Getting Started with VMware Bare Metal Automation for VMware Telco Cloud Platform

The VMware Bare Metal Automation for VMware Telco Cloud Platform User Guide provides information about how to use VMware Bare Metal Automation for VMware Telco Cloud Platform™ (VMware BMA).

VMware Bare Metal Automation™ (VMware BMA) for VMware Telco Cloud Platform™ is a bare metal provisioning tool, readying servers for operating system installation. VMware BMA bootstraps the server and installs the necessary software and firmware (BIOS and hardware) for VMware Telco Cloud Automation to start its infrastructure and CaaS automation processes.

For VMware Telco Cloud Platform users, VMware BMA with the help of VMware Telco Cloud Automation (TCA) Workflow Hub provides an end-to-end network automation from initial zero-touch provisioning to supporting network services and network slices. For more information, see the Managing Network Function Catalogs section in the VMware Telco Cloud Automation User Guide at VMware Telco Cloud Automation Documentation.

Intended Audience

This guide is for system administrators to use the VMware BMA Core web interface.

Terminology

For definitions of terms as they are used in this document, see the VMware Glossary.