An administrator is deciding on a storage solution to create the first management workload domain...

The VCF 9.0 Architecture Guide outlines valid principal storage options for the management domain. It states: “ The management domain must be deployed using vSAN, NFS, or Fibre Channel (FC). Supported protocols include NFSv3 and VMFS on FC. ” vSAN (including OSA) is the default recommended option, but NFSv3 and VMFS on FC are also supported for environments where external storage arrays are required.

NVMe/TCP and vVols are not supported for the initial management domain’s principal storage. vVols may be used in workload domains after deployment, but they are not a supported foundation for the management domain. Therefore, the three correct storage solutions for the first management workload domain are: VMFS on FC, NFSv3, and vSAN OSA .