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 I: Sample switch configuration settings
Appendix I: Sample switch configuration settings
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This set of sample syntax is for providing basic guidance on the settings that must be performed on the top-of-rack switches to configure VLANs and a switch port for a Cloud Foundation on VxRail deployment, and configuring a switch support BGP peering for the Application Virtual Network (AVN). The actual code that is required on the top-of-rack switches depends on the existing data center network infrastructure, switch operating system and routing standards.
The sample syntax highlights the following required items:
- VLAN for VxRail external management
- VLAN fir VxRail internal management – node discovery
- VLAN for NSX-T host overlay network – with DHCP helper
- Switch port configuration for VxRail node
The sample syntax highlights the following required items:
- VLANs for AVN uplinks with assigned IP addresses
- Prefix list to permit route filtering for routes from the AVN
- BGP External ASN setting
- BGP peering with the pair of AVN Edge Service Gateways
