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Duration

5 Days

30 CPD hours

This course is intended for

Telco cloud system administrators and telco network operations engineers
Professionals who work with telco or enterprise and data center networks
Designers and operations engineers who manage telco workloads

Overview

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

This five-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in operating and troubleshooting the VMware Telco Cloud Automation environment. In this course, you are introduced to VMware Telco Cloud Automation infrastructure settings, deployment options and procedures. You will explore containers as a service and understand the workflow details of partner integration processes. You will learn about infrastructure automation and its importance in VMware Telco Cloud Automation. You will onboard and instantiate network functions and network services using hands-on lab exercises.In addition, this course teaches life cycle management workflows as well as several types of technical problems in VMware Telco Cloud Automation, which you will identify, analyze, and solve through a systematic process.

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics

Course objectives

VMware Telco Cloud Automation Installation

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

Day 1 Operations: Infrastructure Automation

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

Day 1 Operations: Infrastructure Settings

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

Day 1 Operations: Containers as a Service

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

Day 1 Operations: Partner Integration

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

Day 1 Operations: Network Functions ad Network Services

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

Day 2 Operations: Authorization Model

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

Day 2 Operations: Life Cycle Management

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

Day 2 Operations: Troubleshooting

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

Day Two Operations: API Management

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

Day Two Operations: Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery

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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