vCloud Director is configured with access to only the resource clusters in the Resource pod for the deployment of telecommunications workloads. CSPs retain full administrative control of the Edge pod and leverage the two management components, vCenter Server and NSX Manager, for its administration. Further details about edge services and their consumption by tenants are described in the Secure Multitenancy section of this document.

Figure 1. vCloud Director in a Three-Pod Design
vCloud Director Three-Pod Design