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Planning Guide—VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 on VxRail
Appendixes
Appendix A: Cloud Foundation on VxRail checklist Appendix B: Cloud Foundation on VxRail footprints for sizing Appendix C: Cloud Foundation on VxRail VLANs Appendix D: VxRail network configuration Appendix E: Cloud Builder and management VI workload configuration Appendix F: Application Virtual Network configuration Appendix G: VI workload domain configuration settings Appendix H: Sample switch configuration settings

Appendix 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

    8

    24

    500

    Management

    NSX-T Manager 1

    6

    24

    200

    Management

    NSX-T Manager 2

    6

    24

    200

    Management

    NSX-T Manager 3

    6

    24

    200

    Note: NSX-T Manager and NSX-T Edge devices can be deployed in 3 sizes: Small, Medium, Large. Cloud Builder deploys the ‘Medium’ sized NSX-T Manager virtual appliances into the management workload domain.

    Virtual Machines deployed in Cloud Foundation Management workload domain for each Cloud Foundation VI workload domain

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    vCenter

    8

    24

    500

    Virtual Machines deployed in Cloud Foundation VI Workload Domain to support the Application Virtual Network. The default size is ‘Medium’.

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Workload

    NSX-T Edge 1

    4

    8

    120

    Workload

    NSX-T Edge 2

    4

    8

    120

    Virtual Machines deployed in Cloud Foundation Management workload domain for each Cloud Foundation VI workload domain which does not use a shared NSX-T management instance. The default size is ‘Large’.

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    NSX-T Manager 1

    8

    32

    200

    Management

    NSX-T Manager 2

    8

    32

    200

    Management

    NSX-T Manager 3

    8

    32

    200

    Virtual Machines deployed in Cloud Foundation Management workload domain for each Cloud Foundation VI workload domain for Kubernetes which does not use a shared NSX‑T management instance. The default size is ‘Large’.

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    NSX-T Manager 1

    8

    32

    200

    Management

    NSX-T Manager 2

    8

    32

    200

    Management

    NSX-T Manager 3

    8

    32

    200

    Virtual Machines deployed in Cloud Foundation VI Workload Domain to support a vSphere for Kubernetes workload. The default size is ‘Large’.

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Workload

    NSX-T Edge 1

    8

    16

    120

    Workload

    NSX-T Edge 2

    8

    16

    120

    The following table lists the sizing to prepare for a vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager download and deployment.

    Note: Cloud Foundation on VxRail does not automate the deployment or the lifecycle management of the other vRealize Suite components. vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager is used to deploy and manage those components.

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager

    4

    16

    135

    .

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Appendix C: Cloud Foundation on VxRail VLANs