Sangfor HCI architecture consists of two parts: HCI and SCP. Based on the HCI architecture, users can build business systems based on their needs.

Sangfor HCI is based on HCI architecture, takes virtualization technology as the core, and uses components such as computing virtualization (aSV), storage virtualization (aSAN), network virtualization (aNET), and security virtualization (aSEC) to integrate computing, storage, network, and other virtual resources into a standard x86 server to form a benchmark architecture unit. Moreover, multiple sets of unit devices can be aggregated through the network to realize modular seamless scale-out and form a unified resource pool.

SCP provides the management and resource allocation capabilities of HCI and third-party resource pools. Reduces the difficulty of platform operation and maintenance and reduces the operation workload through automatic operation and maintenance tools. With the help of its self-service and process management, it improves the agility and rapid response ability of users' IT services to improve its management level and service efficiency. Through the combination of the measurement function of the cloud computing management platform, fine-grained measurement and statistics are carried out on the IT services and resources used by each tenant to help enterprises and organizations calculate the costs and benefits of the Department.

HCI has four main components: aSV (server virtualization), aNET (network virtualization), aSAN (storage virtualization), and aSEC (security virtualization and NFV). aSV is the kernel of the whole HCI and is a required option. aNET, aSAN and aSEC can be selected from three or all according to specific requirements.

aSV is the computing virtualization component in the HCI architecture solution and the core component in the whole HCI architecture. The computing resource virtualization technology presents the standard virtual machine to the end-user through the general x86 server through the aSV component. These virtual machines are like a series of products produced by the same manufacturer. They have a series of hardware configurations and use the same drivers.

aSAN is a self-developed distributed storage system. It uses virtualization technology to "pool" the local hard disk in the general x86 server in the cluster's virtual datastore to realize the unified integration, management, and scheduling of server storage resources. Finally, it provides the upper layer with NFS / iSCSI storage interface for virtual machines to freely allocate and use the storage space in the resource pool according to their storage requirements.

aNET is a network virtualization component in the HCI architecture solution. It uses Overlay to build the second tier and realize tenant isolation between business systems. Through NFV, all functional network resources (including basic routing switching, security, and application delivery) required in the network can be allocated and flexibly scheduled on demand to realize network virtualization in HCI architecture.

aSEC is a trusted security virtualization and NFV (including: vAC, vAD, vAF, vSSL VPN, vWOC, VDAS). It will be convinced that the existing network devices (SSL, WOC, ad, AF, AC, DAS) will be virtualized and provided separately in the form of templates.