22. IT service delivery automation and self driving operations
Automate IT processes, adopt self driving operations, and build a standardized catalog of services for
easy consumption to accelerate IT service delivery for your business beyond the datacenter with hybrid
cloud.
Business outcomes for Cloud Foundation on VxRail with
VMware cloud management
Rapid deployment of a standarized private cloud
Reduce risk and benefit from a standarized, integrated architecture on premises and off premises
with automated lifecycle management
IT transformation to become a service broker/provider
Accelerate Digital Transformation by adopting an IT-as-a-Service operating model and becoming
a service provider or service broker for your business.
23. Full stack integration
VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail delivers
end-to-end stack lifecycle automation
Automated install of
VxRail clusters
& SDDC software
Automated
VxRail & SDDC
environment
configuration
Automated VxRail
infrastructure resources
provisioning (VxRail VI
workload domains)
Integrated
& automated
end- to-end
infrastructure
patch &
upgrade
Rapid deployment and configuration
of HCI infrastructure using native VxRail
deployment process
Rapid SDDC deployment and
configuration that is “VxRail aware”
Integrated provisioning of VxRail
infrastructure pools
One-click, curated, end to end stack
patching and upgrading
24. Cloud Foundation on VxRail management
Easily deploy, configure, and lifecycle entire end-to-end software and hardware infrastructure stack
ConfigurationDeployment
Patching &
upgrades
Policy based
Provisioning
Configuration
Policy based
Provisioning
Patching &
upgrades
Deployment
SDDC
Manager
VxRail
Manager
vCenterNSX
vRealize Suite
VM
SDDC Manager
• Orchestrates the deployment, configuration, and
lifecycle management of vCenter, NSX, and vRealize
Suite above the ESXi and vSAN layers of VxRail
• Unifies multiple VxRail clusters as workload domains
or as multi-cluster workload domains
VxRail Manager
• Integrated with the SDDC Manager
• Used to deploy, configure, and lifecycle manage
ESXi, vSAN & HW firmware.
• Uses native VxRail Manager deployment processes
• Uses SDDC Manager LCM orchestration framework
to execute native VxRail LCM
• Monitors health of hardware components and
provides remote service support
vSANESXi
HCI HW