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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 F: VI workload domain configuration settings

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Appendix F: VI workload domain configuration settings

  • This table lists the configuration settings required to support the configuration of a standard VI workload domain by SDDC Manager.

    Category

    Detail

    Description

    Global

     

    Domain Name

    Name of workload domain

    Datacenter Name

    Name of vSphere data center to be configured in vCenter instance supporting VI workload domain

    NTP

    IP Address or pool URL

    DNS

    IP Address

    SSO Site Name

     

    SSO Domain
    • Can join the default SSO domain created by the management domain
    • Can create a new SSO domain

    NSX Host Overlay Network

    Static IP Assignment Method

    Name of static IP address pool

    IP address range in CIDR format

    Starting IP address to be assigned for host overlay network

    Ending IP address to be assigned for host overlay network

    Gateway

    Dynamic IP Assignment Method

    IP address of DHCP server to assign IP addresses to VTEP tunnel endpoints for host overlay network

    Range of IP addresses in DHCP server to be assigned to VTEP tunnel endpoints for host overlay network

    A workload domain can either join an existing NSX instance or configure a new NSX instance. Use this table only if a new NSX management instance is deployed as part of the VI workload domain.

    Category

    Detail

    Description

    NSX ASN

    Autonomous System Number

    ASN for the workload domain edge cluster

    NSX Manager

    NSX management cluster

    IP address of NSX Manager VIP

    IP address for first NSX Manager

    IP address for second NSX Manager

    IP address for third NSX Manager

    Subnet Mask

    Default Gateway

    NSX Edge Node 1

    Name

    Hostname of virtual appliance

    Management IP Address

    Must be within workload domain management network subnet

    Uplink 1 IP Address

    IP address for BGP peering on first NSX edge uplink VLAN for this workload domain

    Uplink 2 IP Address

    IP address for BGP peering on second NSX edge uplink VLAN for this workload domain

    Overlay IP Address

    IP address for overlay network between edge nodes in this workload domain

    NSX Edge Node 2

    Name

    Hostname of virtual appliance

    Management IP Address

    Must be within workload domain management network subnet

    Uplink 1 IP Address

    IP address for BGP peering on first NSX edge uplink VLAN for this workload domain

    Uplink 2 IP Address

    IP address for BGP peering on second NSX edge uplink VLAN for this workload domain

    Overlay IP Address

    IP address for overlay network between edge nodes in this workload domain

    NSX Edge Uplink 1

    VLAN

    Used for BGP peering with upstream routing services for this workload domain

    NSX Edge Uplink 2

    VLAN

    Used for BGP peering with upstream routing services for this workload domain

    NSX Edge Overlay Network

    VLAN

    Used for edge overlay network connecting NSX edge nodes in this workload domain

    If a new edge cluster is deployed, use this table to capture the BGP neighbors for the NSX edge gateway.

    Category

    Detail

    Description

    External ASN

    ASN Value

    Autonomous System Number for external routers

    External Router 1

    IP Address

    IP Address for peering with NSX edge gateway on first NSX edge uplink VLAN

    Password

    Neighbor password for BGP peering

    External Router 2

     

    IP Address

    IP Address for peering with NSX edge gateway on second NSX edge uplink VLAN

    Password

    Neighbor password for BGP peering

    Use this table only if a vSphere for Tanzu supervisor cluster will be configured on the VI workload domain.

    Detail

    Type

    Description

    Pod CIDRs

    Internal

    Used by Kubernetes pods that run in the cluster

    Service CIDRs

    Internal

    Used by Kubernetes applications that need a service IP address

    Ingress CIDRs

    External

    Used for load balancing

    Egress CIDRs

    External

    Used for NAT endpoint use

    The following table outlines certain virtual distributed switch names that can also be customized during the workload domain deployment process.

    Name

    Description

    VxRail vSAN Datastore

    Name of vSAN datastore supporting the VxRail cluster

    System Virtual Distributed Switch

    Name of virtual distributed switch supporting VxRail networks, and optionally NSX networks

    VxRail Management Portgroup

    Portgroup name on system VDS that supports VxRail external network. Name must start with ‘Management Network’.

    VxRail vMotion Portgroup

    Portgroup name on system VDS that supports VxRail vMotion network

    VxRail vSAN Portgroup

    Portgroup name on system VDS that supports VxRail vSAN network

    Overlay Virtual Distributed Switch

    Name of optional virtual distributed switch supporting NSX overlay networks