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Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

  • List details of VMware Telco Cloud Platform
  • RAN List steps to deploy an infrastructure using infrastructure automation Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid and Supporting Containers as a Service List and describe process of onboarding and instantiating network functions List and describe the process of network function and platform life cycle management Describe VMware Telco Cloud Platform
  • RAN troubleshooting methods Describe the use of APIs within Telco Cloud Automation

Agenda

  • Introduction and course logistics
  • Course objectives

  • Describe day 0, day 1, and day 2 operations
  • Describe day 0 operations for VMware Telco Cloud Automation
  • List the day 0 requirements for Telco Cloud Automation functionality
  • Describe the VMware Telco Cloud Automation architecture
  • Describe the VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane architecture
  • List the VMware Telco Cloud Automation deployment options
  • List the steps to perform VMware Telco Cloud Automation deployment
  • List the steps to perform VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane integration with vSphere
  • Describe VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane scaling
  • Describe the vSphere Architecture
  • List the key VMware components that are part of vSphere
  • Describe the key use cases for vSphere

  • Describe infrastructure automation
  • List the use cases of infrastructure automation
  • Describe the requirements of infrastructure automation
  • Describe provisioning with and without infrastructure automation
  • List the benefits of infrastructure automation
  • List challenges of infrastructure automation
  • Describe the infrastructure requirements of infrastructure automation
  • Describe the infrastructure automation domains
  • Describe the process to identify the infrastructure automation domains
  • Configure an infrastructure for infrastructure automation
  • List the steps to deploy an infrastructure using infrastructure automation
  • List the steps to validate infrastructure deployment

  • Describe the role of containers in VMware Telco Cloud Platform-RAN
  • Describe the benefits and challenges of containers
  • List the container use cases
  • Describe the Kubernetes architecture
  • List the roles of nodes and clusters
  • Describe the supporting components of Kubernetes
  • Compare Kubernetes to Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
  • List the key features of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
  • Describe the architecture of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
  • List the steps to create a Kubernetes cluster template
  • Describe the process for deploying node pools and groups
  • List the steps to instantiate a cluster
  • List CaaS scale options
  • List upgrade operations
  • Describe how advanced features like Air Gap are supported

  • Describe the role of a network service
  • Describe the types of network functions
  • List the type of descriptors
  • Describe the requirements of a descriptor
  • Describe the role of TOSCA
  • Describe how TOSCA is used to create descriptors
  • Explore the basics of the TOSCA structure
  • Examine the types of descriptors
  • Describe the role of onboarding
  • List the steps to onboard a virtual network function
  • List the steps to onboard a cloud-native network function
  • Examine the results of the onboarding process
  • Describe the role of Harbor
  • Explain how to list the contents of a Harbor platform
  • List the steps to interface with a Harbor platform
  • List the steps to instantiate a virtual network function
  • List the steps to instantiate a cloud-native network function
  • Examine the results of the instantiation process
  • List the steps to instantiate a network service
  • Examine the results of the instantiation process

  • 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
  • Define workflows
  • Describe how upgrade schedules are used to manage life cycle events for the VMware Telco Cloud
  • Automation control plane
  • Describe how upgrade schedules are used to manage life cycle events for VMware Telco Cloud
  • Automation
  • Describe network function life cycle management events
  • Execute healing
  • Perform a termination
  • Execute workflows
  • Perform an upgrade
  • Describe network service life cycle management events
  • Execute network service healing
  • Set up network service monitoring
  • Perform a network service termination

  • Identify the features of the VMware Telco Cloud Platform for RAN dashboards
  • List the components of the VMware Telco Cloud Platform for RAN 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

  • Define the VMware Telco Cloud Automation API
  • Explain the API architecture
  • Describe the use cases for VMware Telco Cloud Automation API
  • Explain how to configure an external REST API
  • Describe how to request security tokens for implementation
  • Explain how to implement commands through external systems using APIs
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Technical Vendor: Other Product Line: VMWare Core Type: Core 0
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