In this tab, specify details of your existing networking infrastructure. This information is configured on the appropriate Cloud Foundation components.

Management Cluster

This section covers the VLANs, gateways, MTU, and expected IP ranges and subnet mask for each network you have configured on the Top of Rack switches in your environment.

Table 1. Input Required
VLAN Portgroup Name - Do not modify CIDR Notation Gateway MTU
Enter VLAN ID for management network.
The VLAN ID can be between 0 and 4094.
Note: Enter 0 if you imaged the servers with VIA. VLAN 0 means the management network is untagged.
SDDC-DPortGroup-Mgmt Enter CIDR notation for management network Enter gateway IP for management network Enter MTU for management network.

The MTU can be between 1500 and 9000.

Enter VLAN ID for vMotion network

The VLAN ID can be between 0 and 4094.

SDDC-DPortGroup-vMotion Enter CIDR notation for vMotion network Enter gateway IP for vMotion network Enter MTU for vMotion network

The MTU can be between 1500 and 9000.

Enter VLAN ID for vSAN network

The VLAN ID can be between 0 and 4094.

SDDC-DPortGroup-VSAN Enter CIDR notation for vSAN network Enter gateway IP for vSAN network Enter MTU for vSAN network

The MTU can be between 1500 and 9000.

Enter VLAN ID for VXLAN network

The VLAN ID can be between 0 and 4094.

VXLAN (VTEP) - DHCP Network n/a

Cloud Foundation uses DHCP for VTEPs, so VXLAN CIDR is not required.

n/a

Cloud Foundation uses DHCP for VTEPs, so VXLAN gateway is not required.

Enter MTU for VXLAN network

The MTU can be between 1500 and 9000.

Enter VLAN ID for the first uplink.

The VLAN ID can be between 0 and 4094.

sfo01-m010mgmt01-uplink01 Enter CIDR notation for the first uplink Enter gateway IP for the first uplink Enter MTU for the first uplink

The MTU can be between 1500 and 9000.

Enter VLAN ID for the second uplink.

The VLAN ID can be between 0 and 4094.

sfo01-m010mgmt01-uplink02 Enter CIDR notation for the second uplink Enter gateway IP for the second uplink Enter MTU for the second uplink

The MTU can be between 1500 and 9000.

Management Hosts

Specify the IP addresses of the ESXi hosts where the management domain is to be configured. In a standard deployment, only four hosts are required in the management domain. Cloud Foundation can also be deployed in a consolidated method. In the consolidated deployment method, all workloads are deployed in the management domain instead of a separate workload domain. As such, additional hosts may be required to provide the capacity needed. In this section, only enter values for the number of hosts desired in the management domain.

Table 2. Input Required
Host Name IP Address
sfo01m01esx01 Enter IP address of first ESXi host where Cloud Foundation is to be deployed.
sfo01m01esx02 Enter IP address of second ESXi host
sfo01m01esx03 Enter IP address of third ESXi host
sfo01m01esx04 Enter IP address of fourth ESXi host

Inclusion Ranges

Specify IP inclusion ranges for the vSAN and vMotion networks of the management domain. IP addresses from the specified range are automatically assigned to hosts. Ensure that the IP ranges include sufficient IP addresses for the initial deployment. The number of IP addresses must be at least equal to the number of hosts deployed as part of Cloud Foundation.

As an example, if you specify the range start value as 192.168.1.1 and end as 192.168.1.20, a total of 20 IP addresses would be used.

Do not use special IP addresses, such as the network or broadcast address.

IPs for the vMotion range must be part of the VLAN configured with the SDDC-Dswitch-Private-vmotion. IPs for the vSAN range must be part of the VLAN configured for the SDDC-Dswitch-Private-vsan. All IPs within the range must be available for use or IP conflicts will occur. It is a good practice to validate this prior to starting a deployment.

Table 3. Input Required
Portgrpup Name - Do not modify Start End
SDDC-DPortGroup-vMotion Enter start of IP address range for vMotion network. Enter end of IP address range.
SDDC-DPortGroup-VSAN Enter start of IP address range for vMotion network. Enter end of IP address range.

ESXi Host Security Thumbprints

If you want bring-up to validate the SSH fingerprint and SSL thumbprints of the hosts before connecting to them, select Yes in the Validate ESXi Thumbprints field.

If you set Validate ESXi Thumbprints to Yes, follow the steps below.
  1. Open the DCUI screen for each server.
  2. From the View Support Information tab, copy the SSH RSA Key Fingerprint and SSL Thumbprint.
  3. Replace the example values in the parameter sheet with these values.