NSX Manager and vCenter Server have a one-to-one relationship. This design uses one vCenter Server instance and one NSX instance connected to it. Figure 1. Architecture of NSX for vSphere Parent topic: NSX Design for Consolidated SDDC Related information NSX Components for Consolidated SDDC NSX for vSphere Requirements for Consolidated SDDC Network Virtualization Conceptual Design for Consolidated SDDC Cluster Design for NSX for vSphere for Consolidated SDDC vSphere Distributed Switch Uplink Configuration for Consolidated SDDC Logical Switch Control Plane Design for Consolidated SDDC Transport Zone Design for Consolidated SDDC Routing Design for Consolidated SDDC Firewall Logical Design for Consolidated SDDC Load Balancer Design for Consolidated SDDC Information Security and Access Control in NSX for Consolidated SDDC Bridging Physical Workloads for Consolidated SDDC Application Virtual Network for Consolidated SDDC Virtual Network Design Example for Consolidated SDDC Use of SSL Certificates in NSX for Consolidated SDDC