Platform Resource Relationship

The following table illustrates the subordinate and quantitative relationships between various fundamental resources on the platform from the perspective of a data center:

Resource A	Resource B	Subordinate Relationship	Quantitative Relationship
Data Center	Image Storage	Friend	n:n
	Cluster	Parent-Child	1:n
	Host	Grandparent-Grandchild	1:n
	VM Group	Parent-Child	1:n
	Virtual Machine	Grandparent-Grandchild	1:n
	Data Storage	Parent-Child	1:n
	Distributed Switch	Parent-Child	1:n
	Distributed Port Group	Grandparent-Grandchild	1:n

Resource A	Resource B	Subordinate Relationship	Quantitative Relationship
Cluster	Host	Parent-Child	1:n
	VM Group	Sibling	/
	Virtual Machine	Grandparent-Grandchild	1:n
	Data Storage	Sibling	n:n
	Distributed Switch	Sibling	n:n

Resource A	Resource B	Subordinate Relationship	Quantitative Relationship
Host	Virtual Machine	Parent-Child	1:n

Resource A	Resource B	Subordinate Relationship	Quantitative Relationship
VM Group	Virtual Machine	Parent-Child	1:n

Resource A	Resource B	Subordinate Relationship	Quantitative Relationship
Data Storage	Image Storage	Friend	/
	Distributed Switch	Friend	/

Resource A	Resource B	Subordinate Relationship	Quantitative Relationship
Distributed Switch	Distributed Port Group	Parent-Child	1:n