vCloud NFV Platform Topology

The vCloud NFV 2.x platform topology is based on the vCloud NFV reference architecture.

vCloud NFV is based on the 3-Pod design that consists of Management Pod, Edge Pod, and Resource Pod. Management Pod contains all the management components such as vCenter Server, NSX Manager, vCloud Director (VIM), and Operation and Analytics.

Figure 1. Layered Abstractions of the NFV Environment