The vCloud NFV bundle packages together the essential building blocks to deploy an NFVI and VIM platform, featuring the newest releases of VMware solutions that are proven in production.

The components of this reference architecture are bundled as vCloud NFV Standard Edition and vCloud NFV Advanced Edition. This tiered structure provides flexibility in selecting editions and offers a simple path to customize deployments based on NFV use cases and requirements.
Table 1. vCloud NFV Components

Component

vCloud NFV Standard Edition Bundle

vCloud NFV 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 vCloud Director®

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