A step by step guide to deploying VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, product by product. It covers every VCF 9.1 product, the mandatory core and the optional add-ons, plus the converge and import scenarios for existing environments. Each part gives the prerequisites and the numbered steps to deploy and verify that product. Parts publish here as they are written.

1. Deployment overview and component checklist (mandatory and optional)
2. Prerequisites and readiness checklist
3. Network, DNS and NTP setup
4. Deploy the VCF Installer appliance
5. Deploy the management domain
6. Deploy VCF Management Services and the license server
7. Set up VCF Operations
8. Create a VI workload domain (optional)
9. Deploy NSX Edge clusters (optional)
10. Deploy Avi Load Balancer (optional)
11. Deploy VCF Automation (optional)
12. Enable vSphere Supervisor and VKS (optional)
13. Deploy Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA (optional)
14. Configure a stretched cluster (optional)
15. Converge an existing vSphere environment
16. Import a brownfield vSphere, vSAN and NSX environment
17. Post-deployment validation and licensing