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Planning Guide—VMware Cloud Foundation 3.x on VxRail
Executive Summary VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail Product Overview VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail Deployment Data Center Requirements Use Cases and High-Level Design Cloud Foundation on VxRail Workload Planning
Cloud Foundation on VxRail Workload Planning
Determine use cases for Cloud Foundation VI workload domain
Deciding on single-site VxRail cluster or stretched cluster
Planning the Management workload domain resources
Planning the VI workload domain resources
Sizing the Cloud Foundation domains
Application Dependencies and Routing Decisions Cloud Foundation on VxRail Physical Network Planning VxRail Cluster Deployment Preparation Prepare for VMware Cloud Foundation Management VI Workload Domain Prepare for Cloud Foundation Application Virtual Network Prepare for Cloud Foundation VI Workload Domain Cloud Foundation on VxRail Footprints for Sizing Cloud Foundation on VxRail VLANs VxRail Network Configuration Cloud Builder and Management VI Workload Domain Configuration Application Virtual Network Configuration VI Workload Domain Configuration Settings NSX Routing Settings Example Switch Configuration Settings for BGP Peering

Cloud Foundation on VxRail Workload Planning

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Cloud Foundation on VxRail Workload Planning

  • The primary building block for compute resources for Cloud Foundation on VxRail is the server node. VxRail leverages the Dell PowerEdge server products as the foundation for a cluster. A VxRail cluster can start with as few as three nodes and can scale to a maximum of 64 nodes. The first VxRail cluster deployed is always used to support the management workload domain, which requires a minimum of four nodes. VxRail supports a wide variety of server physical configurations, with flexibility on CPU model, CPU quantity and speed, RAM capacity, physical storage capacity, and network port quantity and speed.

    For more details, refer to: VxRail 14G Series Specification Sheet

    The mixing of different server configurations in a single cluster is supported because VxRail views the individual server node as a static pool of compute resources. This offers additional flexibility to start the initial configuration to meet a pre-defined baseline, and adapt and expand as necessary for changing workload requirements.