dl.broadcom.com is the depot that supplies VCF binaries. Appliances connect straight to it or via a proxy, and prove entitlement with a download token issued in the Broadcom Support Portal.
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Terms in this definition
- Depot
Binary source for VCF upgrades and installs. Choices: Broadcom's online service, via a download token and optionally a proxy; a local offline web server; or files pulled by the VCF Download Tool. Just one is active.
- VMware Cloud Foundation
Broadcom's platform for private cloud. It unifies management of NSX, vSAN, vSphere, VCF Automation and VCF Operations as one fleet; VVF, by contrast, lacks automation and cloud management.
- CONNECT
In SQL Server, the right to open a connection to a database. Fabric's equivalent is Read permission on an item, which allows connecting to a warehouse or SQL endpoint but not querying anything in it.
- Veeam Infrastructure Appliance
A hardened, minimal Linux (JeOS) ISO for running backup proxies, repositories and hardened repositories. It connects to a backup server but does not host one.
- Download token
Credential from Broadcom's support site that lets an online depot pull VCF software.
- Broadcom Support Portal
Customer website run by Broadcom. ESX ISOs and further downloads are available from it, and service requests can have support bundles uploaded through it.
Related terms
- NTLMv2
A challenge-response login protocol from Windows. Proxies requiring it are unsupported by VCF for online depot and VCF Download Tool traffic, so choose another proxy authentication approach.
- offline depot
Where internet access is not available, SDDC Manager, the VCF Installer or fleet management can pull binaries from an internal web server stocked with the VCF Download Tool. Because only one depot type stays connected, adding it disconnects and deletes any online depot.