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  Extending the Enterprise Storage Footprint with Dell EMC Storage and VxRail Dynamic Nodes  Written by Una O Herlihy & Martin Hayes (https://cabletoclouds.blog/) Overview With VxRail release 7.0.240, fibre channel HBAs are now supported to connect VxRail dynamic nodes to external storage for use as their primary storage. This opens up the ability for VxRail customers to leverage the best of both worlds - the Enterprise class features and functionality of Dell EMC SAN based storage ( e.g PowerMax, PowerStore, Unity) together with the best in class, feature rich life cycle management experience of the VxRail platform. The narrative is no longer 'either or' when it comes to VSAN and VMFS, instead VxRail customers will now have the ability to consume both together, to unlock the benefits of existing and emerging use cases. Stay tuned for further posts in this series which will dig deeper into the overall DN LCM experience, integration with enterprise class storage availabilit...

1. Overview For VCF (4.X) on VxRail, the sequence of steps should be first and foremost in our mind when shutting down and then starting up a VCF on VxRail environment. Not following the correct procedure could result in corruption within the environment and the loss of ability to start-up the environment. Knowing that shutting down components in the wrong way can lead to a whole lot of pain, I went searching through my usual go-to spots for a step-by-step procedure I could leverage. My search came up short. The most recent power control documentation I could find for VCF on VxRail was for VCF 3.10 and while useful for VCF 3.11, the procedure for VCF 4.X is very different to VCF 3.11. To fill this gap, this post covers the sequencing of tasks that we must complete to shut down and start-up your VCF 4.X on VxRail environment. This will help you start up your environment safely and without corruption post shutdown. In addition, I have included step-by-step procedure documentation and vi...