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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Suite Architecture Overview and Use Cases
- Contents
- About this book
- Introduction to vCloud Suite
- Architecture Overview
- Conceptual Design of a vCloud Suite Environment
- vCloud Suite Components in the Management Cluster
- Software-Defined Data Center Core Infrastructure
- Delivering an Infrastructure Service
- Delivering Platform as a Service
- Deploying vCloud Suite
- Install vCloud Suite Components
- Update vCloud Suite Components
- External Dependencies for Deploying vCloud Suite
- System Requirements of vCloud Suite Components
- Security Considerations
- Licensing
- vCloud Suite Licensing Model
- Activating vCloud Suite Components in the vSphere Web Client
- Activating vCloud Suite Components in the vSphere Client
- Add the vCloud Suite License by Using the vSphere Client
- Assign the vCloud Suite License to vSphere in the vSphere Client
- Assign the vCloud Suite License to vCenter Operations Management Suite in the vSphere Client
- Assign the vCloud Suite License to vCloud Networking and Security in the vSphere Client
- Assign the vCloud Suite License Key to vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Activating vCloud Suite Components by Using Their Own Licensing Interfaces
- Monitoring License Usage for vCloud Suite
- vCloud Suite Use Cases
- Index
Software-Defined Data Center Core Infrastructure
The core of vCloud Suite environments consists of vSphere and the associated monitoring and orchestration
products, such asvCenter Operations Manager and vCenter Orchestrator.
The software-defined data center infrastructure layer includes the core virtualization, monitoring, and
orchestration sub-layers. The infrastructure enables consolidation and pooling of physical resources, in
addition to providing orchestration and monitoring capabilities, while reducing the costs associated with
operating an on-premise data center.
Once the SDDC infrastructure is in place, you can extend it to provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and
Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings to consumers of IT resources inside or outside the organization. IaaS
and PaaS complete the SDDC platform, and provide further opportunities for extending capabilities. With
IaaS and PaaS, you increase the agility of IT and developer operations.
Figure 2‑4. The stages of building the software-defined data center infrastructure
Virtualization
Orchestration Monitoring
SDDC
Infrastructure
Ready
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Virtualization and Management as an Element of vCloud Suite Infrastructure on page 16
VMware products provide the virtualization and management capabilities required for the
vCloud Suite foundation. You should consider the design choices that are available to you.
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Monitoring as an Element of vCloud Suite Core Infrastructure on page 19
Monitoring is a required element of a software-defined data center. The monitoring element provides
capabilities for performance and capacity management of related infrastructure components,
including requirements, specifications, management, and their relationships.
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Orchestration as an Element of vCloud Suite Core Infrastructure on page 21
The software-defined data center requires orchestration capability. In vCloud Suite, you can use
vCenter Orchestrator to orchestrate processes by using workflows.
Virtualization and Management as an Element of vCloud Suite Infrastructure
VMware products provide the virtualization and management capabilities required for the vCloud Suite
foundation. You should consider the design choices that are available to you.
Virtualization and management components are the core of the software-defined data center. For
organizations of all sizes, they reduce costs and increase agility. Establishing a robust foundation for your
datacenter requires you to install and configure vCenter Server and ESXi, as well as supporting components.
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ESXi and vCenter Server Design Considerations on page 17
Design decisions for the virtualization component of the software-defined data center must address
the deployment and support specifics of ESXi and vCenter Server.
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Network Design Considerations on page 17
As virtualization and cloud computing become more popular in the data center, a shift in the
traditional three-tier networking model is taking place. The traditional core-aggregate-access model is
being replaced by the leaf and spine design.
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Shared Storage Design Considerations on page 18
A proper storage design provides the basis for a virtual data center that performs well.
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