The physical design includes the physical ESXi hosts, storage, and network design. Figure 1. Physical Layer Physical ESXi Host DesignEnsure that the physical specifications of the ESXi hosts allow for successful deployment and operation of the design. Physical Network DesignThe physical network design includes defining the network topology for connecting physical switches and the ESXi hosts, determining switch port settings for VLANs, and designing routing. Physical Storage DesignThis design uses VMware vSAN to implement software-defined storage as the primary storage type. Parent topic: Solution Design