The administrator is implementing a multi-location VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment. The design requires centralized security and networking policies across multiple VCF instances. What…

Question

Options

• ADeploy a Global Manager cluster manually.
• BDeploy a Local Manager (LM) cluster using VCF Operations.
• CUse SDDC Manager to deploy a Global Manager cluster.
• DUse VCF Installer to deploy a Local Manager (LM) cluster.

• B
  10% (2)
• C
  86% (18)
• D
  5% (1)

Explanation

In a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Multi-Site or Multi-Instance design, the requirement for "centralized security and networking policies" is fulfilled by NSX Federation. Federation introduces the Global Manager (GM), which provides a single pane of glass to manage objects that span across different VCF sites. Historically, in early versions of NSX-T, Global Managers were deployed manually. However, within the VCF framework (VCF 4.x, 5.x, and 9.0), the deployment and lifecycle management of the Global Manager cluster are fully integrated into SDDC Manager. According to the VCF Design Guide and "Deploying and Configuring NSX Federation" documents, the verified best practice is to use the SDDC Manager UI or API to trigger the GM deployment. When an administrator uses SDDC Manager (Option C), the process is automated: SDDC Manager deploys the appliances, configures the virtual IP (VIP), handles the certificate management, and ensures that the GM is properly integrated into the VCF Bill of Materials (BOM). This automation is critical for maintaining supportability, as it ensures the GM version is perfectly aligned with the Local Managers (LMs) already present in the Management and Workload domains.

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