This Platform Deployment Guide describes the process of deploying VMware Telco Cloud Platform™ – RAN based on the Telco Cloud Reference Architecture 3.0 design. This guide provides only the high-level steps to deploy Telco Cloud Platform RAN. For the detailed steps to deploy and configure each component in the platform, see the VMware product documentation of each component.
Intended Audience
This Platform Deployment Guide is intended for implementation engineers who want to deploy and configure Telco Cloud Platform RAN. Before you deploy the platform, you must be familiar with the following:
Telco Cloud Reference Architecture design
Installation and configuration of each VMware product in Telco Cloud Platform RAN
General navigation and configuration elements of each VMware product in Telco Cloud Platform RAN
VMware vRealize products are being rebranded to VMware Aria. Throughout the Telco Cloud Platform 5G Edition documentation, both Aria and vRealize naming conventions are used interchangeably.
VMware Aria Operations™ for Logs (formerly VMware vRealize® Log Insight™)
VMware Aria Operations™ (formerly VMware vRealize® Operations™)
VMware Aria Operations™ for Networks (formerly vRealize® Network Insight™)
VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator™ (formerly vRealize® Orchestrator™)
Acronyms and Definitions
The following table lists the acronyms used frequently in this guide.
Abbreviation |
Description |
|---|---|
SR-IOV |
Single Root Input/Output Virtualization |
vDS |
vSphere Distributed Switch |
VNF |
Virtual Network Function |
Cloud Native Acronyms
Abbreviation |
Description |
|---|---|
CNF |
Cloud Native Network Function executing within a Kubernetes environment |
CSI |
Container Storage Interface. vSphere CSI exposes vSphere storage to containerized workloads on container orchestrators, such as Kubernetes. It enables vSAN and other types of vSphere storage. |
CNS |
Cloud Native Storage, a storage solution that provides comprehensive data management for Kubernetes stateful applications. |
K8s |
Kubernetes |
