InitialVlans - Amazon Elastic VMware Service
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InitialVlans

The initial VLAN subnets for the environment. Amazon EVS VLAN subnets have a minimum CIDR block size of /28 and a maximum size of /24. Amazon EVS VLAN subnet CIDR blocks must not overlap with other subnets in the VPC.

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In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

edgeVTep

The edge VTEP VLAN subnet. This VLAN subnet manages traffic flowing between the internal network and external networks, including internet access and other site connections.

Type: InitialVlanInfo object

Required: Yes

expansionVlan1

An additional VLAN subnet that can be used to extend VCF capabilities once configured. For example, you can configure an expansion VLAN subnet to use NSX Federation for centralized management and synchronization of multiple NSX deployments across different locations.

Type: InitialVlanInfo object

Required: Yes

expansionVlan2

An additional VLAN subnet that can be used to extend VCF capabilities once configured. For example, you can configure an expansion VLAN subnet to use NSX Federation for centralized management and synchronization of multiple NSX deployments across different locations.

Type: InitialVlanInfo object

Required: Yes

hcx

The HCX VLAN subnet. This VLAN subnet allows the HCX Interconnnect (IX) and HCX Network Extension (NE) to reach their peers and enable HCX Service Mesh creation.

If you plan to use a public HCX VLAN subnet, the following requirements must be met:

  • Must have a /28 netmask and be allocated from the IPAM public pool. Required for HCX internet access configuration.

  • The HCX public VLAN CIDR block must be added to the VPC as a secondary CIDR block.

  • Must have at least two Elastic IP addresses to be allocated from the public IPAM pool for HCX components.

Type: InitialVlanInfo object

Required: Yes

The NSX uplink VLAN subnet. This VLAN subnet allows connectivity to the NSX overlay network.

Type: InitialVlanInfo object

Required: Yes

vmkManagement

The host VMkernel management VLAN subnet. This VLAN subnet carries traffic for managing ESXi hosts and communicating with VMware vCenter Server.

Type: InitialVlanInfo object

Required: Yes

vmManagement

The VM management VLAN subnet. This VLAN subnet carries traffic for vSphere virtual machines.

Type: InitialVlanInfo object

Required: Yes

vMotion

The vMotion VLAN subnet. This VLAN subnet carries traffic for vSphere vMotion.

Type: InitialVlanInfo object

Required: Yes

vSan

The vSAN VLAN subnet. This VLAN subnet carries the communication between ESXi hosts to implement a vSAN shared storage pool.

Type: InitialVlanInfo object

Required: Yes

vTep

The VTEP VLAN subnet. This VLAN subnet handles internal network traffic between virtual machines within a VCF instance.

Type: InitialVlanInfo object

Required: Yes

hcxNetworkAclId

A unique ID for a network access control list that the HCX VLAN uses. Required when isHcxPublic is set to true.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 4. Maximum length of 21.

Pattern: acl-[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+

Required: No

isHcxPublic

Determines if the HCX VLAN that Amazon EVS provisions is public or private.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: