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In order to deploy the workload domain, regardless of storage protocol, the user must first commission ESXi hosts to SDDC Manager. Essentially these hosts are added as inventory which is then available for deployment. Depending on the storage that is assigned to them, they could be added to the existing management domain and become part of the vSAN environment. They can also be added as a workload domain (HCI configuration). Or, as in this case, they can be used to create a separate workload domain. Principal storage must be assigned to the hosts in order to do the latter. In the following example, the PowerFlex SDC is used as VMFS on FC.