Automation staff want to treat VMware Aria or vRealize as the required SDDC network product so the city can skip NSX. Which products must still be identified as the core VMware SDDC pillars?
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Short Explanation
Aria can help orchestrate the city, but it is not the network pillar and it does not retire NSX. The core three remain vSphere, vSAN, and NSX-T. Desktops and physical ToR switches do not rewrite that set.
Full Explanation
Automation staff who want to treat VMware Aria or vRealize as the required SDDC network product so the city can skip NSX misunderstand adjacent cloud management versus core pillars. The products that must still be identified as the core VMware SDDC pillars are vSphere, vSAN, and NSX-T; a cloud-management suite is adjacent orchestration and operations, not a substitute for NSX. Aria Automation alone replacing vSphere, vSAN, and NSX as the only required product is incorrect—automation does not become the hypervisor, the datastore, or the overlay fabric. Horizon and Workspace ONE as the three SDDC pillars confuse EUC with infrastructure pillars. Physical top-of-rack switches as the VMware network-virtualization product ignore that underlay hardware is not the VMware SDN product. Exam caveat: Aria/vRealize can deploy and operate SDDC components, but orchestration does not retire the need for NSX when overlay and distributed security are required. Associate questions test pillar identification over product marketing bundles. Operational check: keep vSphere, vSAN, and NSX-T on the required architecture checklist; document Aria as automation/operations; and verify no procurement decision deletes NSX solely because an Aria license exists.