When deploying Site Recovery Manager, there are several models to consider based on the type of vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller deployment you have configured within your environment. For consideration of different deployment models, see Site Recovery Manager and vCenter Server Deployment Models.

The architecture model that this document focuses on is a simple Site Recovery Manager in a Two-Site Topology with One vCenter Server Instance per Platform Services Controller. In addition, the sites are configured for Enhanced Linked Mode (single SSO domain).

The following figure highlights the Site Recovery Manager server topology between the two sites.