4. VMware Cloud on AWS
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Rich VMware SDDC
delivered as a cloud
service on AWS
VMware SDDC technologies you know and trust delivered as a
service on the world's most popular public cloud
Consistency and
familiarity of VMware
technologies
Easy workload
portability and
hybrid capabilities
Direct access to the
power of native
AWS services
Existing and new
apps with
Containers
and VMs
7. VMware Cloud on AWS – Service Overview
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AWS Global Infrastructure
VMware Cloud™ on AWS
Powered by VMware Cloud Foundation
AWS Global InfrastructureData Center
vSphere
incl. VIC
vSAN NSX
Private Cloud Amazon Web
Services
vRealize Suite, ISV ecosystem
vCentervCenter
• VMware SDDC running on AWS bare metal
• Sold, operated and supported by VMware
• Support for containers & VMs
• On-demand capacity & flexible consumption
• Full operational consistency with on-
premises SDDC
• Seamless workload portability and hybrid
operations
• Global AWS footprint, reach, availability
• Direct access to native AWS services
Service Highlights
8. VMware Cloud on AWS is a VMware Service
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Jointly engineered, one-stop shop for customers
Service is delivered, operated, sold and supported by VMware
VMware Cloud™ on AWS
Powered by VMware Cloud Foundation
vSphere vSAN NSX
9. Restrictive Access Model
No root ESXi access
No VIB installations
No VDS configuration access
No direct management VM access
vSAN Cluster
Managed by
VMware
Managed by Customer
VC NSX PSC VM VM VMVM Customer
VMware
VM
13. Elastic Data Center Network Overview
Management Pool
vCenter Server, PSC, NSX Manager
NSX Edge Gateway (MGW)
NSX Logical Switch for management VMs
Firewall and VPN for security
Compute Pools
NSX Edge Gateway (CGW)
NSX Logical Switch for workload VMs
Firewall and VPN for security
NAT to connect VMs to the Internet
MGW CGW
vSAN Cluster
Managed by
VMware
Managed by Customer
VC NSX PSC VM VM VMVM VM
INTERNET
14. Networking and connectivity capabilities
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AWS Direct Connect support:
High-speed private network connectivity between on-
premises and VMware Cloud on AWS
Supports management and compute traffic
Supports a single Private VIF
L2VPN Network Extension:
Stretch Layer 2 networks from on-premises to VMware
Cloud on AWS using the VMware NSX L2VPN service
IPSec VPN Network
15. VMware Hybrid Cloud ExtensionTM Service Overview
15
Accelerate cloud adoption
App Mobility across vSphere
5.0+ version on-premises to
VMware Cloud on AWS.
Hybrid Cloud Extension
Multisite, WAN Optimized,
Secured, Load Balanced, Traffic
Engineered Network Extension
Transform With Bulk Migration
Zero-downtime live migrations
and scheduled large-scale warm
migrations.
Infrastructure Hybridity
HCX
HCX
Enterprise
HCX
Provider
Infrastructure Abstraction
App Mobility
Internet / WAN
vSphere 5.0+
On-Prem
VMware Cloud
on AWS
Rapid
Migration
Migrations and
Transformation
Burst
Capacity
Hybrid
Applications
Legacy Equipment
Replacement
Avoidance
Consolidate smaller
DCs to cloud
Hardware/Software
Refresh/upgrades
USAGE SCENARIOS
16. VMware Site Recovery – built for VMware Cloud on AWS
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Disaster Recovery to VMware Cloud on AWS
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Delivered as an add-on service
with granular, on-demand pricing
Built on VMware’s proven disaster
recovery solutions
Automated DR runbook with
application-centric runbooks
Bidirectional protection between
cloud and on-prem as well as
between AWS availability zones
Integrated deeply with the VMware
Cloud on AWS services
VM
VM
VM VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
vSphere
Private Cloud
VMware Cloud
on AWS
19. AWS Direct Connect Integration – In preview
Customer Data Center
VM
vSphere
VM
Management
vSphere
NSX
MGR
CGW
VM
Management
Logical Network 1
VM
VMware Cloud on
AWS SDDC
MGW
Compute Clusters
Direct
Connect
VGW
20. Use with ALB
172.29.1.0/24
VM VM
CGW
Logical Network
172.31.1.0/24
VMware Cloud on AWS
SDDC Account
Customer
AWS Account
ALBIGW
IP Target Group
• 172.31.1.100
• 172.31.1.101
WAF
Visitor
ENIShield
CloudFront
Route 53