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In a software-defined data center (SDDC) solution, the following three components are virtualized:

A. Compute: Virtualizing compute resources allows for the creation and management of virtual machines, providing flexibility and efficiency in resource allocation.

C. Storage: Virtualizing storage resources involves abstracting physical storage devices into a single logical storage pool that can be managed and provisioned as needed.

F. Network: Virtualizing network resources with solutions like NSX-T allows for the creation of virtual networks that are decoupled from physical network hardware, enabling greater flexibility and scalability.

References:

VMware SDDC Overview

Understanding SDDC Components

To integrate NSX-T Data Center security services while maintaining current security service providers, the following features can help:

A. Guest Introspection: This allows third-party security services to interact with guest virtual machines directly, providing additional security capabilities such as antivirus and antimalware.

C. Network Introspection: This enables the integration of third-party network security services, such as IDS/IPS, to monitor and protect network traffic within the NSX environment.

References:

VMware NSX-T Data Center Security

Third-Party Integration in NSX

To provide Layer 2 connectivity between vSphere and KVM hypervisors, the customer should use NSX-T Data Center. NSX-T supports heterogeneous environments and provides networking and security services across multiple hypervisors, including vSphere and KVM.

References:

NSX-T Data Center Overview

NSX-T Data Center Documentation

To enable vSphere High Availability (HA), ESXi hosts need access to shared data storage. Shared storage is critical for HA as it allows virtual machines to be restarted on other hosts within the cluster in the event of a host failure. The shared storage ensures that the virtual machine files are accessible to any host in the HA cluster, facilitating seamless failover.