Networking Models in VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware Cloud Foundation supports multiple networking models that provide different levels of network availability, resilience, and scale.

Networking Model	Description	Benefits	Drawbacks
NSX overlay	Overlay-backed NSX segments	Supports AVNs in the management domain. Supports deployment of NSX Edge clusters from SDDC Manager.	Requires routing configured on the physical network fabric to route traffic from the NSX Edge nodes.
NSX VLAN-backed	VLAN-backed NSX segments	Deploying NSX Edge clusters is not required. Routing configuration on the ToR switches for NSX Edge nodes is not required.	Requires changes in the physical network fabric to add new networks and VLANs.