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This section provides an overview of the Ready Stack architecture, including compute servers, management servers, LAN switches, SAN switches, storage arrays, and OOB switches. The following figure shows the architecture of this Ready Stack.
Figure 1. Design of the physical architecture
In this Ready Stack design, BCF Controller software runs as a VM that resides on the three-node management cluster with other component and VMware management tools.