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Planning Guide—VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on VxRail
Executive summary VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail Requirements and Use Cases VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail workload domain planning Data center and network requirements Cloud Foundation on VxRail high-level design decisions Cloud Foundation on VxRail Workload Planning Cloud Foundation on VxRail physical network planning Cloud Foundation on VxRail physical network preparation VxRail Cluster deployment preparation Prepare for VMware Cloud Foundation Management VI Workload Domain Prepare for Cloud Foundation VI workload domain Prepare for NSX edge gateway services Prepare for Cloud Foundation Application Virtual Network
Introduction
Capture the Application Virtual Network region settings
Cloud Foundation on VxRail housekeeping tasks Appendix A: Cloud Foundation on VxRail checklist Appendix B: Cloud Foundation on VxRail footprints for sizing Appendix C: Cloud Foundation on VxRail Networks Appendix D: VxRail network configuration Appendix E: Cloud Builder and management VI workload configuration Appendix F: VI workload domain configuration settings Appendix G: Edge gateway configuration Appendix H: Application virtual network configuration Appendix I: Sample switch configuration settings References

Capture the Application Virtual Network region settings

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Capture the Application Virtual Network region settings

  • The Application Virtual Network supports two regions for the Aria Suite components. The local instance, referred to as ‘Region A’ is for the management components assigned to a specific region, whereas the region with cross-instance mobility, referred to as ‘xRegion’, is for the pool of Aria management components that require mobility between regions.

    Each region is connected to an NSX Tier-1 gateway configured for the Application Virtual Network. The Tier-1 gateway is a logical router used for managing network traffic within the NSX network. The NSX Tier-1 gateway is positioned just below the NSX Tier-0 gateway that peers with external routing services, enabling upstream access for the Aria management components.

    Each region must be given an IP address range or VLAN that is used to assign to the management components running in each respective region. If using VLAN-backed segments, VLANs are required for both segments. If dual regions are being planned with NSX Federation, the VLAN option is not supported. The table in Appendix H: Application virtual network configuration outlines the settings that must be captured to enable AVN:

    • The name of the region-specific (Region A) logical segment
    • The IP address range or VLAN reserved for the region-specific (Region A) logical segment
    • The name of the cross-region x(Region) logical segment
    • The IP address range or VLAN reserved for the cross-region (xRegion) logical segment

    Specific details for the deployment and configuration of the Aria software product are out of scope for this guide. See the VMware Validated Design Documentation for more information.

    This figure shows AVN topology and logical segments.

    Figure 55.    AVN topology and logical segments