VCF Architecture - 4 classic patterns

There are four classic patterns in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) architecture.

The main goal of the VCF architecture is to separate the management cluster from the workload cluster by placing them on two distinct uplinks. This design ensures that as your workload increases in density and scale, you don't have to contend with both management and production traffic on the same network path. By keeping these clusters separate, you can easily manage and expand your environment. In the event of an expansion, it's much simpler to evacuate hosts and maintain only the management domain on those hosts, reducing the risk of impact on production workloads.

In the next articles, I will cover the four most common classic VCF architectures, including:

1. Single Site Deployment using the VCF Consolidated Architecture
2. Single Site Deployment using the VCF Standard Architecture – Single NSX Domain for VI WLDs
3. Single Site Deployment using the VCF Standard Architecture – Dedicated NSX Domains for VI WLDs
4. Multi-VCF Instance Deployment using NSX Federation