This chapter presents the following topics: Introduction Management componentsSingle-system and multisystem management solutions use installed software components that are based on the LCM release for the deployed solution version. iSCSI shared storage design Management tools Virtualization Cluster configurationsVMware ESXi hosts resources are pooled into clusters that contain CPU, memory, network, and storage resources for allocation to VMs. Clusters can scale up to a maximum of 64 hosts, enabling support for thousands of VMs. Compute VLAN examples Management applicationsThe Management solution enables applications to manage one or more 3-Tier Platforms. Managing multiple 3-Tier PlatformsThe integrated multisystem management solution manages more than one 3-Tier Platform. Distributed management