Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- List VMware Telco Cloud Automation deployment options and procedures Define Infrastructure Automation and describe infrastructure deployment Describe the VMware Telco Cloud Automation infrastructure settings Configure containers as a service functionality Describe partner integration options and procedures Instantiate network services and network functions Describe the authorization model of VMware Telco Cloud Automation Define platform life cycle management (LCM) for VMware Telco Cloud Automation Enumerate troubleshooting concepts and day two operations for VMware Telco Cloud Automation Describe the use of APIs within VMware Telco Cloud Automation List examples of how VMware Telco Cloud Automation can be used in a CICD environment
Agenda
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
- Describe day zero operations for VMware Telco Cloud Automation
- Describe the VMware Telco Cloud Automation architecture
- List the steps to perform VMware Telco Cloud Automation deployment
- List the steps to perform VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane integration
- Describe VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane scaling
- Describe the requirements for other applications such as vRealize Orchestrator and Harbor
- Describe where, when, and how to use VMware Telco Cloud Automation tagging
- Describe infrastructure automation
- List the use cases of infrastructure automation
- List the benefits of infrastructure automation
- Describe the infrastructure requirements of infrastructure automation
- Describe the infrastructure automation domains
- List the steps to deploy an infrastructure using infrastructure automation
- Describe the VMware Telco Cloud Automation infrastructure options
- Describe VMware Telco Cloud Automation infrastructure requirements
- Outline the role of virtual infrastructure and VMware Telco Cloud Automation
- Identify the benefits of public and private infrastructures
- List the steps to integrate a VM-based virtual infrastructure
- List the steps to integrate a container-based virtual infrastructure
- Describe private infrastructure requirements
- Define containers as a service (CaaS)
- List the challenges of CNF deployment without automation
- Describe the Kubernetes and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid architectures
- List steps to create a Kubernetes cluster template
- Describe the process for deploying node pools and groups
- List the steps to support anti-affinity of workload cluster nodes
- Describe cluster monitoring
- List CaaS scale options
- Describe partner integration and the types of partners
- Describe Harbor and the various Harbor platforms
- List the steps to interface with a Harbor platform
- Compare and contrast specialized VNF managers (S-VNFMs) and generic VNF managers (G-VNFMs)
- Explain how to add an S-VNFM
- Define S-VNFM use cases
- List the benefits and challenges of using Airgap
- Describe the roles of network services and network functions
- List the types of descriptors
- Describe the role of TOSCA
- Describe the role of onboarding
- List the steps to onboard network functions and network services
- Examine the results of the onboarding process
- List the steps to instantiate network functions and network services
- Examine the results of the instantiation process
- Explain the resources that can be accessed in vSphere
- Define the role of a vCenter Server system in credential management
- Define the role of Keycloak in credential management
- Describe the procedures to create, delete, and modify rules using vCenter Server
- Explain how to control and verify access to vSphere resources
- List the roles in VMware Telco Cloud Automation
- Explain the tasks and list the levels of permissions needed in VMware Telco Cloud Automation
- List all the permissions and filters that can be implemented in VMware Telco Cloud Automation
- Explain the life cycle stages in VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane
- Explain the life cycle stages in VMware Telco Cloud Automation
- Define an upgrade schedule
- Apply an upgrade schedule for life cycle management of the VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane
- Apply an upgrade schedule for life cycle management in VMware Telco Cloud Automation
- Describe network function and network service life cycle management events
- Execute network function and network service healing
- Perform network function and network service termination
- List the components of the VMware Telco Cloud Automation dashboard
- Explain the features of fault management in VMware Telco Cloud Automation
- Explain the features of performance management in VMware Telco Cloud Automation
- Describe the use of fault management of VMware Telco Cloud Automation for VNFs and CNFs
- Describe the use of performance management of VMware Telco Cloud Automation for VNFs and CNFs
- Describe the use of CCLI for troubleshooting
- Define the procedures to integrate vRealize Operations Manager with VMware Telco Cloud Automation
- Describe how to use vRealize Operations
- Define the VMware Telco Cloud Automation API
- Explain the API architecture
- Describe VMware Telco Cloud Automation API use cases
- Describe how to request security tokens for implementation
- Explain how to implement commands through external systems using APIs
- Describe continuous integration and continuous delivery (CICD)
- List the benefits and challenges of CICD
- Describe how VMware Telco Cloud Automation can be used in a CICD environment
- Explore VMware Telco Cloud Automation CICD examples
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