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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 Cloud Foundation on VxRail housekeeping tasks
Introduction
Configure backups for SDDC Manager and NSX Manager
Enable access to external Dell and VMware sites
Enable access to Dell and VMware online depots
Password management
Certificate management
Enable Active Directory authentication
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

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  • You can link your Cloud Foundation on VxRail instance to your Dell Technologies and VMware accounts in order to download installation bundles and upgrade bundles directly through SDDC Manager.

    An install bundle supports one of two purposes:

    • An install bundle can be downloaded to deploy later versions of the software components that comprise a VI workload domain. This bundle will can be used to deploy a VI workload domain of a higher version than the original VMware Cloud Foundation installation.
    • The Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager install bundle is used for deploying Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager. Once Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager is deployed in the management domain, it can then be used to deploy the Aria suite of software on the Cloud Foundation on VxRail instance.

    The upgrade bundle enables the lifecycle management feature to perform automated updates of the Cloud Foundation on VxRail instance.

    This figure shows the SDDC Manager software bundle download workflow.

    Figure 58.    SDDC Manager Software Bundle Download

    After the connection to the Dell Technologies and VMware online depots, SDDC Manager will automatically poll those locations to access the bundles.

    • The Dell Technologies online depots store the bundles used to support upgrades of the VxRail clusters
    • The VMware online depot stores the bundles to support upgrades of Cloud Foundation
    • SDDC Manager will use the contents from both Dell Technologies and VMware to perform a full upgrade of Cloud Foundation on VxRail. If you do not have a support account on either site, pre-register before trying to enable access to the site in order to obtain the proper login credentials
    • If SDDC Manager does not have outside Internet access, the software bundles can be manually uploaded, using the VMware Bundle Transfer utility. This tool can be Downloaded from the VMware support under the VMware Cloud Foundation page.