View SDDC Details

SDDC information is available on the following tabs in the VMware Cloud Console.

Summary

Displays provisioned SDDC resources and provides links you can use to add or remove hosts and clusters, rename or delete the SDDC, attach datastores to a cluster, or manage Microsoft Server Licenses for a cluster.

Networking & Security

Opens a single-page view of SDDC networking and security status with links to NSX Manager network management functions. See Using the Networking and Security Dashboard in the VMware Cloud on AWS Networking and Security guide.

Important:

The legacy Networking & Security view is deprecated as of SDDC version 1.22 and will be removed in a future release. Until then, you can temporarily revert to the legacy Networking & Security view by clicking Switch View in the Networking and Security dashboard banner.

Storage

Provides links you can use to attach external storage to an SDDC cluster. See About External Storage.

Elasticity

Provides a summary of the Elastic DRS policy configuration for each cluster and enables you manage resource provisioning to optimize the balance between performance and cost. See About Elastic DRS

Integrated Services

Provides links you can use to enable, manage or disable Integrated Services available for this SDDC. See Working With Integrated Services in the VMware Cloud on AWS Operations Guide.

Maintenance

Lists any upcoming SDDC maintenance events. See SDDC Upgrades and Maintenance.

Troubleshooting

Provides tests you can use to validate network connectivity status from the SDDC to remote endpoints. See Validate Network Connectivity for Hybrid Linked Mode in Managing the VMware Cloud on AWS Data Center.

Settings

Displays information about SDDC settings, pre-defined user accounts, and SDDC access via the API and PowerCLI.

Table 1. SDDC
Management Appliances	Displays the size of management appliances in this SDDC. These sizes were specified when the SDDC was created. Click UPSIZE to Upsize SDDC Management Appliances.

Table 2. vCenter Information
vCenter FQDN	Shows the publicly resolvable FQDN of the vCenter instance in this SDDC and configures that public DNS entry to resolve to either the vCenter Public IP or Private IP to provide access over the Internet or a private connection. See Set vCenter Server FQDN Resolution Address in the VMware Cloud on AWS Networking and Security guide.
vCenter URLs	vSphere Client (HTML5) Click this link to open the vCenter Client in your browser, or copy the link to your clipboard. vCenter Server API Explorer Click this link to open the API explorer view of this SDDC's vCenter and access the vCenter REST API. PowerCLI Connect Copy this command string and paste it into a PowerShell window. Replace the username with [email protected]. See Using PowerShell and PowerCLI in the SDDC for information.
Default vCenter User Account	Displays the credentials for this pre-defined user. The password is generated when the SDDC is created. If you change it in vCenter, it does not get updated on this page.
Federated Login	vCenter federation enables Single Sign On (SSO) so that users can securely authenticate to their SDDC vCenter instance using enterprise federation. See Enable Federated Login for vCenter.

Table 3. NSX Information
See SDDC Network Administration with NSX Manager in the VMware Cloud on AWS Networking and Security guide.
NSX Manager button default access	Shows how the OPEN NSX MANAGER button is configured to access the local NSX Manager (the NSX Manager in this SDDC).
NSX Manager URLs	Access NSX Manager via the Internet (Public) Click this link to access the local NSX Manager over the Internet using a secure reverse proxy connection authenticated against the VMware Cloud Console. Equivalent to clicking OPEN NSX MANAGER with OPEN NSX MANAGER default access set to Via the Internet (Public). Access NSX Manager via internal network (Private) Click this link to access the local NSX Manager over the Internet. Equivalent to clicking OPEN NSX MANAGER with OPEN NSX MANAGER default access set to Via internal network (Private).
NSX Manager Admin User Account	Displays the user name and initially -defined credentials for this system-created user.

Table 4. HCX Information
Displayed only if this SDDC has enabled the HCX Service.
HCX FQDN	Shows the publicly resolvable FQDN of the HCX service instance in this SDDC and configures that public DNS entry to resolve to either a Public IP or Private IP to provide access over the Internet or a private connection.

Table 5. Compliance Hardening
(Displayed only if this SDDC has been configured for compliance hardening. See Configure SDDC Compliance Hardening.
Networking & Security Tab Access	Shows the current state of Networking & Security tab access. Access controls on the VMware Cloud ConsoleNetworking & Security tab are not appropriate for a compliance-hardened SDDC. See Disable Networking & Security Tab Access.
HCX Service, Site Recovery Service	Because certain VMware Integrated Services services are not compatible with compliance hardening, you must disable them before migrating compliance-audited workloads to your SDDC See Disable Services.
Federated Login Feature	See Enable Federated Login for vCenter.

Support

Provides key details to identify the SDDC when working with VMware Support.

See Get Support.