When deploying VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle through SDDC Manager in a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment, the appliance is typically deployed on the region-specific AVN within the Management Domain. This placement ensures that the Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance is part of the central management infrastructure and can efficiently manage other VCF components and services across workload domains.
The Management Domain's region AVN provides the necessary network isolation and connectivity for management appliances in the VCF environment, making it the appropriate location for the Aria Suite Lifecycle deployment.

For environments with limited physical hardware, deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) using a Consolidated Domain is the best option. In a Consolidated Domain, the Management Domain and Workload Domain functionalities are combined into a single domain, allowing VCF to operate with a minimal hardware footprint. This setup enables administrators to begin migrating workloads immediately and provides flexibility to later expand by adding dedicated workload domains as the environment grows.

In VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), when deploying Edge VM nodes for a Workload Domain with a requirement to use only static routes, the following conditions must be met:
1. When deploying Edge clusters, choose static routes: During the deployment of Edge clusters in SDDC Manager, static routing must be explicitly selected to ensure that dynamic routing protocols (such as OSPF or BGP) are not configured.
2. Manually configure the required static routes in NSX Manager: After the Edge deployment, static routes need to be manually added in NSX Manager to establish the necessary network paths, as SDDC Manager does not automate static route configuration.