Add the VxRail Hosts to
the Cluster in VMware Cloud Foundation
Once the hosts
have been added to the VxRail cluster, you can add them to the cluster in
VMware Cloud Foundation.
If the vSphere cluster hosts an NSX-T
Edge cluster, you can only add new hosts with the same management, uplink, host TEP, and
Edge TEP networks (L2 uniform) as the existing hosts.
If the cluster to which you are adding
hosts uses a static IP pool for the Host Overlay Network TEPs, that pool must
include enough IP addresses for the hosts you are adding. The number of IP addresses
required depends on the number of pNICs on the ESXi hosts that are used for the
vSphere Distributed Switch that handles host overlay networking. For example, a host
with four pNICs that uses two pNICs for host overlay traffic requires two IP
addresses in the static IP pool.
- In the navigation pane, click .
- In the workload domains table, click the name of the workload domain that you want to expand.
- Click theClusterstab.
- Click the name of the cluster where you want to add a host.
- Click .
- Select the cluster expansion type.This option only appears if the vSphere cluster hosts an NSX-T Edge cluster.L2 UniformSelect if all hosts you are adding to the vSphere cluster have the same management, uplink, host TEP, and Edge TEP networks as the existing hosts in the vSphere cluster.L2 non-uniform and L3You cannot proceed if you any of the hosts you are adding to the vSphere cluster have different networks than the existing hosts in the vSphere cluster.VMware Cloud Foundationdoes not support adding hosts toL2 non-uniform and L3vSphere clusters that host an NSX-T Edge cluster.
- On theDiscovered Hostspage, enter the SSH password for the host and clickAdd.
- On theThumbprint Verificationpage, click
to confirm the SSH thumbprints for the ESXi hosts. - On theValidationpage, wait until all of the inputs have been successfully validated.If validation is unsuccessful, you cannot proceed. Use theBackbutton to modify your settings and try again.
- ClickFinish.