📚 10-Part Series
VCF Fundamentals to Advanced
A complete guide to VMware Cloud Foundation — from zero to production. Start simple, go deep.
1What is VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)?Introduction, core components, SDDC concept, and when to use VCFBeginner2Why VCF? Business Value & Use CasesROI, TCO analysis, use cases: VDI, hybrid cloud, ROBO, databasesBeginner3VCF Licensing ExplainedBroadcom subscription model, per-core licensing, tiers, what’s includedIntermediate4VCF Architecture Deep DiveManagement domain, workload domains, SDDC Manager internals, network poolsIntermediate5VCF Hardware Requirements & BOMCPU, RAM, NVMe, NIC specs — what to buy and how to validate on the VCGIntermediate6VCF Networking with NSX — Deep DiveTEP, T0/T1 gateways, overlay segments, distributed firewall, BGP peeringAdvanced7VCF Storage — vSAN OSA vs ESADisk groups, storage pools, inline RAID-5/6, compression, NVMe-only ESAAdvanced8VCF Workload Domains ExplainedIsolation model, multi-tenant design, stretched clusters, domain lifecycleAdvanced9VCF Day 2 OperationsLCM patching, certificate rotation, password management, backup & monitoringAdvanced10Installing VCF 9.1 Step-by-StepCloud Builder, JSON spec, bring-up, post-install validation — full lab walkthroughLab Guide
All articles include links to official Broadcom TechDocs.