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Planning Guide—VMware Cloud Foundation 5.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 Decisions Cloud Foundation on VxRail Workload Planning Cloud Foundation on VxRail Licensing Planning 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
Introduction
Provide a temporary IP address for Cloud Builder
Select the settings for the management workload domain
Provide global settings for management VI workload domain
Select virtual distributed switch for NSX overlay networks
Select the settings for NSX host overlay network
Create forward and reverse DNS entries for the management VI workload domain
Select the NSX host overlay VLAN
Select names for resource pools in the management VI workload domain
Prepare passwords
Prepare for Cloud Foundation VI Workload Domain Prepare for NSX Edge Gateway Services Prepare for Cloud Foundation Application Virtual Network Cloud Foundation On VxRail Housekeeping Tasks Appendixes

Select the settings for NSX host overlay network

Select the settings for NSX host overlay network

  • If you choose to have the IP addresses for the NSX host uplinks assigned by CloudBuilder during Cloud Foundation on VxRail deployment, capture and record the following settings:

    •  A name for this static IP address pool to provide to Cloud Builder
    • The IP address range to reserve for the NSX host uplinks in CIDR format. The range should be at least double the number of VxRail nodes planned for initial deployment.
    • The starting and ending IP addresses for Cloud Builder to assign to the NSX host uplinks
    • The gateway for the reserved IP address range

    Note: You must use DHCP to assign IP addresses to each VxRail node to support the overlay network required by NSX if your plans include VxRail stretched clusters to support the Cloud Foundation workload domains. Assigning static IP addresses to support the overlay network is not supported with stretched clusters.

    If you choose to have the IP addresses assigned dynamically during initial deployment, capture and record the following DHCP settings to support the VTEP tunnel endpoints:

    • The IP address of the DHCP server that will supply two IP addresses to each VxRail node for enable connectivity to the host overlay network
    • The pool of IP addresses that were configured in the DHCP server for assignment to each VxRail node. Each node requires two IP addresses.