Creating logical switch for Storage Spaces Direct clusters
About this task
Steps
Click Create logical switch for Cluster.
Provide a name for the logical switch, and select the host group present in SCVMM for associating the logical switch.
Provide the following details, and click Create.
In Configuration for Management, provide the Subnet, Start IP, End IP, DNS Server, DNS Suffix, and Gateway details.
NOTE: Provide the subnet information in Classless InterDomain Routing (CIDR) notation.In Configuration for Storage, provide the VLAN, Subnet, Start IP, and End IP details.
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enter a unique job name, description for the job, and click Create.
To track this job, the Go to the Job List option is selected by default.
Next steps
To verify that the logical switch is created successfully, check for the logical switch name in the drop-down menu listed in Create Cluster page.
To view the details of the logical switch, perform the following steps in SCVMM:
- To view the logical switch name, click Fabric, and in Networking, click Logical Switches.
- To view the logical switch’s Uplink Port Profile (UPP), click Fabric, and in Networking, click Logical Switches.
- To view the logical switch’s network, click Fabric, and in Networking, click Logical Networks.