About vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition Reference Architecture

This reference architecture provides guidance for designing and creating a greenfield Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) platform by using VMware vCloud^® NFV™ OpenStack Edition.

This document describes the high-level design principles and considerations when implementing an environment that is based on vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition. It also provides example scenarios to help you understand the platform capabilities.

Intended Audience

This document is intended for telecommunications and solution architects, sales engineers, field consultants, advanced services specialists, and customers who are responsible for the virtualized network services (VNFs) and the NFV environment on which they run.