Requirements for Regulated Workloads
The Regulated Workloads offering includes a secure-by-default architecture that follows the IBM® unique policy controls framework. It provides continuous compliance monitoring and the highest level of data encryption (FIPS 140-2 Level 4).
Price calculations are automatically generated when you access the Regulated Workloads instance order page. Default selections include the Data Center SP Professional license for NSX-T™, the Dual Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8260 processor / 48 cores, 2.4 GHz CPU model, 768 GB RAM, the vSAN™ Advanced license for both workload and consolidated clusters, and four 3.8 TB SSD vSAN capacity disks for workload clusters.
Ensure that you complete the following tasks:
- If you are ordering an instance for the first time, complete the tasks in the Before you begin section on the ordering page. For more information, see Setting up your environment for your first order.
- Review the information in Signing up for required accounts.
- Review the information in Regulated Workloads overview.
- Review the domain name format. The domain name is used to generate the username and server names of the instance.
| Name | Value format |
|---|---|
| Domain name | <root_domain> (Microsoft® Active Directory™ domain name) |
| vCenter Server® login username | <user_id>@<root_domain> (Microsoft® Active Directory user) or administrator@vsphere.local |
| vCenter Server (with embedded PSC) FQDN | <instance_name>-vc.<root_domain>. The maximum length is 50 characters. Any hyphens (-) are removed from the instance name. |
| Single Sign-On (SSO) site name | <root_domain> |
| Fully qualified ESXi server name | <host_prefix><n>.<root_domain>, where n is the sequence of the VMware vSphere® ESXi™ server. The maximum length is 50 characters. |
| NetBIOS name | First string of <root_domain>. The maximum length is 15 characters. |
After the instance is provisioned, do not modify any values that are set during the instance order. Otherwise, the instance might become unusable.