Description:

This reference architecture provides guidance for designing and creating a greenfield Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) platform. This second version of the VMware vCloud NFV platform consolidates the experience gained in real world deployments, with new product and solution capabilities, to create a platform to support communication service providers in realizing the goals of Network Functions Virtualization: automating the deployment of network services, reducing network infrastructure costs, deploying network services quickly, and maintaining carrier grade service quality.