VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (per-core subscription)

VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (VCF-9-SUB) is Broadcom's integrated Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) platform delivered as a per-core subscription, consolidating vSphere 9, vSAN, NSX, and VMware Aria into a single, unified private-cloud stack. The architecture is built around a declarative, API-first lifecycle management layer that provisions, configures, and updates all constituent components through a single control plane, eliminating the operational complexity of managing each product independently. VCF 9.0 introduces a streamlined deployment model with consolidated management domains and enhanced workload domain orchestration, enabling organizations to build consistent private-cloud infrastructure that mirrors the operational experience of public-cloud consumption.

The platform is engineered for organizations navigating the Broadcom licensing transition from perpetual VMware licenses to subscription-based entitlements. The per-core subscription model grants access to the complete integrated stack—compute virtualization, hyper-converged storage via vSAN, software-defined networking and security via NSX, and multi-cloud management and observability via Aria—under a single SKU, simplifying procurement and entitlement tracking at scale. VCF 9.0 also extends support for AI and GPU-accelerated workloads, with enhanced vGPU integration and workload placement capabilities targeting inference and training pipelines running alongside conventional enterprise applications.

Target workloads span mission-critical enterprise applications, Kubernetes-based cloud-native services via the integrated Tanzu runtime, regulated-industry workloads requiring consistent security policy enforcement at the network layer, and hybrid-cloud scenarios bridging on-premises VCF environments with VMware Cloud on AWS and Azure VMware Solution. The subscription entitlement includes access to updates and new feature releases throughout the active term, supporting continuous lifecycle progression without separate upgrade procurement.

Ideal for

• Private-cloud consolidation: standardizing multi-site data center infrastructure onto a single SDDC stack to reduce operational silos across compute, storage, and networking teams
• Broadcom licensing transition: migrating existing perpetual VMware vSphere and vSAN deployments to a current subscription entitlement model while preserving workload continuity
• Cloud-native and Kubernetes platform: deploying integrated Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters within workload domains to host containerized microservices alongside traditional VMs under unified policy management
• AI and GPU workload hosting: running GPU-accelerated inference and model-serving workloads on vGPU-enabled vSphere clusters with automated workload domain isolation and resource governance
• Regulated-industry secure infrastructure: enforcing zero-trust network segmentation and micro-segmentation policies via NSX across financial services, healthcare, and government workloads subject to compliance mandates
• Hybrid and multi-cloud operations: extending consistent infrastructure abstractions and Aria-driven observability across on-premises VCF environments and VMware-based public-cloud extensions for unified operational visibility

Technical specifications

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