Deploy Parameters Worksheet: vSphere Infrastructure

The vSphere infrastructure section of the Deploy Parameters Worksheet details how you want to configure the vCenter Server and its related objects.

This section of the deployment parameter workbook contains sample configuration information, but you can update them with names that meet your naming standards.

Note: All host names entries within the deployment parameter workbook expect the short name. VMware Cloud Builder takes the host name and the DNS zone provided to calculate the FQDN value and performs validation prior to starting the deployment. The specified host names and IP addresses must be resolvable using the DNS servers provided, both forward (hostname to IP) and reverse (IP to hostname), otherwise the bring-up process will fail.

Table 1. vCenter Server

Parameter	Host Name	IP Address
vCenter Server	Enter a host name for the vCenter Server.	Enter the IP address for the vCenter Server that is part of the management VLAN. Note: This is the same VLAN and IP address space where the ESXi management VMKernels reside.

Table 2. vCenter Datacenter and Cluster

Parameter	Value
Datacenter Name	Enter a name for the management datacenter.
Cluster Name	Enter a name for the management cluster.

Note: You specify the vSphere Lifecycle Manager method (vSphere Lifecycle Manager images or vSphere Lifecycle Manager baselines) for the vSAN cluster during the VxRail first run. vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) requires vSphere Lifecycle Manager images.

Note: Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) is automatically enabled on the VxRail management cluster.

Select the architecture model you plan to use. If you choose Consolidated, specify the names for the vSphere resource pools. You do not need to specify resource pool names if you are using the standard architecture model. See Introducing VMware Cloud Foundation for more information about these architecture models.

Table 3. vSphere Resource Pools

Parameter	Value
Resource Pool SDDC Management	Specify the vSphere resource pool name for management VMs.
Resource Pool User Edge	Specify the vSphere resource pool name for user deployed NSX VMs in a consolidated architecture.
Resource Pool User VM	Specify the vSphere resource pool name for user deployed workload VMs.

Note: Resource pools are created with Normal CPU and memory shares.

Table 4. vSphere Datastore

Parameter	Value
vSAN Datastore Name	Enter vSAN datastore name for your management components.

Note: You specify the vSAN storage architecture (vSAN ESA or vSAN OSA) during the VxRail first run. To use vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) you must use vSphere Lifecycle Manager images for managing the lifecycle of ESXi hosts in the primary cluster of management domain.

If the VMware Cloud Builder appliance does not have direct internet access, you can configure a proxy server to download the vSAN HCL JSON. A recent version of the HCL JSON file is required for vSAN ESA.

Table 5. Proxy Server Configuration

Parameter	Value
Proxy Server Configuration	Select Yes to configure a proxy server.
Proxy Server	Enter the proxy server FQDN or IP address.
Proxy Port	Enter the proxy server port.
Proxy Username
Proxy Password
Proxy Transfer Protocol
HTTPs Proxy Certificate (PEM Encoded)