The Cloud-Based Network Visibility for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution has objectives to deliver prescriptive content about the solution so that it is fast to deploy and is suitable for use in production environments.

VMware Validated Solution Objective

Description

Main objective

Provide cloud-based intelligent network analytics and reporting for VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure components.

VMware Cloud Foundationarchitecture support

  • vSAN Ready Nodes

    • Standard

  • VxRail Nodes

    • Standard

For questions related to consolidated architecture support, see Frequently Ased Questions (FAQ) - Cloud-Based Network Visibility for VMware Cloud Foundation

Workload domain type support

  • Management workload domain

  • Virtual infrastructure (VI) workload domain

Scope of implementation

  • Configuration of solution components:

    • VMware Aria Operations for Networks

  • Installation and configuration of solution components:

    • VMware Aria Operations for Networks Data Collector

  • Configuration of network analytics of VMware Cloud Foundation components:

    • ESXi

    • vCenter Server

    • NSX

Scope of guidance

  • Detailed design for solution components.

  • Implementation guidance for solution components

  • Operational guidance for the solution components, such as operational verification and password management.

  • Solution interoperability with other solution components, such as monitoring and alerting, logging, data protection, and life cycle management.

Cloud type

Hybrid cloud

Authentication, authorization, and access control

  • Use of roles for least-privilege access control.

  • Use of service accounts and least-privilege access control for solution integrations.