Prerequisites for Automated SDDC Deployment for Consolidated SDDC

Before you start the automated SDDC deployment, verify that your environment fulfills the requirements for this deployment.

Deployment Prerequisites

Verify that your environment satisfies the following prerequisites for the automated SDDC deployment.

Prerequisite	Value
Environment	Verify that your environment is configured for deployment of the SDDC. See Prepare the Environment for Automated Deployment for Consolidated SDDC.
Physical Network	Verify that your environment meets all physical network requirements, all host names and IP addresses are allocated for external services and SDDC components.
Active Directory	Verify that Active Directory is configured with all child domains and all service accounts, groups, and computer objects are created and configured.
DNS	Verify that DNS entries are configured for the root and child domains.
NTP Services	Verify that two external to the SDDC NTP servers are configured and time synchronization is configured on all ESXi hosts and AD domain controllers.
Storage	Primary vSAN storage: Verify that the necessary primary storage capacity is allocated. See Deployment Parameters XLS file for Consolidated SDDC for automatic capacity calculation. Secondary NFS storage: Verify that NFS storage is mounted. Verify that you have allocated the necessary storage capacity. See Datastore Requirements in the VMware Validated Design Planning and Preparation for Consolidated SDDC documentation.
Software Features	Fill in the Deployment Parameters XLS file for Consolidated SDDC. See Deployment Specification in the VMware Validated Design Planning and Preparation for Consolidated SDDC documentation. Verify that you have generated CA-signed certificates for the management components of the SDDC. See Generate Signed Certificates for the SDDC Components for Consolidated SDDC.
Installation Packages	Download the .iso file for the software bundle for VMware Validated Design to your local file system.

For additional information, see the VMware Validated Design Planning and Preparation for Consolidated SDDC documentation.