The vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition bundle packages together the essential building blocks to deploy an NFVI and VIM platform, featuring the newest releases of VMware production proven solutions.
The reference architecture is separated into two sections comprising of the Core Reference Architecture and Analytics Enabled Reference Architecture. The Core Reference Architecture is the base building block for the vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition reference architecture and the Analytics Enabled Reference Architecture builds on top of it.
Component |
Included in the vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition Bundle |
Required for the Core Reference Architecture |
Required for the Analytics-Enabled Reference Architecture |
---|---|---|---|
VMware ESXi™ |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
VMware vSphere® Replication™ |
Yes |
Recommended |
Recommended |
VMware vSAN™ Standard Edition |
Yes |
Recommended |
Recommended |
VMware® Integrated OpenStack Carrier Edition |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
VMware NSX-T® Data Center |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
VMware Site Recovery Manager™ |
No |
Recommended |
Recommended |
VMware vRealize® Operations™ |
Yes |
No | Yes |
VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ |
Yes |
No | Yes |
VMware vRealize® Orchestrator |
Yes |
No | Yes |
VMware vRealize® Network Insight™ |
No |
No | Recommended |