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Deploy VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1 in a consolidated architecture into your IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) environment.

VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud VPC architecture

Management and customer workloads run together on a shared management domain. The environment is managed from a single vCenter Server and vSphere resource pools provide isolation between management and customer workloads. Learn more
Deployment
After you submit the order, you can track the progress of your instance provisioning on the VMware Cloud Foundation resources page.
The settings that you configure in the Deployment section cannot be changed after deployment.
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    Location
    Geography
    Region
    Zone
    Management domain
    Before you place the order, verify that sufficient bare metal server capacity is available for the location that you selected by opening an IBM Support ticket. Learn more
    Management host profile
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    Sort ascending
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    Local disk
    		mx3d-metal-64x51264512 GB100 Gbps1x480GB,4x7680GB
    		bx3d-metal-192x10241921024 GB100 Gbps1x480GB,8x7680GB
    Management host list
    Host name suffix
    Host name

    001

    		vcf-si-mgmt-esx-001

    002

    		vcf-si-mgmt-esx-002

    003

    		vcf-si-mgmt-esx-003

    004

    		vcf-si-mgmt-esx-004
    Application Virtual Network (AVN)
    Configurations of VPC routes and VPC prefixes created for Application Virtual Network (AVN) on NSX-T in the management domain. AVN is a software-defined networking concept based on NSX that allows the hosting of management applications on NSX segments at overlay. 

    Application Virtual Network (AVN)

    Application Virtual Networks (AVNs) and Management overlay networks define the prefixes that you use on the NSX overlay on the management cluster on consolidated and standard architecture using management Tier 0 gateway. Workload overlay networks define the prefixes that you use on the NSX overlay on the workload cluster on the standard architecture using workload Tier 0 gateways. The automation will create the necessary VPC prefixes and VPC routes to enable routed connectivity from the VCF VPC and other connected networks through IBM Cloud interconnectivity services (Direct Link and Transit Gateway). You can order Public Floating IPs to be used in the overlay for network address translation (NAT) or for VPN endpoints.
    Management overlay networks
    Configurations of VPC routes and VPC prefixes created for other overlay networks in the management domain. 

    Management overlay networks

    Management overlay networks are subnets that are allocated in the NSX overlay on the management domain. VPC custom routes will be created for these subnets pointing to the Tier 0 gateway of the management domain. Make sure it's not conflict with other overlay networks.
    Name
    Destination

    customer-overlay

    172.16.0.0/16

    Public floating IPs
    Public networking in VPC is provided though floating IP addresses routed to the NSX overlay. Select the number of required floating IP addresses. 

    Public floating IPs

    You can order Public Floating IPs to be used in the overlay for network address translation (NAT) or for VPN endpoints. Public floating IP addresses are routed to the overlay as is without VPC infrastructure NAT. The automation will provision the desired number of floating IP addresses and they will be assigned to the VLAN interface of the management Tier 0's public HA VIP.
    • VCF appliance sizing
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        Compute details for vCenter Server

        Appliance size
        Management capacity
        Number of vCPUs
        RAM
        SmallUp to 100 hosts or 1,000 VMs419 GB
        MediumUp to 400 hosts or 4,000 VMs828 GB
        LargeUp to 1,000 hosts or 10,000 VMs1637 GB
        Extra LargeUp to 2,000 hosts or 35,000 VMs2456 GB
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          Storage details for vCenter Server

          If you plan to use VMware Aria Suite, use either Large or Extra Large for the appliance size.
          Appliance size
          Management capacity
          Default storage size
          Large storage size
          Extra Large storage size
          SmallUp to 100 hosts or 1,000 VMs694 GB2,046 GB4,304 GB
          MediumUp to 400 hosts or 4,000 VMs908 GB2,140 GB4,468 GB
          LargeUp to 1,000 hosts or 10,000 VMs1,358 GB1,958 GB4,518 GB
          Extra LargeUp to 2,000 hosts or 35,000 VMs2,283 GB2,383 GB4,620 GB
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            Sizing Compute and Storage Resources for NSX Manager

            When you size the resources for the management components in an NSX-T Data Center deployment, consider the compute and storage requirements for each component, and the number of nodes per component type.
            Appliance size
            Number of vCPUs
            RAM
            Storage size
            Scale
            Small416 GB300 GBProof of concept
            Medium624 GB300 GBUp tp 128 ESXi hosts
            Large1248 GB300 GBUp tp 1,024 ESXi hosts
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              NSX Edge VM Resource Requirements

              Appliance size
              RAM
              Number of vCPUs
              Disk space
              Small4 GB2200 GB
              Medium8 GB4200 GB
              Large32 GB8200 GB
              Extra Large64 GB16200 GB
              VCF deployment
              Management domain backup
              Backup server
              To enable backup server, log in to your IBM Cloud account.
            Network interface
            DNS records
            Name
            IP address
            Customer private routes
            List of customer private routes includes those located on-premises, in other VPCs, and advertised through IBM Cloud Transit Gateway or Direct Link. 

            Customer routes

            Customer private routes includes those located on-premises, in other VPCs, and advertised through IBM Cloud Transit Gateway. Automation will create static routes on NSX Tier 0 gateway to these prefixes using private uplink. Public routes define the prefixes you route to the Internet and typically default route (0.0.0.0/0) is used here, but you can optionally customise this, if needed. In consolidated architecture, the routes are created on management Tier 0 gateway. In standard architecture, the routes are created on management and workload Tier 0 gateways.
            Destination IP address

            10.0.0.0/8

            172.16.0.0/12

            192.168.0.0/16

            Advanced integration settings
            Jump server
            Deploy Windows jump server
            IAM access group
            Create IAM access group
            Observability
            Use IBM Cloud Log Analysis

            Summary

            • VMware
              Cloud Foundation
              Bill to:
            • Bare metal server$27.28/hr
              • 64 vCPUs4 x $6.82/hr
              • 512 GiB RAM
              • 100 Gbps
            • Image$6.66/hr
              • VMware Cloud Foundation4 x $1.67/hr
            • DNS service$0.54 per month
            • Public floating IPs$2.09 per month
              • Public floating IPs2 instances at $1.04 per month
            • Total estimated cost
              $24,783.50 per month
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            VCF components

            The following components are installed by the IBM automation, and licenses for them are provided by IBM.

            vSphere Enterprise Plus

            vCenter Standard

            SDDC Manager

            vSAN Enterprise

            NSX Enterprise Plus

            Aria Suite Lifecycle

            The following components are not installed by the IBM automation, but licenses for them are provided by IBM.

            Aria Suite Enterprise

            Aria Operations Enterprise

            Aria Operations for Logs

            Aria Automation Enterprise

            Aria Operations for Networks Enterprise

            VMware HCX Enterprise

            Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

            You can install these components after the VCF for VPC instance is deployed. Learn more

            The following components are not installed by the IBM automation. They are optional and require add-on licenses.

            NSX Distributed Firewall

            NSX Gateway Firewall

            NSX Load Balancer

            You can order these add-ons from the IBM Cloud console. Learn more