Planning Guide—VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x on VxRail

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  Solution description
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  Solution version reference
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  Document purpose
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  Intended audience
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  Revisions

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  Product overview

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  Introduction
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  VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail workload planning
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  VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail deployment overview

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  Introduction
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  NSX-T management options for VI workload domain
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  vRealize software option for VI workload domains
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  vSphere with Kubernetes workload domains

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

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  Introduction
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  Consolidated vs. standard architecture
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  Site locations
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  Application availability
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  VxRail cluster network planning

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  Introduction
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  Determine use cases for Cloud Foundation VI workload domain
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  Deciding on single-site VxRail cluster or stretched cluster
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  Planning the management workload domain resource requirements
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  Planning the VI workload domain resource requirements
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  Sizing the Cloud Foundation domains

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  Understanding connection dependencies

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  Introduction
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  Select a physical network architecture and topology
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  VxRail stretched cluster physical network planning
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  Fibre Channel storage network planning

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  Introduction
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  Capture configuration settings for Cloud Foundation on VxRail
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  VxRail cluster and NSX-T networks leaf switch preparation
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  DHCP services for NSX-T host overlay network preparation
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  Leaf switch preparation for NSX-T edge
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  Layer 3 network preparation
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  BGP peering preparation

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

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  Introduction
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  Provide a temporary IP address for Cloud Builder
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  Select the settings for the management workload domain
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  Provide global settings for management VI workload domain
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  Select the settings for NSX-T host overlay network
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  Create forward and reverse DNS entries for the management VI workload domain
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  Select the NSX-T host overlay VLAN
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  Select names for resource pools in VI Management workload domain
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  Decide on number of virtual distributed switches
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  Prepare passwords
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  Obtain VMware license keys

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  Introduction
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  Cloud Foundation workload domain task outline
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  Prepare NSX-T host overlay network
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  Capture settings for VI workload domain
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  Prepare for vSphere for Tanzu workload domain
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  Prepare for multi-region with NSX-T Federation

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  Introduction
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  Capture external router settings for eBGP peering
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  Capture settings for NSX-T edge gateway uplinks
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  Capture NSX-T edge overlay network settings
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  Capture second site settings for stretched cluster

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  Introduction
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  Capture the Application Virtual Network region settings

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  Appendix A: Cloud Foundation on VxRail checklist
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  Appendix B: Cloud Foundation on VxRail footprints for sizing
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  Appendix C: Cloud Foundation on VxRail VLANs
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  Appendix D: VxRail network configuration
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  Appendix E: Cloud Builder and management VI workload configuration
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  Appendix F: VI workload domain configuration settings
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  Appendix G: Edge Gateway configuration
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  Appendix H: Application Virtual Network configuration
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  Appendix I: Sample switch configuration settings