This section describes the platform components and the supporting infrastructure components that are required to deploy VMware Telco Cloud Platform RAN.
Platform Components
Telco Cloud Platform RAN includes required and optional components. The required components are mandatory for the solution to function as designed, while the optional components provide useful additional capabilities. You can use alternative or third-party components as appropriate.
For the latest updates to the supported versions of these components, see the Telco Cloud Platform RAN 4.0 Release Notes and Telco Cloud Platform RAN 4.0.1 Release Notes.
For information about build numbers for these component versions and drivers required for Telco Cloud Platform RAN, see KB87936.
To download these components, see the VMware Telco Cloud Platform RAN Essentials product downloads page.
Telco Cloud Platform RAN Components |
Required/Optional |
Telco Cloud Platform RAN 4.0 |
Telco Cloud Platform RAN 4.0.1 |
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Required Components |
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VMware ESXi™ |
Required |
8.0 U2b |
8.0 U2b |
VMware vCenter® |
Required |
8.0 U2c |
8.0 U2c |
VMware vSAN™ Enterprise (100 GiB per core) |
Required |
8.0 U2b |
8.0 U2b |
VMware Telco Cloud Automation™ (Essentials) |
Required |
3.1 |
3.1.1 |
VMware Tanzu® Kubernetes Grid™ |
Required |
2.1.1, 2.5 |
2.5.1 |
VMware Aria Operations™ (formerly VMware vRealize® Operations™) |
Required |
8.18 |
8.18 |
VMware Aria Operations™ for Logs (formerly VMware vRealize® Log Insight™) |
Required |
8.16 |
8.16 |
VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator™ (formerly vRealize® Orchestrator™) |
Required |
8.16.1 |
8.16.1 |
Optional Add-On Components |
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VMware Telco Cloud Automation™ (Advanced) |
Optional, but recommended |
3.1 |
3.1.1 |
VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance™ |
Optional, but recommended |
2.4 |
2.4 |
VMware Bare Metal Automation™ for VMware Telco Cloud Platform™ |
Optional, but recommended |
4.0 |
Optional, but recommended |
ESXi, vCenter, and vSAN: Additional ESXi patch versions such as 8.0 U2x are supported.
Aria Automation Orchestrator: Additional minor versions of Aria Automation Orchestrator such as 8.16.x are supported.
The following Management and Content packs are also required for deploying Telco Cloud Platform RAN. You can download these packs from VMware Solution Exchange.
Management Packs |
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VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Telco Cloud Platform (included with Telco Cloud Automation) |
VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for vCenter Server (included with Aria Operations) |
VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for vSAN (included with Aria Operations) |
VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Aria Operations for Logs (included with Aria Operations) |
VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Aria Automation Orchestrator |
VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Kubernetes (included with Aria Operations) |
Content Packs |
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VMware Aria Operations for Logs Content Pack for vCenter Server (included with Aria Operations for Logs) |
VMware Aria Operations for Logs Content Pack for Aria Operations (included with Aria Operations for Logs) |
VMware Aria Operations for Logs Content Pack for Aria Automation Orchestrator |
Supporting Infrastructure
The supporting infrastructure components are required for the successful operation of Telco Cloud Platform RAN. These components are typically deployed in the data center network with connectivity to the management network. Deploy these components as Virtual Machines (VMs) to leverage the vSphere High Availability (HA) feature.
Supporting Infrastructure Components |
Description |
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Active Directory Server |
Provides a centralized authentication source for management components |
DNS Server |
Provides forward and reverse lookup services to all platform components |
NTP Server |
Provides a time synchronization service to all components |
SMTP Server |
Sends email notifications from the platform in response to events and alarms |
SNMP Server |
Sends SNMP alerts to external monitoring systems |
Airgap Server (optional) |
Allows the VMware Telco Cloud Automation cluster to download the required images and packages in an internet-restricted or air-gapped environment. |
