VMware Telco Cloud Automation deploys the 5G Core workloads. At a high level, the deployment process consists of the following steps:
- Make VMware Telco Cloud Automation aware of the infrastructure that can host CNF workloads by associating the VMware TCA-CP to a telco cloud infrastructure such as vSphere.
- Create the Kubernetes cluster on the infrastructure by using VMware Telco Cloud Automation, which will be used to deploy the CNF workload.
- Customize the control-plane node that manages the deployment of the workload based on the CNF requirements.
- Modify the operating system on the Kubernetes control-plane node to make it compatible with the CNF deployment.
- Install any add-ons that must be available on the control-plane nodes.
- Customize the worker nodes on which the CNF is deployed based on the CNF requirements.
- Deploy Platform as a Service (PaaS) components on the worker nodes that complement the CNF deployment.
- Configure role-based authentication control policies for the Kubernetes cluster.
- Deploy CNF on the worker nodes.
- Push configuration information to the workloads.
For more information, see Dell Technologies Reference Architecture for VMware Telco Cloud Platform 5G Edition 2.0 | Dell Technologies Info Hub.