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Infrastructure for hosting VMware Cloud Foundation as Standard Architecture Model
Dell EMC PowerEdge hyperconverged (VMware vSAN) infrastructure are one of the building blocks in the Dell EMC
solution portfolio, wherein we can deploy the VMware Cloud Foundation solution stack. A hyperconverged
infrastructure (vSAN Ready Node) improves the efficiency and management of complex data center infrastructure by
leveraging the capabilities that a vSAN Ready Nodes provide as the basic building block for the Cloud.
The following are the minimum hardware required for the Standard Architecture.
For Management Domain.
The Management domain hosts the infrastructure workloads and requires a minimum of 4-hosts.
For Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain.
The Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domains host the tenant workloads and consists of a minimum of one cluster of 4
hosts or more. Hosts within a single cluster must be homogeneous.
The below table lists the infrastructure required to host the VMware Cloud Foundation as a Standard Architecture
Model.
Description
Configuration
Qty
Notes
Management Cluster (4-vSAN Ready Nodes) 4 4-Node Management Cluster
Processors
1S 8C (for All Flash) 2 All Flash nodes within a cluster
1S 8C (for Hybrid) 1 Nodes with a combination of flash and
spindle disks within a cluster
Memory
192 GB 1
Disk Space
16GB Boot Device 1 Local Media
NVMe or SSD 1 Caching Tier
SSDs or HDDs 2 Capacity Tier
Network Interface
10 GbE or higher 2 (IOVP Certified)
1 GbE (Optional) 1
VI Workload Domain (4-Compatible vSAN Ready Nodes-cluster
minimum)
4 Choose from the VCG list of validated
vSAN RN for User Workload
Processors
As per user-workload Sizing
Memory
Disk Space
Network Interface
Storage
Table-1. Hardware Configuration – For Standard Architecture
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