After the configuration and bootstrapping phase is complete, Infrastructure Automation deploys the software defined data center (SDDC) .
Note: The SDDC deployment starts only when the minimum number of hosts are registered for a domain.
As a part of the SDDC deployment, the following software components are installed according to the domain type.
Site | Deployment Type |
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Central | A full SDDC with Telco Cloud Automation. It includes VMware vCenter, VMware NSX, VMware vRealize Orchestrator, VMware vRealize Log Insight, VMware Telco Cloud Automation, and VMware Telco Cloud Automation Control Panel. |
Regional | A full SDDC, includes VMware vCenter, VMware NSX, VMware vRealize Orchestrator, and VMware Telco Cloud Automation Control Panel. The central site controls operations in the regional site. |
Compute | A vCenter cluster managed by a regional site. |
Cell | A single host site managed by a regional site. The single host is added in a single host cluster on the regional site. |