Deploy the TCA Manager and TCA-CP using OVA through the vSphere Client in the Management vCenter Server.

Procedure

  1. Deploy one appliance and select the appliance type as TCA manager during the appliance deployment. For more details, see Installing the System.

    TCA-Manager Appliance

    TCA-CP Appliances to register

    Other Components to register

    TCA-MANAGER

    TCA-CP-COMP-VCENTER

    TCA-CP-EXTERNAL-K8S (optional)

    RES vCenter as SSO

  2. Deploy three appliances and select the type as TCA Control Plane while deploying the appliance. For more details, see Installing the System.
    Table 1. TCA- Control Plane Nodes

    TCA-CP Appliances

    VIM Type to register

    Other Components to register

    TCA-CP-COMP-VCENTER

    Compute vCenter

    vRO

    TCA-CP-EXTERNAL-K8S (optional)

    Note: Required only when the user wants to integrate Telco Cloud Automation with any external Kubernetes platform.

    External Kubernetes

    vRO

    Note:

    Telco Cloud Automation, TCA-CP, Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster nodes can also be deployed in an air-gapped environment. For more information about deploying and configuring the airgap server with Telco Cloud Automation, see Configuring an Airgap Repository.