Deploy the TCA Manager and TCA-CP using OVA through the vSphere Client in the Management vCenter Server.
Procedure
- 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)
MGMT vCenter as SSO
- 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
Aria Automation Orchestrator
TCA-CP-EXTERNAL-K8S (optional)
Note: Required only when the user wants to integrate Telco Cloud Automation with any external Kubernetes platform.
External Kubernetes
Aria Automation Orchestrator
Note:Telco Cloud Automation, TCA-CP, Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster nodes can also be deployed in an airgapped environment. For more information about deploying and configuring the airgap server with Telco Cloud Automation, see Configuring an Airgap Repository.