The appendix aggregates all design decisions in the design guidance for the management domain in VMware Cloud Foundation. You can use this design decision list for reference related to the end state of the management domain and potentially to track your level of adherence to the design and any justification for deviation.
ESXi Design Decisions for the Management Domain Use this design decision list for reference related to the ESXi host configuration in an environment with a single or multiple VMware Cloud Foundation instances. The decisions determine the ESXi hardware configuration, networking, life cycle management and remote access.
vCenter Server Design Decisions for the Management Domain Use this design decision list for reference related to the vCenter Server configuration in an environment with a single or multiple VMware Cloud Foundation instances. The design also considers if an instance contains a single or multiple availability zones. The vCenter Server design also includes the configuration of the default management cluster.
vSphere Networking Design Decisions for the Management Domain Use this design decision list for reference related to the configuration of the vSphere Distributed Switch instances and VMkernel adapters in a VMware Cloud Foundation environment.
NSX-T Data Center Design Decisions for the Management Domain Use this design decision list for reference related to the configuration of NSX-T Data Center in an environment with a single or multiple VMware Cloud Foundation instances. The design also considers if an instance contains a single or multiple availability zones.
Shared Storage Design Decisions for the Management Domain Use this design decision list for reference related to shared storage, vSAN principal storage, and NFS supplemental storage in an environment with a single or multiple VMware Cloud Foundation instances. The design also considers whether an instance contains a single or multiple availability zones.
SDDC Manager Design Decisions Use this design decision list for reference related to SDDC Manager in an environment with a single or multiple VMware Cloud Foundation instances.