My Current Home Lab Setup 2023

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

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Last updated July 9th, 2024.

VMware vSphere Infrastructure #

vCenter Version: 8.0.3, Build 24022515

ESXi version: 8.0 U3, Build: 24022510

ESXi Hosts #

HostnameVersionModel
esxi-118.0.3, Build 24022510Dell OptiPlex 7090 UFF
esxi-128.0.3, Build 24022510Dell OptiPlex 7090 UFF
esxi-138.0.3, Build 24022510Dell OptiPlex 7090 UFF
esxi-148.0.3, Build 24022510Dell OptiPlex 7090 UFF
Additional Components (Lifecycle Manager)Version
Synology NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI2.0 - Build 1109
VMware USB NIC Fling Driver1.14-2vmw

ESXi Host Physical Details #

ComponentDescriptionNotes
CPU11th Generation Intel Core i7-1185G7 (4-Core, 12MB Cache, up to 4.8GHz, 28W, vPro capable)
RAM64GB 2x32GB DDR4 non ECC memory
Local Storage 0PM991a NVMe Samsung 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Class 35 Solid State DriveUsed as boot device
Local Storage 1KXG70PNV2T04 NVMe KIOXIA 2048GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Class 40 Solid State DrivevSAN ESA device
NIC 0On-board Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (13) I219-LM 1GbEDriver included in ESXi 8.0
NIC 1Startech USB 3.0 2.5GBase-T USB NICRequires USB NIC Fling v1.14-2
NIC 2Startech USB 3.0 2.5GBase-T USB NICRequires USB NIC Fling v1.14-2

ESXi Networking Configuration #

Distributed Switch #
Distributed SwitchDescriptionNotes
Distributed SwitchDSwitch01 - One uplink (Onboard NIC)VLAN trunk ports
Distributed Switch Port GroupsDescriptionVLANNotes
0-VMNetwork-192.168.5.0VM NetworkNo VLAN
150-DMZ-192.168.150.xDMZVLAN 150Routed through UniFi
201-LAB201-10.0.1.0LAB Network 1VLAN 201Routed through vyOS-labrouter-01
202-LAB202-10.0.2.0LAB Network 2VLAN 202Routed through vyOS-labrouter-01
203-LAB203-10.0.3.0LAB Network 3VLAN 203Routed through vyOS-labrouter-01
204-LAB204-10.0.4.0LAB Network 4VLAN 204Routed through vyOS-labrouter-01
Standard Switch #
Standard SwitchDescriptionNotes
Standard SwitchDSwitch01 - One uplink (Onboard NIC)no VLANs
Standard Switch Port GroupsDescriptionVLANNotes
Standard SwitchvSwitch1
Port Group vMotionvMotion Networkn/a
Port Group vSANvSAN Networkn/a
VMkernel InterfacesDescriptionNotes
vmk0Management / VM Traffic / DMZDSwitch01
vmk1vMotionvSwitch1 / No VLAN
vmk2vSANvSwitch1 / No VLAN

VMware vSAN Configuration #

Setup details vSAN 8.0 ESA

  • 7.45 TB RAW capacity

Physical Network #

ModelDescription
USG-3PSecurity Gateway
Ubiquiti US-8-60WPoE Switch (for Access Points)
Cisco SG200-26Core switch
QNAP QSW-1108-8T 8-Port 2.5GbpsvSAN / vMotion 2.5 GbE Switch
HP 1800-8GIoT switch

WiFi: Ubiqity UniFi Access Points #

AP ModelDescription
5 x UAP-AC-MAccess Points

VLAN Configuration #

VLAN FunctionVLAN IDSubnetNotes
Management11x.x.11.0/24
vMotion12x.x.12.0/24IP Range in use, VLAN not in use
vSAN13x.x.13.0/24IP Range in use, VLAN not in use
NFS15x.x.15.0/24
VPN50x.x.50.0/24
IoT60x.x.60.0/24
DMZ150x.x.150.0/24

IP Assignments Management #

HostVLANIPNotes
esxi-1111x.x.5.11/24
esxi-1211x.x.5.12/24
esxi-1311x.x.5.13/24
esxi-1411x.x.5.14/24

IP Assignments vMotion VLAN #

HostVLANIPNotes
esxi-1112x.x.12.11/24IP Range in use, VLAN not in use
esxi-1212x.x.12.12/24IP Range in use, VLAN not in use
esxi-1312x.x.12.13/24IP Range in use, VLAN not in use
esxi-1412x.x.12.14/24IP Range in use, VLAN not in use

IP Assignments vSAN VLAN #

HostVLANIPNotes
esxi-1113x.x.13.11/24IP Range in use, VLAN not in use
esxi-1213x.x.13.12/24IP Range in use, VLAN not in use
esxi-1313x.x.13.13/24IP Range in use, VLAN not in use
esxi-1413x.x.13.14/24IP Range in use, VLAN not in use

Network Attached Storage (NAS) #

HostnameModelCapacity
stor-syn-01Synology DS216play3.6 TB
stor-syn-02Synology DS920+10.5 TB

External Datastores #

HostnameMount Point
stor-syn-01/volume1/STOR-SYN-01-NFS
stor-syn-02/volume1/STOR-SYN-02-NFS

UPS #

TypeDetails
BlueWalker PW UPS VI 2200 SHLManaged by NUT via USB

Infrastructure Diagrams #

Other #

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