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Everything VS-HCI does, written down.

Compute, networking and storage converged on the same nodes. Start with booting a server from the installation medium, and end with a fleet you can upgrade from one screen.

Get started API reference

Start here

From a bare server to a running cluster.

One installation medium carries the whole operating system. Boot it, answer the wizard, and the node either founds a cluster or joins one.

Requirements

What each server needs before you boot the medium.

Install the first server

Found the cluster and take the join token off the summary screen.

Add servers

Join a node as a controller or a host, then approve it in the console.

The platform

What the console manages.

Workloads on top, the fabrics and pools underneath them, and the control plane that keeps both running.

Virtual machines

Lifecycle, templates, live migration, snapshots and consoles.

Containers and Kubernetes

Docker containers beside the VMs, and k3s clusters on your own nodes.

Networking

Fabrics, distributed switches, routing, NAT and security policy.

Storage

Local pools, replicated volumes, and exports for everything outside the cluster.

High availability

Controllers behind a virtual IP, and what a failover does to what is running.

Administration

Accounts, roles, two-factor, API keys, certificates and the audit trail.

Keeping it running

Day two.

Metrics every ten seconds, thresholds that notify, snapshots on a schedule, and a signed release you apply to the whole fleet at once.