You use SDDC Manager loaded in a browser for the single-point-of-control management of your VMware Cloud Foundation system. This user interface provides centralized access to and an integrated view of the physical and virtual infrastructure of your system.
In addition to using the SDDC Manager Dashboard, you can use the following user interfaces for administration tasks involving their associated VMware software components that are part of a VMware SDDC. All these interfaces run in a browser, and you can launch them from within the SDDC Manager Dashboard.
Launch links are typically identified in the user interface by the launch icon:
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| VMware SDDC Web Interface | Description | Launch Link Location in SDDC Manager Dashboard |
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| vSphere | This interface provides direct management of resources managed by the vCenter Server instances, for identity management, and for management of the NSX resources that provide the software-defined networking capabilities of the SDDC. You can also manage object level storage policies for distributed software-defined storage provided by vSAN. |
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| vRealize Log Insight | When the vRealize Log Insight instance is licensed for use in the system, this interface provides direct access to the logs and event data collected and aggregated in vRealize Log Insight for troubleshooting, trend analysis, and reporting. | |
| Platform Services Controllers | Launches the web interface for the selected Platform Services Controller. | |
| NSX Manager | Launches the NSX Manager web interface. |