To add the VxRail cluster to a workload domain:

Procedure

  1. On the SDDC Manager Dashboard, click Inventory > Workload Domains. The Workload Domains page displays information for all workload domains.
  2. In the workload domains table, hover your mouse in the VxRail workload domain row.
    A set of three dots appears on the left of the workload domain name.
  3. Click these three dots. Click Add VxRail Cluster.
  4. The Add VxRail Cluster to Workload Domain page appears.
  5. On the Discovered Clusters page, a single VxRail cluster or multiple VxRail clusters in the vCenter are discovered. If there are multiple clusters, select a cluster. Click Next.
  6. The Discovered Hosts page displays a list of the discovered hosts for that cluster. Update the SSH password for the discovered hosts for that cluster. Click the icon next to the name of the host to get more information about it. Click Next.
  7. On the VxRail Manager page, enter the admin and root user names and passwords.
  8. The Networking page displays all the networking details for the cluster.
    1. Select the NSX platform. If you select NSX-T, ensure that you have downloaded it. Provide the corresponding VLAN ID.
    2. If you select NSX-V, provide the manager and the controller information.
    3. If you select NSX-T, provide the managers' details and the cluster/virtual IP address.
  9. The NSX Controllers details for the selected platform are displayed. Click Next.
  10. From Release 3.9 onwards, you are allowed to select the pNICs used for the NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch (N-VDS). You can select the pNICS based on the same network speed and the available status. Heterogeneous selection on the pNIC pair is not permitted.. All the available pNICs are displayed in the list. Select any two of them from the list and click Next.
    Note: If there are less than two pNICS available, an error message is shown and Next is unavailable (dimmed).
  11. Enter the license keys for NSX for vSphere and VMware vSAN. Click Next.
  12. Review the details. Click Finish. The process of adding the VxRail cluster is triggered.