Your existing DNS infrastructure is used to provide forward and reverse name resolution for all hosts and VMs in the Cloud Foundation SDDC. External NTP sources are also utilized to synchronize the time between the software components.
Table 1.
Infrastructure
| Parameter |
Value |
| DNS Server #1 |
Enter IP address of first DNS server. |
| DNS Server #2 |
Enter IP address of second DNS server. If you have only one DNS server, enter n/a in this cell. |
| NTP Server #1 |
Enter IP address or FQDN of first NTP server. |
| NTP Server #2 |
Enter IP address or FQDN of second NTP server. If you have only one NTP server, enter n/a in this cell. |
Table 2.
Single-Sign-On Site Name
| Parameter |
Value |
| Single-sign-on Site Name |
Enter an abbreviation for the physical region where this installation is based. The site name is used by the Platform Service Controller. |
Table 3.
DNS Zone
| Parameter |
Value |
| DNS Zone Name |
Enter root domain name for your SDDC management components. |
Table 4.
Datastores
| Parameter |
Value |
| vSAN Datastore Name |
Enter vSAN datastore name for your management components. |
| Enable vSAN Deduplication and Compression |
Select Yes to turn on Dedupe and Compression capabilities of vSAN. |
Table 5.
CEIP
| Parameter |
Value |
| Enable Customer Experience Improvement Program (“CEIP”) |
Select an option to turn on or off CEIP across vSphere, NSX, vSAN and vRLI during Cloud Builder deployment. |
