Providing an in-depth architecture overview
As we touched on in the previous chapter, the way you should purchase the infrastructure to run Microsoft Azure Stack Hub from an OEM hardware vendor is as an integrated system. These integrated systems include all of the software, hardware, support, and services necessary to run Microsoft Azure Stack Hub on-premises within the customer's own data center. But the infrastructure that is used to run Microsoft Azure Stack Hub is only part of the story when it comes to the architecture.
It is an important part of the story, and the process of implementing this architecture goes through a complete life cycle between the customer and their chosen hardware OEM vendor, as shown in the following diagram:
Figure 2.1 – The architecture design process
The OEM hardware vendors, such as Lenovo, HPE, Dell, and so on, work with their customers to explain the architecture, hardware, and topology of Microsoft Azure...
