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The MSO's primary function is the automation of end-to-end service instance provisioning activities. MSO is responsible for the instantiation and release, and subsequent migration and relocation of VNFs in support of overall end-to-end service instantiation, operations and management. MSO executes well-defined processes to complete its objectives and is typically triggered by the receipt of service requests generated by other OpenECOMP components or by Order Lifecycle Management in the BSS layer. The orchestration recipe is obtained from the Service Design and Creation (SDC) component of OpenECOMP, where all service designs are created and exposed/distributed for consumption.
The MSO runs autonomously within OpenECOMP.
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