VMware Telco Cloud Platform for Radio Access Network: Install, Configure, Manage [V1.5] - BETA 

Introduction and course logistics

Course objectives

Describe day 0 operations for VMware Telco Cloud Automation

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 various container use cases

Describe the Kubernetes architecture

List the role 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 various 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

List the steps to onboard a network service

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

Apply an upgrade schedule to manage the life cycle of the VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane

Apply an upgrade schedule to manage the life cycle of VMware Telco Cloud Automation

Describe network function life cycle management events

Execute healing

Perform a termination

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-RAN dashboards

List the components of the VMware Telco Cloud Platform-RAN dashboards

Explain the features of fault management in VMware Telco Cloud Platform-RAN

Describe the use of fault management in VMware Telco Cloud Platform-RAN for network functions

Describe the use of performance management in VMware Telco Cloud Platform-RAN for network functions

Describe the use of logs in VMware Telco Cloud Platform-RAN

Troubleshoot using VMware Telco Cloud Platform-RAN 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 VMware Telco Cloud Automation API use cases

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