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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

Password management

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Password management

  • The passwords collected during the Cloud Foundation on VxRail deployment process are applied to the management components. The credentials for administrative accounts can be updated manually within SDDC Manager, or have SDDC Manager generate random passwords for these components.

    Cloud Foundation on VxRail also automatically creates service accounts as part of the deployment process. A service account has a limited set of privileges, and is created for communication between products. Passwords for service accounts are randomly generated by SDDC Manager, and cannot be manually set. In order to update the credentials on a service account, a password rotation must be configured.

    SDDC Manager can be used to set the number of days between password rotations. The supported values are 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days.

    • Establish a password update policy for Cloud Foundation on VxRail to avoid issues with passwords expiring
    • Establish a policy as to whether to manually update passwords on management accounts, or to have SDDC Manager generate random passwords
    • Rotate passwords on service accounts per the stated password policy