Determine the Service Assurance
Configuration
A single
Global Manager
can support most deployments, but there are cases where multiple Global Manager
s
are required. Use Determining
the required Service Assurance Configuration to determine the configuration required to support your managed environment. The first
three columns in Determining
the required Service Assurance Configuration identify the quantities that will
determine the configuration:- The Managed devices and applications column details the total quantity that will be managed in the deployment. This number should include estimates for growth.
- The Underlying domains column details the total number of domains that will feed topology and events to the deployment.
- The Concurrently connected clients column details the total number of clients that will be connected concurrently, includingGlobal Consoles, Web Consoles, Dashboard viewlets, and any adapters that connect to theGlobal Managerdirectly.
Using the quantities for the managed environment | Use
this
configuration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Managed devices and applications | Underlying domains | Concurrently
connected clients | Global Manager
configuration | Global Manager platform equipment tier | |
Aggregation
layer (if used) | Presentation
layer (if used) | ||||
0 to 2,000 (small
deployment) | ≤ 10 | ≤ 100 | Standard | Small | |
>100 | Basic Hierarchical | Small | Medium | ||
+10 | ≤ 100 | Standard | Medium | ||
>100 | Basic hierarchical | Medium | Medium | ||
2,001 to 6,000
(medium deployment) | ≤ 10 | ≤ 100 | Standard | Small | |
>100 | Basic hierarchical | Small | Medium | ||
+10 | ≤ 100 | Standard | Medium | ||
>100 | Basic hierarchical | Medium | Medium | ||
6,001 to 12,000
(large deployment) | ≤ 10 | ≤ 100 | Basic hierarchical | Medium | Medium |
>100 | Hierarchical presentation | Large | All medium | ||
+ 10 | ≤ 100 | Hierarchical aggregation | All medium | Large | |
>100 | Hierarchical Mesh | All large | All Large | ||
12,001 to 20,000
(extra large deployment) | ≤ 10 | ≤ 100 | Basic hierarchical | Large | Large |
>100 | Hierarchical presentation | Extra large | All large | ||
+ 10 | ≤ 100 | Hierarchical aggregation | All large | Extra large | |
>100 | Hierarchical mesh | All extra large | All extra large | ||
Above 20,000 devices | VMware Smart Assurance deployments in this range are currently
in production. Consult with VMware Smart Assurance Professional
Services for aid in this design. | ||||
The columns in the Use
this Service Assurance configuration section define recommendations to support the deployment:
- TheGlobal Managerconfiguration column details the recommendation for the number ofGlobal Managers, either a single one (Standard) or multiple (any of the hierarchical configurations). If a hierarchical configuration is recommended, the specific structure is also defined. TheGlobal Managerconfigurations are explained in the following sections.
- TheGlobal Managerplatform equipment tier columns define the hardware that is required to support theGlobal Managers. For hierarchical configurations, two layers ofGlobal Managers are defined: an aggregation layer and a presentation layer.Domain Managers connect to aGlobal Managerat the aggregation layer while clients connect to aGlobal Managerat the presentation layer. The table indicates the equipment required to support each layer. “Hardware for Service Assurance platform equipment tiers” provides definitions for the equipment tiers.Determining the required Service Assurance Configuration defines configurations for coherent deployments. It is possible to create separate deployments in a managed environment that do not feed events and topology to a single, centralGlobal Manager. If this is the case, each of these deployments must be treated separately with distinctGlobal Managerconfigurations based on unique quantities for first three columns in Determining the required Service Assurance Configuration.