The conceptual design can also include diagrams that provide high-level overviews of the proposed design. Conceptual diagrams of the functional blocks of the design include the virtualization infrastructure, storage, servers, and networking. A conceptual diagram does not include specifics about the resources that are required, or hardware vendors.

The conceptual diagram should show, at a very high level, how servers will be placed in a vSphere High Availability (HA)/Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster. The existing physical network infrastructure will be leveraged to provide connectivity for IP storage and the virtual machine networks. The diagram does not include any specifics about the type of servers, type of array, or the resources required, but it does provide an overview of how the different parts of the design will work together.