Design Blueprint Three: Single Instance - Consolidated

This design blueprint lists the design choices and resulting requirements and recommendations to set up a topology for an organization called Rainpole which includes one VMware Cloud Foundation instance where the management domain runs both management and customer workloads in a single availability zone.

Design Choices for Design Blueprint Three

Rainpole has made the following choices for its VMware Cloud Foundation deployment:

Table 1. Design Choices for Design Blueprint Three

Design Aspect	Choice Made
Architecture model	Consolidated
Workload domain type	Consolidated
Topology	Consolidated topology
Physical network configuration	Leaf-Spine
Routing configuration	BGP
Workload domain principal storage	vSAN
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle	Included
Workspace ONE Access	Standard Workspace ONE Access

Design Elements for Design Blueprint Three

Table 2. External Services Design Elements

Design Area	Applicable Design Elements
External services	External Services Design Requirements

Table 3. Physical Network Design Elements

Design Area	Applicable Design Elements
Physical network	Leaf-Spine Physical Network Design Requirements
	Leaf-Spine Physical Network Design Recommendations

Table 4. Management Domain Design Elements

Design Area	Applicable Design Elements
vSAN	vSAN Design Requirements
	vSAN Design Recommendations
ESXi	ESXi Server Design Requirements
	ESXi Server Design Recommendations
vCenter Server	vCenter Server Design Requirements
	vCenter Server Design Recommendations
vCenter Single Sign-On	vCenter Single Sign-on Design Requirements for Multiple vCenter - Single vCenter Single Sign-On Domain Topology
vSphere cluster	vSphere Cluster Design Requirements
	vSphere Cluster Design Recommendations
vSphere networking	vSphere Networking Design Recommendations
NSX Manager	NSX Manager Design Requirements
	NSX Manager Design Recommendation
NSX Edge Node	NSX Edge Design Requirements
	NSX Edge Design Recommendations
Routing	BGP Routing Design Requirements
	BGP Routing Design Recommendations
Overlay	Overlay Design Requirements
	Overlay Design Recommendations
Application Virtual Network	Application Virtual Network Design Requirements
Load balancing	Load Balancing Design Requirements
SDDC Manager	SDDC Manager Design Requirements
	SDDC Manager Design Recommendations

Table 5. VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle and Workspace ONE Access Design Elements

Design Area	Applicable Design Elements
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle	VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Design Requirements
	VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Design Recommendations
Workspace ONE Access	Workspace ONE Access Design Requirements
	Workspace ONE Access Design Recommendations

Table 6. Life Cycle Management Design Elements

Design Area	Applicable Design Elements
Life cycle management	Life Cycle Management Design Requirements

Table 7. Account and Password Management Design Elements

Design Area	Applicable Design Elements
Account and password management	Account and Password Management Design Recommendations

Table 8. Certificate Management Design Elements

Design Area	Applicable Design Elements
Certificate management	Certificate Management Design Recommendations