The following table includes the edge and resource cluster components and the naming conventions followed in this Platform Deployment Guide.

Table 1. Edge Cluster Physical Host Distribution

Physical Servers

ESXi Hosts

Components

Cluster

Datastore

Four

ESXi_EDGE_01

ESXi_EDGE_02

ESXi_EDGE_03

...

TCI_RES_VC

TCI_EDGE_CLUSTER

TCI_EDGE_VSAN_DS

Table 2. Resource Cluster Physical Host Distribution

Physical Server

ESXi Hosts

Components

Cluster

Datastore

Four

ESXi_RES_01

ESXi_RES_02

ESXi_RES_03

...

TCI_RES_VC

TCI_RES_CLUSTER

TCI_RES_VSAN_DS

Note:

For best availability and tolerance to vSAN consumption growth, see the Design Considerations for a vSAN Cluster.