A customer has a requirement to use isolated domains in VMware Cloud Foundation but is constrained to a single NSX management pane. What should the architect recommend satisfying this requirement?

Question

Options

• AAn NSX VPC
• BA Shared NSX Instance
• CNSX Federation
• DA 1:1 NSX Instance

• A
  80% (35)
• B
  11% (5)
• C
  7% (3)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

In VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2, isolated domains within a single NSX management pane (i.e., a single NSX Manager cluster) require a solution that provides logical isolation without additional management overhead. Option A, "An NSX VPC" (Virtual Private Cloud), is the correct choice as it enables tenant-specific isolated networking environments within a single NSX instance, managed via the same NSX Manager. Introduced in NSX-T 3.2 (supported in VCF 5.2), NSX VPCs allow segmentation with dedicated routing, security policies, and resource allocation, meeting the isolation requirement efficiently. Option B, "A Shared NSX Instance," implies no isolation, contradicting the requirement. Option C, "NSX Federation," supports multi-site management with multiple NSX Managers, exceeding the single-pane constraint. Option D, "A 1:1 NSX Instance," suggests a dedicated NSX Manager per domain, also violating the constraint. NSX VPC is explicitly designed for this use case in VCF.

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