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Planning Guide—VMware Cloud Foundation 4.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 Cloud Foundation on VxRail Workload Planning Application Dependencies and Routing Decisions 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-T Edge Gateway Services Prepare for Cloud Foundation Application Virtual Network 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: VI workload domain configuration settings
Appendix G: Edge Gateway configuration
Appendix H: Application Virtual Network configuration
Appendix I: Sample switch configuration settings

Appendix B: Cloud Foundation on VxRail footprints for sizing

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 three 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 one of the Cloud Foundation Management workload domains to support NSX-T Federation across regions. The size of the virtual machines depends on the size of the federation under management, either Medium or Large.

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Management

    NSX-T Global Manager 1

    6/12

    24/48

    300

    Management

    NSX-T Global Manager 2

    6/12

    24/48

    300

    Management

    NSX-T Global Manager 3

    6/12

    24/48

    300

    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 life cycle 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

    The following table lists the sizing to prepare for the deployment of vSphere with Tanzu workload domain.

    Domain

    Component

    vCPUs

    Memory (GB)

    Storage (GB)

    Workload

    Supervisor Cluster control plane

    12

    48

    200

    Workload

    Registry Service

    7

    7

    200

    Workload

    NSX-T Edge 1

    8

    32

    200

    Workload

    NSX-T Edge 2

    8

    32

    200

    Workload

    Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster control plane

    6

    12

    48

    Workload

    Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster worker nodes

    6

    12

    48