Logical Design

The following is a logical representation of the environment used for some of the posts.

Full sizecan be seen HERE

• Active Directory Domain called vmware.com
• Windows Server 2012 R2
  • lan1dc1 (192.168.1.1)
  • Domain Controller
  • DNS Server.
  • PowerShell v4 Host.
  • .NET 4 Framework installed (4.0.30319)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
  • lan1dm1 (192.168.1.2)
  • Domain Member
  • PowerShell v3 Host.
  • .NET 4 Framework installed (4.0.30319)
• ESXi Management Cluster (5.5.1)
  • esx-mgmt-a-11 (192.168.1.112)
  • esx-mgmt-a-12 (192.168.1.113)
• vCenter (5.5.0)
  • vcsa-a-01 (192.168.1.10)
• NSX (6.1.0)
  • nsxmgr-a-01 (192.168.1.30)
    • F5-Internal-A-01 (VLAN) – Acts as an internal network for the LA datacenter.
    • F5-Internal-B-01 (VLAN) – Acts as an internal network for the NY datacenter.
    • F5-External-A-01 (VLAN) – Acts as an external network for the LA datacenter.
    • F5-External-B-01 (VLAN) – Acts as an external network for the NY datacenter.
    • F5-HA (VLAN) – Acts as an HA network for F5 BIG-IP devices in both the LA and NY datacenters.
  • nsxcon-a-01 (192.168.1.201)
• F5 BIG-IP VA (11)
  • f5-a-01 (192.168.1.4)
• vCO
  • vco-a-01 (192.168.1.12)
    • vCO PowerShell Plugin installed (version 1.0.4.1736639)
• vCAC Distributed install
  • vcac-a-02a (172.16.50.11)
  • vcac-a-02b (172.16.50.12)
  • iaas-a-02a (172.16.50.13)
  • iaas-a-02b (172.16.50.14)
  • mgr-a-02a (172.16.50.15)
  • mgr-a-02b (172.16.50.16)
  • dem-a-02a (172.16.50.17)
  • dem-a-02b (172.16.50.18)
  • ida-a-01 is used for Identity Server
• vCAC Non-Distributed Install
  • ida-a-01 (192.168.1.14)
  • vcac-a-01 (192.168.1.15)
  • iaas-a-01 (192.168.1.16)
• 3-Tier App
  • app-web-01 (172.16.10.11)
  • app-web-02 (172.16.10.12)
  • app-srv-01 (172.16.20.11)
  • app-srv-02 (172.16.20.12)
  • app-db-01 (172.16.30.11)
  • app-db-02 (172.16.30.12)
• F5 BIG-IP
  • f5-gtm-a-01.vmware.com – Acts as an GTM device in the LA datacenter
  • f5-gtm-b-01.vmware.com – Acts as an GTM device in the NY datacenter
  • f5-ltm-a-01.vmware.com – Acts as an LTM device in the LA datacenter
  • f5-ltm-b-01.vmware.com – Acts as an LTM device in the NY datacenter
• LDNS Servers
  • srv-a-01.vmware.com – Acts as a LDNS for clients on the external network in LA datacenter. Non-authoritative (Secondary Zone) DNS server for the vmware.com domain.
  • srv-b-01.vmware.com – Acts as a LDNS for clients on the external network in NY datacenter. Non-authoritative (Secondary Zone) DNS server for the vmware.com domain.
• GeoApp Nodes:
  • geoapp-la-01.vmware.com – a GeoApp Node server in the LA datacenter.
  • geoapp-la-02.vmware.com – a GeoApp Node server in the LA datacenter.
  • geoapp-la-03.vmware.com – a GeoApp Node server in the LA datacenter.
  • geoapp-la-04.vmware.com – a GeoApp Node server in the LA datacenter.
  • geoapp-la-05.vmware.com – a GeoApp Node server in the LA datacenter.
  • geoapp-la-06.vmware.com – a GeoApp Node server in the LA datacenter.
  • geoapp-ny-01.vmware.com – a GeoApp Node server in the NY datacenter.
  • geoapp-ny-02.vmware.com – a GeoApp Node server in the NY datacenter.
  • geoapp-ny-03.vmware.com – a GeoApp Node server in the NY datacenter.
  • geoapp-ny-04.vmware.com – a GeoApp Node server in the NY datacenter.
  • geoapp-ny-05.vmware.com – a GeoApp Node server in the NY datacenter.
  • geoapp-ny-06.vmware.com – a GeoApp Node server in the NY datacenter.
• CentOS Clients
  • vm-a-01.vmware.com – Acting as client on the external network in LA datacenter
  • vm-b-01.vmware.com – Acting as client on the external network in NY datacenter

 

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