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 components of this reference architecture are bundled as vCloud NFV OpenStack Standard Edition and vCloud NFV OpenStack Advanced Edition. This tiered structure provides the flexibility in selecting editions and offers a simple path to customize deployments based on NFV use cases and requirements.

Table 1. vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition Components

Component

vCloud NFV OpenStack Standard Edition Bundle

vCloud NFV OpenStack Advanced Edition Bundle

VMware ESXi™

Core Component

Core Component

VMware vSphere® Replication™

Core Component

Core Component

VMware vRealize® Orchestrator

Core Component

Core Component

VMware NSX-T® Data Center Standard

Core Component

Not Included

VMware NSX-T® Data Center Advanced

Not Included

Core Component

VMware vSAN™ Standard Edition

Not Included

Core Component

VMware vRealize® Operations™

Not Included

Core Component

VMware vRealize® Log Insight™

Not Included

Core Component

VMware® Integrated OpenStack Carrier Edition

Core Component

Core Component

VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™

Required Add-On

Required Add-On

VMware vRealize® Network Insight™

Optional Add-On

Optional Add-On

VMware Site Recovery Manager™

Optional Add-On

Optional Add-On

Cloud Native

Optional Add-On

Optional Add-On