vCloud Director Initial setup

So whats next after installing the vCloud director...

1. Login to the vCD using the browser IP, if you see something like then you are going good so far, read the welcome note (if you really want to) and click next...

vCloud Director Install - Appliance

So here how we will install the vCloud Director (vCD). These are the appliance guidelines,

1. Login to the vCenter, deploy the vCD ovf file using the "Deploy OVF Template" wizard. This is a very straight forward process so I have not detailed all the steps here.

Register the vCenter server in the vShield Manager

Once you are all set with the vShield Manager,

1. Login to the vShield Manager using the web address.

2. Click on "Edit" button under the Lookup service and enter the details.

3. Enter all the details along with SSO credentials.

What is VXLAN?

VXLAN stands for Virtual Extensible LAN for a start.

You will come across this term 'VXLAN' very often when you go along vCloud environment. It is a very large topic and discussion on this can go on for many hours on this.

Install vCNA also known as vShield Manager 5.x

1. First of all download vCNA OVA from VMware.com download page. They should look something like below.