The VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail Guide provides information on managing the integration of VMware Cloud Foundation and Dell EMC VxRail. As this product is an integration of VMware Cloud Foundation and Dell EMC VxRail, the expected results are obtained only when the configuration is done from both the products. This guide covers all the information regarding the VMware Cloud Foundation workflows. For the instructions on configuration to be done on Dell EMC VxRail, this guide provides links to the Dell EMC VxRail documentation.

Intended Audience

The VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail Guide is intended for the system administrators of the VxRail environments who want to adopt VMware Cloud Foundation. The information in this document is written for experienced data center system administrators who are familiar with:

  • Concepts of virtualization, software-defined data centers, and virtual infrastructure (VI).
  • VMware virtualization technologies, such as VMware ESXi™, the hypervisor
  • Software-defined networking using VMware NSX-T™ Data Center
  • Software-defined storage using VMware vSAN™
  • IP networks

Additionally, you should be familiar with these software products, software components, and their features:

  • Dell EMC VxRail Manager
  • VMware vSphere®
  • VMware vCenter Server® and VMware vCenter Server® Appliance™
  • VMware vRealize® Log Insight™
  • VMware vSphere® with VMware Tanzu™

Related Publications

The Planning and Preparation Workbook provides detailed information about the software, tools, and external services that are required to deploy VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail.

The VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC Release Notes provide information about each release, including:
  • What's new in the release
  • Software components and versions included in the Bill of Materials (BOM)
  • Resolved issues
  • Known issues

The VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail API Reference Guide provides information about using the API.