VCP-VMC 2024 Question 25
Select 4A company is planning to deploy a VMware Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) to enable a private cloud solution. During the planning stage, they identify the need for a central management layer, a compute virtualization layer, networking and security virtualization, and storage virtualization. Which VMware SDDC components should be deployed to meet these requirements?
- A
VMware vCenter Server
- B
VMware vSphere
- C
VMware NSX
- D
VMware vSAN
- E
VMware Workspace ONE
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Correct answers: A, B, C, D
Explanation
VMware SDDC comprises key components that include VMware vCenter Server for centralized management, VMware vSphere for compute virtualization, VMware NSX for networking and security virtualization, and VMware vSAN for storage virtualization. These components work together to enable a fully virtualized software-defined data center. Workspace ONE, while part of VMware's portfolio, is not a foundational SDDC component.
- A. Correct.
VMware vCenter Server is the central management layer of the VMware SDDC, providing centralized control and management of vSphere environments.
- B. Correct.
VMware vSphere is the compute virtualization layer of the VMware SDDC, enabling virtualized workloads to run on physical servers.
- C. Correct.
VMware NSX provides networking and security virtualization capabilities, making it an essential part of the VMware SDDC.
- D. Correct.
VMware vSAN is the storage virtualization layer, enabling the aggregation of local storage from hosts into a single, shared datastore.
- E. Incorrect.
VMware Workspace ONE is a digital workspace platform for endpoint management and is not a core SDDC component.