Christian’s Homelab setup # Some details on the hosts and setup: The Home Lab: 2022 Edition .
vSAN 8 Setup details: vSAN 8.0 ESA in my Home Lab
This is a living document, and is subject to change at any given time.
Last updated October 10th, 2024.
VMware vSphere Infrastructure # vCenter Version: 8.0.3.00300, Build 224262322
ESXi version: 8.0.3 (U3b), Build 24280767
ESXi Hosts # Additional Components (Lifecycle Manager) Version Synology NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI 2.0 - Build 1109 VMware USB NIC Fling Driver 1.14-2vmw
ESXi Host Physical Details # Component Description Notes CPU 11th Generation Intel Core i7-1185G7 (4-Core, 12MB Cache, up to 4.8GHz, 28W, vPro capable) RAM 64GB 2x32GB DDR4 non ECC memory + 256GB NVMe Tiering Local Storage 0 PM991a NVMe Samsung 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Class 35 Solid State Drive Used as boot device Local Storage 1 KXG70PNV2T04 NVMe KIOXIA 2048GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Class 40 Solid State Drive Local Datastore NIC 0 On-board Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (13) I219-LM 1GbE Driver included in ESXi 8.0 NIC 1 Startech USB 3.0 2.5GBase-T USB NICRequires USB NIC Fling v1.14-2 NIC 2 Startech USB 3.0 2.5GBase-T USB NICRequires USB NIC Fling v1.14-2
ESXi Networking Configuration # Distributed Switch # Distributed Switch Description Notes Distributed Switch DSwitch01 - One uplink (Onboard NIC) VLAN trunk ports
Distributed Switch Port Groups Description VLAN Notes 0-VMNetwork-192.168.5.0 VM Network No VLAN 150-DMZ-192.168.150.x DMZ VLAN 150 Routed through UniFi 201-LAB201-10.0.1.0 LAB Network 1 VLAN 201 Routed through vyOS-labrouter-01 202-LAB202-10.0.2.0 LAB Network 2 VLAN 202 Routed through vyOS-labrouter-01 203-LAB203-10.0.3.0 LAB Network 3 VLAN 203 Routed through vyOS-labrouter-01 204-LAB204-10.0.4.0 LAB Network 4 VLAN 204 Routed through vyOS-labrouter-01
Standard Switch # Standard Switch Description Notes Standard Switch DSwitch01 - One uplink (Onboard NIC) no VLANs
Standard Switch Port Groups Description VLAN Notes Standard Switch vSwitch1 Port Group vMotion vMotion Network n/a Port Group vSAN vSAN Network n/a
VMkernel Interfaces Description Notes vmk0 Management / VM Traffic / DMZ DSwitch01 vmk1 vMotion vSwitch1 / No VLAN vmk2 vSAN vSwitch1 / No VLAN
VMware vSAN Configuration (Currently not in use) # Setup details vSAN 8.0 ESA
Physical Network # WiFi: Ubiqity UniFi Access Points # AP Model Description 5 x UAP-AC-M Access Points
VLAN Configuration # VLAN Function VLAN ID Subnet Notes Management 11 x.x.11.0/24 vMotion 12 x.x.12.0/24 IP Range in use, VLAN not in use vSAN 13 x.x.13.0/24 IP Range in use, VLAN not in use NFS 15 x.x.15.0/24 VPN 50 x.x.50.0/24 IoT 60 x.x.60.0/24 DMZ 150 x.x.150.0/24
IP Assignments Management # Host VLAN IP Notes esxi-11 11 x.x.5.11/24 esxi-12 11 x.x.5.12/24 esxi-13 11 x.x.5.13/24 esxi-14 11 x.x.5.14/24
IP Assignments vMotion VLAN # Host VLAN IP Notes esxi-11 12 x.x.12.11/24 IP Range in use, VLAN not in use esxi-12 12 x.x.12.12/24 IP Range in use, VLAN not in use esxi-13 12 x.x.12.13/24 IP Range in use, VLAN not in use esxi-14 12 x.x.12.14/24 IP Range in use, VLAN not in use
IP Assignments vSAN VLAN # Host VLAN IP Notes esxi-11 13 x.x.13.11/24 IP Range in use, VLAN not in use esxi-12 13 x.x.13.12/24 IP Range in use, VLAN not in use esxi-13 13 x.x.13.13/24 IP Range in use, VLAN not in use esxi-14 13 x.x.13.14/24 IP Range in use, VLAN not in use
Network Attached Storage (NAS) # External Datastores # Hostname Mount Point stor-syn-01 /volume1/STOR-SYN-01-NFS stor-syn-02 /volume1/STOR-SYN-02-NFS
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