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  VMware Cloud Foundation is VMware’s comprehensive software-defined infrastructure (SDI) platform for deploying and managing private and hybrid clouds. As part of the newest release of VMware Cloud Foundation, we are announcing the integration of NSX 4.1.0 and its features that enhance the user and administrator experience. NSX 4.1.0 adds a variety of new features and enhancements for virtualized networking and security which can be leveraged within a VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 deployment.  Important updates include: Summary of NSX 4.1.0 Highlights VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 with NSX 4.1.0 support comes with platform enhancements such as multi-tenancy for networking resources and NAPP 4.0.1.1 Antrea is a Kubernetes-native project that implements the CNI and Kubernetes Network Policy to provide network connectivity and security for pod workloads. NSX 4.1.0 introduces new container networking and security enhancements which allows firewall rules to be created with a mix of VMs and Kub

  The announcement of the VMware vSAN Express Storage Architecture™ or ESA for short, represents a massive step forward in the capabilities of the solution, and the benefits to our customers.  This has been achieved in a way that is largely transparent to the user, in the same product they are already familiar with. The vSAN Express Storage Architecture is a new way to process and store data.  It is an optional, alternative architecture in vSAN that is designed to achieve all-new levels of efficiency, scalability, and performance.  The ESA is optimized to exploit the full potential of the very latest in hardware and unlocks new capabilities for our customers.  It is introduced in vSAN 8, and when using ReadyNodes approved for the ESA, can be selected at the time of creating a cluster.  The ESA in vSAN 8 is an alternative to the Original Storage Architecture (OSA) found in all previous editions of vSAN, as well as vSAN 8. The Express Storage Architecture in vSAN 8 stands on the shoulder

  VMware Validated Design is a family of solutions for data center designs that span compute, storage, networking, and management, serving as a blueprint for your Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) implementation. The documentation of VMware Validated Design consists of succeeding deliverables for all stages of the SDDC life cycle. Introducing VMware Validated Design  includes the following information: Design objectives Deployment flow of the SDDC management components Document structure and purpose SDDC high-level overview Use VMware Validated Design to build a scalable Software-Defined Data Center that is based on VMware best practices. VMware Validated Design has the following advantages: One path to SDDC After you satisfy the deployment requirements, follow one consistent path to deploy an SDDC. VMware Validated Design provides a tested solution path with information about product versions, networking architecture, capabilities, and limitations. SDDC design for use in production