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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
Introduction
Data center rack space requirements
Data center networking
Network switch selection
Switch port capacity
Switch port type
Jumbo Frames
Multicast
Border Gateway Protocol
Hardware VTEP for multi-rack deployments
Network services
Storage Services
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

Storage Services

Storage Services

  • For the VI workload domains you deploy with your Cloud Foundation on VxRail instance, the VxRail clusters support two options for provisioning primary storage resources to support virtual machine operations.

    • One option is to purchase VxRail nodes with installed disk drives, and then use the disk drives on the VxRail nodes for the formation of a vSAN datastore.
    • The second option is to purchase VxRail nodes with no installed disk drives, then use a storage array in your data center to provide a LUN to the nodes to form a VMFS datastore.

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    Figure 18.    vSAN and VMFS datastore options for supporting VI workload domains

    If you choose to deploy one or more clusters for your Cloud Foundation on VxRail with no installed disk drives, then your data center must be prepared to provide storage resources to these nodes from a Fibre Channel storage array over a Fibre Channel network. Consult with your Dell Technologies account team for the storage arrays that are compatible with Cloud Foundation on VxRail.