- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Audience and scope
- Overview
- Pre-deployment requirements
- Validated components
- Hardware overview
- Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000
- Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c compute sled
- Dell EMC PowerEdge MX5016s storage sled
- Dell EMC PowerEdge MX9002m management module
- Dell EMC Networking MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine
- Dell EMC Networking MX7116n Fabric Expander Module
- Dell EMC Networking MX5108n Ethernet switch
- Dell EMC PowerEdge MX5000s SAS switch
- Physical layout
- Cloud Foundation and SDDC design considerations
- Networking requirements
- Manual switch configuration
- SmartFabric network configuration
- Map PowerEdge MX5016s storage sled drives
- Deploy ESXi to cluster nodes
- Cloud Builder OVA deployment
- Running Cloud Builder
- Post-install validation
Dell EMC VMware Cloud Foundation for PowerEdge MX7000 Deployment Guide
Prerequisites
The prerequisites to deploy the Cloud Foundation stack are as follows:
- Cloud Builder OVA file with version and build numbers specified in the Validated components section must be deployed to an available ESXi host outside of the Cloud Foundation target nodes with network access to the Cloud Foundation Management VLAN.
- Target hardware certified on VMware Compatibility Guide (VCG) with appropriate firmware versions are specified in the Validated components section.
- Clean install of ESXi on each target server node, with SSH/NTP/DNS enabled and configured.
- Physical switches configured with jumbo frames and necessary VLANs.
- All prior sections are reviewed and any listed steps completed.
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