Compute profiles assign these VCF Operations HCX objects to traffic types (uplink, management, vMotion, replication, guest network). Each one holds a pool of IP addresses for HCX appliances and a single port group (standard, distributed or NSX), along with that network's DNS, MTU, gateway and prefix.
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Terms in this definition
- ASSIGN
Needed before someone can put a particular governed tag on a Unity Catalog object, together with
APPLY TAGon that object. - VCF Operations HCX
Add-on licensed for moving workloads inside and between VCF private clouds and linking those environments, offering bulk or live migration plus network extension so IP addresses can stay the same.
- vMotion
Moves a running VM to another host with no downtime; its storage counterpart, Storage vMotion, relocates the files between datastores instead.
- Standard deployment type
A Foundry deployment type billed per token that keeps processing of prompts and responses inside the Azure geography of the resource, meeting data residency needs at lower volumes.
- NSX
Software that handles networking and security across VCF, covering firewalling, load balancing, NAT, VPCs, overlay segments and Tier-0/1 gateways.
- DNS
The system that turns names into addresses. In Azure, private endpoints depend on private DNS zones, which are queried through 168.63.129.16.
- MTU
Biggest frame an interface can carry. The physical fabric needs at least 1600 bytes for NSX overlay traffic, with 1700 recommended and 9000 preferred where jumbo frames run end to end.
Related terms
- Storage Traffic Separation
Chosen in the VCF Installer wizard, this network profile keeps storage on its own distributed switch and physical NICs, with a second switch for the remaining traffic.
- Windows Firewall
Comes with Windows and Windows Server: a stateful firewall on each host that inspects traffic in both directions, applies different rules per network profile and can enforce IPsec.