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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
System Requirements of vCloud Suite Components
The software and hardware requirement for vCloud Suite depend on the set of components that you have
deployed. Information for each product or feature is available in the individual product documentation sets.
Documentation resources
Table 3‑2. List of system requirements documentation for vCloud Suite 5.8 components
Product System requirements documentation
vSphere System Requirements
vCenter Orchestrator Orchestrator System Requirements
vCenter Update Manager System Requirements
vCloud Networking and Security vShield Installation and Upgrade Guide
vCloud Automation Center Preparing for Installation
vCloud Automation Center Application Service System Requirements
vCenter Operations Manager Deployment and Configuration Guide
vCenter Configuration Manager Installation Guide
vCenter Hyperic Supported Configurations and System Requirements
vCenter Infrastructure Navigator Installing vCenter Infrastructure Navigator
vCloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements
vSphere Replication Installing vSphere Replication
vCenter Site Recovery Manager SRM System Requirements
Security Considerations
The vSphere platform is an inherently secure environment from a technical standpoint, with a minimal
hypervisor footprint, APIs for monitoring that eliminate the need for third-party software on the host,
secure syslog activity, Active Directory integration, and more. There are however several guidelines for
securing a vSphere implementation. See the vSphere hardening guide for detailed configurations.
For a detailed discussion of security considerations for the SDDC core layer, see vSphere Security.
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Security and Virtual Machines on page 32
Virtual machines are the containers in which applications and guest operating systems run. By design,
all VMware virtual machines are isolated from one another. This isolation enables multiple virtual
machines to run securely while sharing hardware and provides both their ability to access hardware
and their uninterrupted performance.
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Security and Virtual Networks on page 34
If an ESXi host is accessed through vCenter Server, it is typical to protect vCenter Server using a
firewall. This firewall provides basic protection for the network.
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Securing Virtual Machines with VLANs on page 34
The network can be one of the most vulnerable parts of any system. The virtual machine network
requires as much protection as its physical counterpart. Virtual Machine network security can be
enhanced in several ways, including through the use of virtual local area networks (VLANS).
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