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Supported networking changes

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After you deploy NetApp HCI, you can make limited changes to the default networking configuration. However, certain settings are required for smooth operation and proper network detection. Changing these settings will cause unexpected behavior, and might prevent you from expanding compute and storage resources.

After you deploy your system, you can make the following changes to the default network configuration in VMware vSphere as dictated by your network requirements:

  • Change vSwitch names

  • Change port group names

  • Add and remove additional port groups

  • Change the vmnic interface failover order for any additional port groups you have added

H300E, H500E, H700E and H410C compute nodes

NetApp HCI expects the following network configuration for H300E, H500E, H700E and H410C nodes.

The following is a six-interface configuration with VMware vSphere Distributed Switching (VDS). This configuration is only supported when used with VMware vSphere Distributed Switches, and requires VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing.

Network function vmkernel vmnic (physical interface)

Management

vmk0

vmnic2 (Port A), vmnic3 (Port B)

iSCSI-A

vmk1

vmnic5 (Port E)

iSCSI-B

vmk2

vmnic1 (Port D)

vMotion

vmk3

vmnic4 (Port C), vmnic0 (Port F)

The following is a six-interface configuration with VMware vSphere Standard Switching (VSS). This configuration uses VMware vSphere Standard Switches (VSS).

Network function vmkernel vmnic (physical interface)

Management

vmk0

vmnic2 (Port A), vmnic3 (Port B)

iSCSI-A

vmk2

vmnic1 (Port E)

iSCSI-B

vmk3

vmnic5 (Port D)

vMotion

vmk1

vmnic4 (Port C), vmnic0 (Port F)

The following is a two-interface configuration. This configuration is only supported when used with VMware vSphere Distributed Switches (VDS), and requires VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing.

Network function vmkernel vmnic (physical interface)

Management

vmk0

vmnic1 (Port D), vmnic5 (Port E)

iSCSI-A

vmk1

vmnic1 (Port E)

iSCSI-B

vmk2

vmnic5 (Port D)

vMotion

vmk3

vmnic1 (Port C), vmnic5 (Port F)

H610C compute nodes

NetApp HCI expects the following network configuration for H610C nodes.

This configuration is only supported when used with VMware vSphere Distributed Switches (VDS), and requires VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing.

Note Ports A and B are unused on the H610C.
Network function vmkernel vmnic (physical interface)

Management

vmk0

vmnic2 (Port C), vmnic3 (Port D)

iSCSI-A

vmk1

vmnic3 (Port D)

iSCSI-B

vmk2

vmnic2 (Port C)

vMotion

vmk3

vmnic2 (Port C), vmnic3 (Port D)

H615C compute nodes

NetApp HCI expects the following network configuration for H615C nodes.

This configuration is only supported when used with VMware vSphere Distributed Switches (VDS), and requires VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing.

Network function vmkernel vmnic (physical interface)

Management

vmk0

vmnic0 (Port A), vmnic1 (Port B)

iSCSI-A

vmk1

vmnic0 (Port B)

iSCSI-B

vmk2

vmnic1 (Port A)

vMotion

vmk3

vmnic0 (Port A), vmnic1 (Port B)