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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
Introduction
Prepare for VxRail cluster initial build
Select the external management network subnet
Select the VxRail cluster VLANs
Select the network settings for VxRail cluster
Decide whether to join an existing vCenter SSO domain
Select the network settings for VxRail stretched cluster
Create forward and reverse DNS entries for VxRail cluster
Select passwords
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

Select the network settings for VxRail cluster

Select the network settings for VxRail cluster

  • The rows in the table in Appendix D: VxRail network configuration describe the settings required for VxRail cluster formation and management. The following should be adhered to when selecting these settings:

    • The IP addresses assigned to the VxRail management components must be within the range selected for the external management network.
    • The IP addresses must be unused and permanent IP addresses. They cannot be assigned by DHCP.
    • The NTP and DNS servers must be accessible to this external management network.
    • While using contiguous IP addresses is recommended for the VxRail management networks, it is not required.
    • The network range selected for vMotion and vSAN can be public or private. If you want to ensure that these networks can expand across racks with Layer 3, use a routable IP address range.
    • Hostnames and IP addresses selected for VxRail management components are automatically assigned during initial build. You can choose to customize the hostnames or follow a preset format for hostnames.