This Platform Deployment Guide describes the process of deploying VMware Telco Cloud Platform™ – 5G Edition 2.5 based on the Telco Cloud Platform 5G Reference Architecture 2.5 design. The procedures in this guide are validated in VMware labs.
This guide provides only the high-level steps to deploy the platform. For the detailed procedures to deploy and configure each component in the platform, see the VMware product documentation of each component.
Intended Audience
This guide helps deployment engineers to deploy Telco Cloud Platform 5G Edition. Before you deploy the platform, you must:
Refer to the Telco Cloud Platform 5G Reference Architecture Guide 2.5 to understand the platform design
Have access to the installation and configuration guides of each VMware product in Telco Cloud Platform
Be familiar with the general navigation and configuration elements of each VMware product in Telco Cloud Platform
Acronyms and Definitions
The following table lists the acronyms used frequently in this guide.
Abbreviation |
Description |
|---|---|
NFV |
Network Functions Virtualization |
N-VDS |
NSX-managed Virtual Distributed Switch |
N-VDS (E) |
NSX-managed Virtual Distributed Switch in Enhanced Data Path mode |
SR-IOV |
Single Root Input/Output Virtualization |
vDS |
vSphere Distributed Switch |
VNF |
Virtual Network Function |
Cloud Native Acronyms
Abbreviation |
Description |
|---|---|
CNI |
Container Network Interface |
CNF |
Cloud Native Network Function executing within a Kubernetes environment |
CSAR |
Cloud Service Archive |
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 |
