Your Browser is Out of Date

Nytro.ai uses technology that works best in other browsers.
For a full experience use one of the browsers below
Planning Guide—VMware Cloud Foundation 3.x on VxRail
Executive Summary VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail Product Overview VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail Deployment Data Center Requirements Use Cases and High-Level Design Cloud Foundation on VxRail Workload Planning Application Dependencies and Routing Decisions Cloud Foundation on VxRail Physical Network Planning VxRail Cluster Deployment Preparation Prepare for VMware Cloud Foundation Management VI Workload Domain Prepare for Cloud Foundation Application Virtual Network Prepare for Cloud Foundation VI Workload Domain Cloud Foundation on VxRail Footprints for Sizing
Cloud Foundation on VxRail Footprints for Sizing
Cloud Foundation on VxRail VLANs VxRail Network Configuration Cloud Builder and Management VI Workload Domain Configuration Application Virtual Network Configuration VI Workload Domain Configuration Settings NSX Routing Settings Example Switch Configuration Settings for BGP Peering

Cloud Foundation on VxRail Footprints for Sizing

Cloud Foundation on VxRail Footprints for Sizing

  • B                              Cloud Foundation on VxRail Footprints for Sizing

    Use these tables to obtain footprint estimates of the resources for Cloud Foundation on VxRail

    Base Virtual Machines for every Cloud Foundation Management workload domain

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    SDDC Manager

    4

    16

    800

    Management

    vCenter

    4

    16

    290

    Management

    PSC

    2

    4

    60

    Management

    PSC

    2

    4

    60

    Management

    NSX-V Manager

    4

    16

    60

    Management

    NSX-V Controller 1

    4

    4

    28

    Management

    NSX-V Controller 2

    4

    4

    28

    Management

    NSX-V Controller 3

    4

    4

    28

    Base Virtual Machines for Cloud Foundation Domain Logging*

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    Log Insight - Master

    8

    16

    1312

    Management

    Log Insight – Worker #1

    8

    16

    1312

    Management

    Log Insight – Worker #2

    8

    16

    1312

    * Log Insight can be disabled. Dell Technologies support can be engaged to disable Log Insight.

    Virtual Machines deployed in Cloud Foundation Management Domain for each Cloud Foundation VI workload domain based on NSX-V or NSX-T

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    vCenter

    8

    24

    500

    Virtual Machines deployed for each Cloud Foundation VI workload domain based on NSX-V

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    NSX-V Manager

    4

    4

    60

    Workload

    NSX-V Controller 1

    4

    4

    20

    Workload

    NSX-V Controller 2

    4

    4

    20

    Workload

    NSX-V Controller 3

    4

    4

    20

    (Optional) Virtual Machines deployed for NSX-V Edge Services*

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    NSX-V Edge Services Gateway

    2

    1

    1

    * Use this as an estimate for a deployment of a single virtual machine instance of an NSX Edge services gateway. The number of NSX-V Edge gateways deployed will be dependent on the final network design.

    Virtual Machines deployed for initial Cloud Foundation VI workload domain using NSX-T and shared by subsequent Cloud Foundation VI workload domains using NSX-T

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    NSX-T Manager 1

    4

    4

    20

    Management

    NSX-T Manager 2

    4

    4

    20

    Management

    NSX-T Manager 3

    4

    4

    20

    (Optional) Virtual Machines deployed for shared edge virtual devices based on NSX-T

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Workload

    NSX-T Edge Device 1

    8

    16

    120

    Workload

    NSX-T Edge Device 2

    8

    16

    120

    The following tables are the optional VMware software applications that can be deployed on a VI workload domain.

    vRealize Cloud Operations Management

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    vRealize Operations Manager - Master Node

    8

    32

    1024

    Management

    vRealize Operations Manager - Replica Node

    8

    32

    1024

    Management

    vRealize Operations Manager - Data Node

    8

    32

    1024

    Management

    vRealize Operations Manager - Remote Collector 1

    2

    4

    275

    Management

    vRealize Operations Manager - Remote Collector 2

    2

    4

    275

    Management

    vRealize Lifecycle Manager

    2

    16

    135

    Management

    vRealize Download Services

    2

    2

    120

    vRealize Cloud Management

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    vRealize Automation Node 1

    4

    16

    140

    Management

    vRealize Automation Node 2

    4

    16

    140

    Management

    vRealize Automation Node 3

    4

    16

    140

    Management

    vRealize Automation Web Manager 1

    2

    8

    60

    Management

    vRealize Automation Web Manager 2

    2

    8

    60

    Management

    vRealize Automation Manager 1

    2

    8

    60

    Management

    vRealize Automation Manager 2

    2

    8

    60

    Management

    vRealize Automation DEM Worker 1

    4

    8

    60

    Management

    vRealize Automation DEM Worker 2

    4

    8

    60

    Management

    vRealize Automation Proxy Agent 1

    2

    8

    60

    Management

    vRealize Automation Proxy Agent 2

    2

    8

    60

    Management

    vRealize Business Cloud Server

    4

    8

    50

    Management

    vRealize Business Cloud Collector

    4

    2

    50

    Management

    vRealize IaaS Database

    8

    16

    80

    Horizon

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    Each Connection Server

    2

    10

    80

    Management

    Each Composer Server

    2

    10

    80

    Management

    Each Apps Volumes Server

    2

    10

    80

    Management

    Each Unified Access Gateway

    2

    4

    20

    Management

    Each User Environment Manager

    2

    10

    80

    PKS

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    Operations Manager

    1

    8

    160

    Management

    BOSH Director

    2

    8

    103

    Management

    Enterprise PKS

    2

    8

    80

    Management

    Harbor Container Registry

    2

    8

    170