Thursday, June 22, 2023

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 on Dell VxRail 8.0.100

 


VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 on Dell VxRail 8.0.100 is now GA (Generally Available), this is the first VCF release to support vSphere 8.0.

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail offers jointly engineered features that simplify, streamline, and automate the operations of the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) stack and manage the end-to-end lifecycle. This integration enables VCF to extend the native VxRail capabilities for VMware NSX, VMware Aria Suite (formerly VMware vRealize Suite), and multiple VxRail clusters. VCF on VxRail provides a simple path to the hybrid cloud.


VCF 5.0 on VxRail 8.0.100 hardware and software version details

This section lists the VCF 5.0 on VxRail 8.0.100 hardware and software components.

Hardware and firmware versions

Software versions

VCF 5.0 on VxRail 8.0.100 includes the following software versions.

For the latest updates, see VCF on VxRail Support Matrix.

Table 1. VCF components
SOFTWARE COMPONENT VERSION BUILD NUMBER
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 N/A
VMware Cloud Foundation Cloud Builder for VxRail VM 5.0 21822418
VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager 5.0 21822418
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 8.0 Update 1a 21815093
VMware NSX 4.1.0.2 21761691
VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.10 Patch 1 21331275

Table 2. VxRail components                                                                                                                                                                                                        
SOFTWARE COMPONENT 8.0.100 VERSION BUILD NUMBER
VxRail 8.0.100 28093095
VxRail Manager 8.0.100 28093094
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0 Update 1a 21813344
VMware vSAN 8.0 Update 1a 21813344  

This release includes the following new features:

  • Life Cycle Management (LCM) updates:
    • Added support for upgrade from VCF 4.3.x, VCF 4.4.x, VCF 4.5.x to VCF 5.0
    • Added support for VxRail accurate versioning
    • Enhancements to SDDC Manager release versions view and API
    • Added support for flexible WLD target versions
    • Enhanced the frequency of SDDC Manager precheck updates
    • Added support for SDDS Manager configuration drift awareness
    • Enhanced the frequency of SDDC Manager prechecks for vRealize or Aria Suite component versions
  • Security updates:
    • Added support for isolated domains with individual SSO. Create and manage workload domains that can each join the management domain's vCenter Single Sign-On domain or a new vCenter Single Sign-On domain that is not used by any other workload domain.
    • Enhanced certificate management
  • Platform and Scale enhancements: Increased the workload domain scalability limits.
  • Storage updates: Added support for NVMe over TCP connected supplemental storage.
  • Operations and Serviceability updates:     
    • Enhancements to VCF+
    • Added support for version aliasing and inventory sync in SDDC Manager
  • Hardware platform updates: Support for single socket 15th generation VxRail P670F
  • Asynchronous release independent related updates: Added support for VCF Async Patch Tool 1.1.0.1 release which supports VCF 5.0 on VxRail 8.0.100.

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