Install and configure the components of the VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Director Edition platform in the same sequence that is described in this guide.

The following tables describe the high-level process for deploying and configuring the Telco Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Director Edition platform:
Table 1. Physical Infrastructure

Steps

Component

Description

1.

Network

Wiring and physical switch ports, configuration, and SR-IOV readiness.

2.

Compute

Physical hardware deployment and configuration, and ESXi installation.

3.

Storage

Pass-through RAID configuration and vSAN compatibility check.
Table 2. VIM Components

Steps

Component

Description

1.

VMware Cloud Director

  • Installing and Configuring VMware Cloud Director

  • Configuring cells with load balancer

  • Integrating VMware Cloud Director with Resource vCenter Server and NSX-T Manager

  • Configuring Provider Virtual Data Center backed by NSX-T manager
Table 3. Telco Cloud Infrastructure Management, Operations, and Analytics Components

Steps

Component

Description

1.

Management vCenter Server

  • Installing a vCenter Server Appliance

  • Configuring general settings

  • Configuring a management cluster

  • Configuring network

  • Configuring vSAN Datastore for Management Cluster

2.

Resource vCenter Server

  • Installing a vCenter Server Appliance

  • Configuring general settings

  • Configuring a resource cluster

  • Configuring an Edge cluster

  • Configuring network

  • Configuring vSAN Datastore for Edge and Resource Clusters

3.

NSX-T Data Center

  • Installing NSX-T Manager

  • Add Compute Managers (Management vCenter Servers)

  • Deploying additional NSX-T manager nodes to form a cluster with Virtual IP Address

  • Add Compute Managers (Resource vCenter Servers)

  • Configuring NSX-T logical components, such as Transport zones, Transport node profile, IP Pools for TEP (Tunnel End Point), and uplink profiles

  • Configuring only the Resource ESXi host transport nodes

  • Deploying and configuring NSX-T Edge transport nodes

  • Configuring NSX-T logical networking components

  • Deploying and Configuring NSX-T Enhanced networking

4.

vRealize Log Insight

  • Deploying one vRealize Log Insight primary nodes and two worker nodes

  • Configuring vRealize Log Insight cluster with Integrated Load Balancer

  • Installing and configuring vRealize Log Insight content packs for all the Telco Cloud Infrastructure components

5.

vRealize Operations

  • Deploying one vRealize Operations primary nodes and two data nodes

  • Installing and configuring vRealize Operations Management packs for all the applicable NFVI products

6.

vRealize Network Insight

  • Deploying vRealize Network Insight Platform and Proxy nodes

  • Integrating vRealize Network Insight with vCenter Servers and NSX-T Manager.

7.

vRealize Orchestrator

  • Deploying and configuring vRealize Orchestrator nodes

  • Configuring NSX load balancer for vRealize Orchestrator nodes

  • Integrating vRealize Orchestrator with vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Director

8.

vSphere Replication

Installing and configuring vSphere Replication

9.

Site Recovery Manager

Installing and configuring Site Recovery Manager