Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Architecture Overview Flashcards
What two network topologies can you use?
Access Aggregation
Leaf-Spine
What network hardware can you use with PowerFlex?
Cisco Nexus
PowerSwitch
What is a hybrid deployment of PowerFlex?
mixture of HCI and compute/storage only nodes
What is the minimum number of nodes for the management plane on a PowerFlex cluster?
3
What are the two virtualization options on PowerFlex?
bare-metal (hypervisor agnostic / two layer approach)
VMWare ESXi (HCI nodes)
What are the encryption options on PowerFlex?
D@RE
CloudLink
Optional SEDs
What are the backend connectivity options on PowerFlex?
25GbE
100GbE
What SDNs are supported on PowerFlex?
Cisco ACI
VMWare NSX
What nodes support software defined persistent memory (SDPM)?
PowerFlex R760 and R660
What nodes support NVDIMM?
PowerFlex R750 and 650
What are the three exceptions for PowerFlex supporting multi-VLAN or multi-subnets for the same network type?
data networks
vSAN
NSX overlays
What security admin features does PowerFlex have?
non-root user
SSH key pairs
LDAP users
What are the file features of PowerFlex?
NAS Server/file system clones
FLR
multi-tenancy
What is the role of PowerFlex Manager?
UI for block/file storage
LCM of HW components
When is VMWare ESXi deployed on PowerFlex?
default hypervisor for compute only and HCI nodes
What role does vCSA play in ESXi deployments of PowerFlex?
provides managements services to VMWare compute environment including both compute only and HCI nodes
also manages VMs of PowerFlex management controller
What is CloudLink?
optional component that provides key management for self-encrypting drives and D@RE encryption for non-self encrypting units
What nodes can be used for HCI configurations?
R660/R760
R650/R750
R640/R640xd/R840
What nodes can be used for compute only?
R660/R760/R6625/R7625
R650/750/R6525/R7525
R640/R740xd/R840
What nodes can be used for file data?
R660/R650
What is the backend for compute only nodes?
4 x 25GbE
4 x 100GbE
What nodes can be used as storage only?
R660/R760/R650/R750
R640/R740/R840
What Cisco switch can you use for management?
Cisco Nexus 92348GC-X
What Cisco switch can you use for aggregation?
Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2
What Cisco switches can you use for access?
Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3
What Cisco switches can you use for spine?
Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2
Cisco Nexus 9364C-GX
What Cisco switches can you use for leaf?
Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2
Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2
Cisco Nexus 9364C-GX
What Cisco switches can you use for border leaf?
Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2
What Cisco switch can you use for optional ACI?
Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2
What Dell switch can you use for management?
Dell PowerSwitch S4148T-ON
What Dell switch can you use for aggregation?
Dell PowerSwitch S5232F-ON
What Dell switches can you use for access?
Dell PowerSwitch S5224F-ON
Dell PowerSwitch S5248F-ON
Dell PowerSwitch S5296F-ON
Dell PowerSwitch S4148F-ON
What nodes can you use for the management controller in PowerFlex?
PowerEdge R660/R650
What are the network management deployment options for PowerFlex?
full network automation
partial network automation
PowerFlex nodes themselves can be fully managed by PowerFlex Manager in both options
What is full network automation?
PowerFlex Manager configures the node facing ports on the customer switches if they are supported
What is partial network automation?
used when you have customer network switches that are not supported by Dell
customer responsible for configuring the node facing ports along with the rest of the network