🤙 vSAN ESA 😎

#VCF911

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - OCuLink External Graphics (eGPU) Dock with integrated PSU for GPU Passthrough with VKS williamlam.com/2026/10/vcf-...

#VCF911 💪🤖🧠

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Single ESX Host for VCF Fleet, VCF Workload Domain or VCF Cluster williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-...

👇 Non-Prod ofc 😅

Single Host VCF Fleet ✅
Single Host VCF Instance ✅
Single Host VCF Workload Domain ✅
Single Host VCF Cluster ✅

#VCF91 #VCF911

Just refreshed my VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 in a Box Repo github.com/lamw/vcf-91-... with latest #VCF911 updates including:

💻 Automated ESX Kickstart Configs w/AMD Ryzen Tweaks
⚙️ VCF Deployment 1, 2 & 3 Host JSON samples (TEP & TEPLESS)
💰 Detailed BOM

New toy just arrived for my #VCF911 lab deployment 😎

Time to update my #VCF911 lab env with the latest EP

After refreshing the metadata, you'll see an available update, select new Fleet LCM version and upgrade to begin!

1-Liner using VCFDT 9.1.1 (supports --latest flag) to pull latest #VCF911 install binaries w/EPs

vcf-download-tool binaries list --depot-download-activation-code-file ~/vcf_activation_code.txt --sku=VCF --vcf-version=9.1.1.0 --type=INSTALL --automated-install --latest

1-Liner using VCFDT 9.1.1 (supports --latest) flag to pull #VCF911 EP1 component patches

vcf-download-tool binaries list --depot-download-activation-code-file ~/vcf_activation_code.txt --sku=VCF --vcf-version=9.1.1.0 --type=UPGRADE --patches-only --latest

[🆕] - Using VCF Download Tool (VCFDT) with a Kerberos-Authenticated HTTPS Proxy williamlam.com/2026/09/usin...

#VCF911

😎 Just some ⚙️ Automation I asked my 🤖 AI to write ... definitely beats clicky clicking 😆

#VCF911 x #SSP52 🤙

JFYI - For those playing with #VCF911 Private AI Services (PAIS) or just experimenting with running local LLM models, check out this neat little app that I recently came across huggingface.co/spaces/Local... which helps identify models that can run your desired HW (CPU/GPU/Mac) as input

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Connecting Pi Coding Agent to VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-...

🙌 Have your own Agentic AI experience using AI models 🤖🧠 that you can run within your on-prem env!

#VCF911

Once VCF SSO is configured ✅

We can create new vCenter Linked Group in VCF Operations (Admin>Config>Linking) & select vCenter Server(s) you want to see & manage in the vSphere UI! 🙌 Definitely don't miss ELM

#VCF911

❤️ Simplicity of VCF SSO ... just finished deploying a new Workload Domain, single check box & its now federated w/my configured External IdP👌

If you had MFA configured on your IdP, when you login to vCenter or NSX, you'll be prompted based on policy from your org!

#VCF911

[🆕] - Quick Tip - Automating vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2.0 Installer OVA Deployment williamlam.com/2026/09/quic...

👆1st step in rolling out the latest vDefend SSP 5.2 in my #VCF911 lab! 😅

📣 KB 455842 knowledge.broadcom.com/external/art... is now LIVE which has the post-upgrade script for Adopting the Reduced VCF Management Services (VCFMS) Footprint after upgrading to #VCF911

williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-...

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Simplified vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) using VLAN-Backed VPCs without NSX Tunnel Endpoints (TEPs) williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-...

☝️Its great to see core capabilities like VPC become even more accessible to env w/certain network constraints! 🙌

#VCF911

JFYI: I don't have fancy HCL HW I'm using to play with latest #VCF911 capabilities ... I heavily depend on NVMe Tiering (1:2 ratio) & flexibility of VCF to allow me to deploy & use

vSAN ✅
NSX VPC ✅
VKS ✅
Private AI ✅
& much more! 🙌

See Explore Breakout #CLOB1613LV tips

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Using VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) Models with AI Assistant for VCF williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-...

☝️Supports both ☁️ Cloud & 🏢 Local AI Models 👌

#VCF911

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Deploying Your Own AI Models with VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) 3.0 williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-...

#VCF911