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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
Introduction
Determine use cases for Cloud Foundation VI workload domain
Deciding on a single-site VxRail cluster or a stretched cluster
Planning the management workload domain resource requirements
Planning the VI workload domain resource requirements
Sizing the Cloud Foundation domains
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 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

Planning the management workload domain resource requirements

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Planning the management workload domain resource requirements

  • At initial deployment of Cloud Foundation on VxRail, Cloud Builder deploys an initial core set of virtual appliances on the management domain to support Cloud Foundation on VxRail management.

    This initial set of core virtual machines from Cloud Builder provides a baseline on the resources required to bring up the management workload domain and to begin deploying VI workload domains on a standard architecture. With a consolidated architecture, guest virtual machines are deployed on the single workload domain, sharing resources with the Cloud Foundation on VxRail management components. With a standard architecture, guest virtual machines can only be deployed on separate VI workload domains. For each VI workload domain that is created, additional virtual machines are deployed for management purposes. Therefore, in order to get more accurate sizing guidelines for the management workload domain and VI workload domains in a standard architecture, the planned use cases for the VI workload domains must be understood before initial deployment. Then, a resource consumption assessment is completed for both the planned management workload domain and the VI workload domains, which are used to determine the required size of the underlying VxRail platform for all the planned domains.

    The tables in Appendix B: Cloud Foundation on VxRail footprints for sizing can be used to provide estimates of the minimum sizing requirements for the management components, based on planned use cases.