VMware Telco Cloud Platform: Install, Configure, Manage [V2.0]

1 Course Introduction

• Introduction and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 VMware Telco Cloud Platform Overview

• Describe the architecture of VMware Telco Cloud Platform
• Describe the key functions of VMware Telco Cloud Platform
• List the benefits of VMware Telco Cloud Platform
• Describe the VMware Telco Cloud Automation architecture
• Describe the VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane architecture
• List VMware Telco Cloud Automation deployment options
• Describe the vSphere architecture
• List the key VMware components that are part of vSphere
• Describe the key use cases for vSphere

3 VMware Telco Cloud Platform Infrastructure

• Describe the key capabilities of vSphere and vCenter Server
• List the use cases of vSphere and vCenter Server
• Describe the requirements for infrastructure
• Describe the process of deploying VMs
• List the benefits of VM templates and libraries
• List the requirements of VMware Telco Cloud Platform on vSphere
• Describe the networking options of vSphere
• Describe the key networking use cases
• Describe requirements of VMware Telco Cloud Platform for networking
• Describe the storage options of vSphere
• Describe the key storage use cases
• Describe requirements of VMware Telco Cloud Platform for storage

4 Tanzu Kubernetes Grid and Supporting Containers as a Service

• Describe the role of containers in VMware Telco Cloud Platform
• Describe the benefits and challenges of containers
• List the various container use cases
• Describe the Kubernetes architecture
• List the role of nodes and clusters
• Describe the supporting components of Kubernetes
• Describe Kubernetes compared to Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• List the key features of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• Describe the architecture of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• List the steps to integrate a container-based virtual infrastructure
• Describe supporting technologies like Cluster API
• Describe key concepts like late binding

5 Supporting Virtualized Network Functions

• Describe the types of network functions
• List the type of descriptors
• Describe the requirements of a VNF descriptor
• Describe the key vSphere operations for VNFs
• Describe the key VNF use cases
• List the role of vSphere in VNF instantiation
• Outline VM onboarding requirements
• Describe the VNF requirements for onboarding
• List the steps to onboard a VNF
• Describe VNF life cycle management
• Describe key life cycle management operations

6 Supporting Cloud-native Network Functions

• Describe the special requirements of containers on network functions
• List the type of descriptors for containers
• Describe the requirements of a CNF descriptor
• Describe the role of Harbor
• Explain how to list the contents of a Harbor platform
• List the steps to interface with a Harbor platform
• Describe container onboarding requirements for Harbor
• Describe the CNF requirements for onboarding
• List the steps to onboard a CNF
• Describe CNF life cycle management
• Describe key life cycle management operations

7 VMware Telco Cloud Platform Troubleshooting

• Identify the features of the VMware Telco Cloud Platform dashboards
• List the components of the VMware Telco Cloud Platform dashboards
• Explain the features of fault management in VMware Telco Cloud Platform
• Describe the use of fault management in VMware Telco Cloud Platform for network functions
• Describe the use of performance management in VMware Telco Cloud Platform for network functions
• Describe the use of logs in VMware Telco Cloud Platform
• Troubleshoot using VMware Telco Cloud Platform logs
• List the key CLI tools that can be used for Troubleshooting
• List the steps to identify common network function deployment problems
• Examine key troubleshooting scenarios