VMware Telco Cloud: Day 2 Operate and Scale [V2.x]-On Demand Training

Outline

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Overview of Network Transformation

• Reviews the technologies that enable modern service provider networks
• Outlines characteristics of modern service provider networks in meeting customer application needs
• Reviews ETSI NFV architectural framework
• Describes network function management and how they are packaged

Service Delivery with VMware Telco Cloud

• Outlines the components of the VMware Telco Cloud portfolio
• Reviews the role each VMware Telco Cloud product plays in delivering telco services
• Specifies the dependencies each product has on underlying technologies

Supporting Service Delivery with VMware Telco Cloud

• Reviews the products that implements the virtualization, management, platform, and orchestration layers
• Outlines the role played by other VMware products such as NSX in delivering cloud services
• Outlines opensource integration options with VMware Telco Cloud products

Securing VMware Telco Cloud

• Reviews security threats that affect telco services
• Identifies the critical telco assets that are prone to exploitation
• Outlines best practice for securing VMware Telco Cloud products and underlying technology
• Provides overview of appropriate security controls for VMware Telco Cloud products

Service Provisioning with VMware Telco Cloud

• Reviews tools and methodologies used to gather requirements for
• Outlines how to assess cloud-native capabilities
• Specifies how to document findings
• Lists security vulnerabilities with Helm.
• Reviews VMware’s Customer Engagement process
• Outlines capture of infrastructure requirements from TCA

Designing a VMware Telco Cloud Solution

• Describes appropriate deployment topologies
• Contrasts pros and cons of design choices
• Identifies how a design choice might be affected by other factors such as NSX and TKG deployment, or data center architecture
• Outlines typical scenarios where specific products align with identified requirements
• Reviews designing for availability
• Explains how to create a design aligns with best practice
• Specifies monitoring options

Implementing VMware Telco Cloud Products

• Reviews deployment options for VMware products
• Reviews integration of new products with existing ones
• Specifies post-installation tasks
• Provides overview of monitoring tools such as vRealize Operations and vRealize Operations Network Insight
• Outlines addition of new products as data sources in monitoring tools

VMware Telco Cloud Maintenance

• Outlines typical administrative tasks in ensuring services are maintained
• Reviews native and other VMware performance monitoring tools
• Specifies how to enable and Manage network slices using VMware Telco Cloud Automation
• Provides overview of workload lifecycle management

VMware Telco Cloud Troubleshooting

• Reviews the troubleshooting tools available
• Outlines use of tools to gather useful data
• Outlines how event correlation can be used to isolate problems
• Specifies a methodology to determine the root cause of a problem
• Outlines steps to identify and resolve a problem
• Reviews scenarios where known problems are isolated and resolution steps identified

Scaling VMware Telco Cloud Products

• Outlines how to assess if operations are impacted by lack of resources now or in the future
• Reviews performance optimization options
• Identifies implications for other products if you scale VMware Telco Cloud products
• Reviews VMware sizing guidelines

Product Alignment

• VMware Telco Cloud Automation [V2.1]
• VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance [V2.1]
• VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure [V2.2]
• VMware Telco Cloud Platform [V2.2]