This design blueprint lists the design choices and resulting requirements and recommendations to set up a topology that includes multiple VMware Cloud Foundation instances, each instance containing multiple availability zones, for an organization called Rainpole.

Figure 1. Multiple VMware Cloud Foundation Instances - Multiple Availability Zones per Instance

Design Choices for Design Blueprint Five

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

Table 1. Design Choices for Design Blueprint Five

Design Aspect

Choice Made

Architecture model

Standard

Workload domain type

Management domain and VI workload domains

Topology

Multiple Instances - Multiple Availability Zones per instance

Physical network configuration

Leaf-Spine

Routing configuration

BGP

NSX Federation configuration

NSX Federation between VCF Instances

Workload domain principal storage

vSAN

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

Included

Workspace ONE Access

Standard Workspace ONE Access

Design Elements for Design Blueprint Five

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 Requirements for NSX Federation

Leaf-Spine Physical Network Design Recommendations

Leaf-Spine Physical Network Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

Leaf-Spine Physical Network Design Recommendations for NSX Federation

Table 4. Management Domain Design Elements

Design Area

Applicable Design Elements

vSAN

vSAN Design Requirements

vSAN Design Requirements for Stretched Clusters

vSAN Design Recommendations

vSAN Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

ESXi

ESXi Server Design Requirements

ESXi Server Design Recommendations

vCenter Server

vCenter Server Design Requirements

vCenter Server Design Recommendations

vCenter Server Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

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 Requirements for Stretched Clusters

vSphere Cluster Design Recommendations

vSphere Cluster Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

vSphere networking

vSphere Networking Design Recommendations

NSX Manager

NSX Manager Design Requirements

NSX Manager Design Recommendation

NSX Manager Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

NSX Global Manager

NSX Global Manager Design Requirements for NSX Federation

NSX Global Manager Design Recommendations for NSX Federation

NSX Global Manager Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

NSX Edge Node

NSX Edge Design Requirements

NSX Edge Design Requirements for NSX Federation

NSX Edge Design Recommendations

NSX Edge Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

Routing

BGP Routing Design Requirements

BGP Routing Design Requirements for Stretched Clusters

BGP Routing Design Requirements for NSX Federation

BGP Routing Design Recommendations

BGP Routing Design Recommendations for NSX Federation

Overlay

Overlay Design Requirements

Overlay Design Recommendations

Application Virtual Network

Application Virtual Network Design Requirements

Application Virtual Network Design Requirements for NSX Federation

Load balancing

Load Balancing Design Requirements

Load Balancing Design Requirements for NSX Federation

SDDC Manager

SDDC Manager Design Requirements

SDDC Manager Design Recommendations

Table 5. VI Workload Domain Design Elements

Design Area

Applicable Design Elements

vSAN

vSAN Design Requirements

vSAN Design Requirements for Stretched Clusters

vSAN Design Recommendations

vSAN Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

ESXi

ESXi Server Design Requirements

ESXi Server Design Recommendations

vCenter Server

vCenter Server Design Requirements

vCenter Server Design Recommendations

vCenter Server Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

vCenter Single Sign-On

vCenter Single Sign-on Design Requirements for Multiple vCenter - Single SSO Domain Topology

vSphere cluster

vSphere Cluster Design Requirements VMware Cloud Foundation

vSphere Cluster Design Requirements for Stretched Clusters

vSphere Cluster Design Recommendations

vSphere Cluster Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

vSphere networking

vSphere Networking Design Recommendations

NSX Manager

NSX Manager Design Requirements

NSX Manager Design Recommendations

NSX Manager Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

NSX Global Manager

NSX Global Manager Design Requirements for NSX Federation

NSX Global Manager Design Recommendations for NSX Federation

NSX Global Manager Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

NSX Edge Node

NSX Edge Design Requirements

NSX Edge Design Requirements for NSX Federation

NSX Edge Design Recommendations

NSX Edge Design Recommendations for Stretched Clusters

Routing

BGP Routing Design Requirements

BGP Routing Design Requirements for Stretched Clusters

BGP Routing Design Requirements for NSX Federation

BGP Routing Design Recommendations

BGP Routing Design Recommendations for NSX Federation

Overlay

Overlay Design Requirements

Overlay Design Recommendations

Table 6. 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 Requirements for Stretched Clusters

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Design Requirements for NSX Federation

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Design Recommendations

Workspace ONE Access

Workspace ONE Access Design Requirements

Workspace ONE Access Design Requirements for Stretched Clusters

Workspace ONE Access Design Requirements for NSX Federation

Workspace ONE Access Design Recommendations

Table 7. Life Cycle Management Design Elements

Design Area

Applicable Design Elements

Life cycle management

Life Cycle Management Design Requirements

Table 8. Account and Password Management Design Elements

Design Area

Applicable Design Elements

Account and password management

Account and Password Management Design Recommendations

Table 9. Certificate Management Design Elements

Design Area

Applicable Design Elements

Certificate management

Certificate Management Design Recommendations