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Planning Guide—VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x 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 Licensing 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 Appendixes
Appendixes
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

Appendix C: Cloud Foundation on VxRail Networks

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Appendix C: Cloud Foundation on VxRail Networks

  • The following core VLANs must be configured on the data center switches supporting the Cloud Foundation on VxRail platform

    Category

    Name

    Description

    Routable

    Subnet Size

    VxRail

    External Management

    VxRail and Cloud Foundation components

    Yes

    1 per management component

    Internal Management

    VxRail device discovery

    No

    N/A

    vMotion

    Virtual machine mobility

    Yes if routed vMotion is required

    1 per host

    vSAN

    vSphere storage

    Yes for stretched cluster

    1 per host

    NSX

    Host Overlay

    NSX host overlay network

    Yes. Must route to Edge Overlay.

    2 per host

    NSX Edge

    NSX Uplinks

    2 uplink VLANs for BGP peering of edge & physical switch

    Enables BGP peering of edge gateway and physical switch

    2 per edge node

    NSX Edge Overlay

    NSX edge overlay network

    Yes. Must route to Host Overlay

    1 per edge node

    Node

    iDRAC

    PowerEdge out-of-band management

    Yes

    1 per host