This Platform Deployment Guide provides information for setting up the VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure™ – Cloud Director® Edition 3.0 platform based on the VMware Telco Cloud Reference Architecture Guide 3.0. The procedures in this guide are validated in VMware labs.
This guide provides only the high-level steps to deploy the Telco Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Director Edition platform. For the detailed steps to deploy and configure each component of the platform, see the VMware product documentation of each component.
Intended Audience
This Platform Deployment Guide is intended for implementation engineers who want to set up and configure the VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Director Edition platform.
To deploy up the Telco Cloud Infrastructure platform, you must:
Know the general navigation and configuration of the platform components.
Get familiar with the VMware Telco Cloud Reference Architecture 3.0.
Acronyms and Definitions
Abbreviation |
Description |
|---|---|
NFVI |
Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure |
DPDK |
Data Plane Development Kit, an Intel-led packet-processing acceleration technology |
VDS Enhanced |
Enhanced mode when using the NSX VDS logical switch This mode enables DPDK for workload acceleration. |
VDS Standard |
Standard mode when using the NSX VDS logical switch |
VIM |
Virtualized Infrastructure Manager |
VNF |
Virtual Network Function |
CSP |
Communication Service Provider |
AVI LB |
NSX Advanced Load Balancer |
