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VMware Cloud Foundation
Prerequisite Checklist
Welcome to this VMware Cloud Foundation demonstration where we will review the Prerequisite Checklist.
In this demo we walk through the Prerequisite Checklist used to deploy VMware Cloud Foundation.
The Cloud Foundation Prerequisite Checklist can be downloaded from the Cloud Builder Appliance, or from the MyVMware website. We begin with the checklist already downloaded and are going to walk through each section starting with the "Prerequisite Checklist" tab.
Here we see the items that should be reviewed before moving through the rest of the checklist. Verify the physical hardware setup. ESXi must be installed with the appropriate build version and an IP must be assigned to the vmk0 interface. NTP and DNS settings must also be the same as the cloud builder appliance.
Verify vSAN disk availability and also validate DNS for all proposed hostnames. Examples would be hostnames for vCenter, NSX-T, and the SDDC Manager.
On the Management Workloads tab, the ESXi, vSAN, vcenter-mgmt, and NSX-T license keys need to be configured. These licenses keys will be used during the automated deployment of Cloud Foundation, and stored in SDDC Manager for future create/expand events. NOTE: Leave sddc-manager license key blank.
This area gives sizing information based on inputs provided throughout the spreadsheet. It is valuable information to look at once the spreadsheet is completely filled out.
The Users and Groups Tab contains a list of all the accounts (across all the VMware products) that will be configured during the Cloud Foundation Deployment. On this tab, users may configure desired passwords for each account.
Each VMware product may have different password complexities. Notice the “Password Policy” complexity changes for NSX-T.
On the Hosts and Network Tab, users will supply information for the seven required networks for Management, vMotion, vSAN, 2 Overlay, and 2 uplink networks used for Application Virtual Network(s). Users will also provide network information for the ESXI hosts
Under Management Domain Networks section:
enter the desired VLAN IDs for each of the pre-requisite networks. These VLANs should be trunked to the host facing switch ports for each ESXi host.
If any of these VLAN IDs are configured as the Untagged orDefault VLAN , you may need to enter "0" for that VLAN ID field
Provide a subnet for each network using CIDR notation, including a gateway IP and MTU size to be configured during deployment..
Under Management Domain ESXi Hosts:
Configure the hostname and IP address for each ESXi host.
Cloud Builder will use this information, along with the root credentials provided on the prior tab.
Note: The customer DNS server should have forward/reverse entries for each host and should be reachable by Cloud Builder.
Enter IP{ inclusion ranges to be used on the Vmotion and vSAN Networks
Note: These IP ranges are stored in a "Network Pool" in SDDC Manager for use in future create or expand events.
The “ESXi Host Security Thumbprint” section is an optional level of security, where customers may provide RSA Key Fingerprints and SSL thumbprints to validate hosts prior to connection.
The Deploy Parameters Tab is broken into multiple categories: Existing Infrastructure Details (ie: customer provided infrastructure), vSphere Infrastructure, NSX, vRealize Log Insight, and SDDC Manager.
Under the Existing Infrastructure Details section enter the NTP and DNS information and the DNS Zone Name.
This allows you to enable/disable the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). The “Customer Experience Improvement Program” is enabled by default. This feature sends anonymous support data to help improve the product and support experience
The vSphere Infrastructure section contains information needed around vCenter Server, Virtual Networking, vSphere Datastore, vCenter Datacenter and Cluster Names, and vSphere Resource Pools.
Customers can change the sizing of the vCenter deployment. Choices include tiny, small, medium, and large.
Deduplication and Compression can be enable/disabled with the default being disabled.
The NSX-T Data Center on vSphere section contains all the details required to deploy NSX-T. Notice that you are able to change the size for the NSX-T Appliance. The default is small.
We are going to call out the extra information needed to deploy the Application Virtual Networks (AVN).
Notice that everything related to Application Virtual Networks is greyed out. For our demo we are going to re-enable AVNs. If you are looking to use features such as vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager, vRealize Operations Manager, vRealize Automation, vRealize Business, and Kubernetes it is recommended to deploy AVNs from the beginning.
The edge size can be changed from the default of Medium.
The final section contains information around the SDDC Manager. Enter the SDDC Manager hostname, IP, Network Pool Name, and the Management Domain Name.
Once complete, save the worksheet so you can use it later to deploy VCF.