How does VMC on AWS Outposts work?
VMC on AWS Outposts enables AWS to extend the boundaries of an AWS Availability Zone (AZ) to bring VMware’s SDDC stack from the AWS Region to the on-premises or edge location. Using cloud operating models, organizations can now leverage on-premises hardware to run vSphere workloads.
VMC on AWS Outposts runs VMware’s SDDC stack on the AWS Outposts infrastructure. It’s important to note that AWS Outposts can only be paired with a single AZ within an AWS Region that offers the VMC on AWS service. AWS Outposts is designed to work as an extension of an AZ and hence cannot work in disconnected mode without connectivity back to the AWS Region it is homed to.
The underlying hardware infrastructure that runs the SDDC is fully managed by AWS, while VMware is responsible for managing all SDDC constructs on the rack.
The logical deployment of an AWS Outposts service is depicted in Figure 10.2:
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