{"id":320,"date":"2023-02-26T16:57:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T16:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clouditblog.com\/?p=320"},"modified":"2023-06-29T20:17:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T19:17:30","slug":"homelab-mac-pro-61-trashcan-2013-built-using-cloud-foundation-lab-constructor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clouditblog.com\/?p=320","title":{"rendered":"Homelab Mac Pro 6,1 (Trashcan) 2013 built using Cloud Foundation Lab Constructor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My main homelab&nbsp; machine is Mac Pro 6,1 (Trashcan) 12 core Xeon 128gb ram 500gb M2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HP MicroServer N54L running Freenas providing additional storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see from Screenshot ESXi 8&nbsp; is installed on Mac Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used the the following link and instructions once registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScU_X8LpdC6FHpANGBkdY87GoBkuuWcIiVh7dalFqJQJAOLpw\/viewform\">VMware Cloud Foundation Lab Constructor (google.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-18.png?resize=940%2C457&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-18.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-18.png?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-18.png?resize=768%2C373&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SDDC Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-19.png?resize=940%2C506&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-19.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-19.png?resize=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-19.png?resize=768%2C413&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nested hosts view from SDDC Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-20.png?resize=940%2C313&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-20.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-20.png?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-20.png?resize=768%2C256&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nested Hosts in vCenter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-21.png?resize=940%2C327&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-21.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-21.png?resize=300%2C104&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-21.png?resize=768%2C267&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NSX-T Manager showing Transport zones created<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-22.png?resize=940%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-22.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-22.png?resize=300%2C112&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-22.png?resize=768%2C288&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NSX-T Manager Host Transport Nodes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-23.png?resize=940%2C454&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-23.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-23.png?resize=300%2C145&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.clouditblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-23.png?resize=768%2C371&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not a detailed guide just wanted to see if it would work was slow and really need to upgrade m.2 drive, I had configured to use FreeNas for storage. 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VMware Cloud Foundation Lab Constructor (google.com) SDDC Manager Nested hosts view from SDDC Manager Nested Hosts in vCenter NSX-T Manager showing Transport zones created NSX-T Manager Host Transport Nodes This is not a detailed guide just wanted to see if it would work&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clouditblog.com\/?p=320\"><span class=\"more-text\">Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,18,19,20],"class_list":["post-320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homelab","tag-vcenter","tag-vcsa","tag-vmware","tag-vmware-esxi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clouditblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clouditblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clouditblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clouditblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clouditblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.clouditblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/www.clouditblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clouditblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clouditblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clouditblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}