is an essential component of the VxRail system. VxRail Manager is integrated into VMware vCenter Server with the VxRail Manager plugin for vCenter. In the 14th-generation VxRail, you can choose the internal VMware vCenter Server (embedded vCenter Server) and external VMware vCenter Server (customer-supplied vCenter Server) for VxRail deployment in the Dell EMC VxRail deployment wizard. VxRail deployment depends on the design of the VxRail cluster configured with VMware vCenter Server, the Domain Name Server (DNS),...