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Comment: Changed Use Cases to Performance since this is relevant to any VNF utilizing EPA to maximize performance.
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Priority2
SummaryThe capability orchestrate and configure VNFs with EPA requirements.
Use Cases
5G
Performance
R1 StatusNot Supported.
R2 Status

5G has challenging performance requirements which will require some VNFs to utilize hardware optimization.  For example, a VNF may utilize SR-IOV and DPDK to bypass the Linux IP stack and minimize latency.

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  • Real-time kernel and hypervisor
  • Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
  • CPU Pinning
  • NUMA Awareness
  • Data Plan Development Kit (DPDK)

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Impact

SDC

Support modeling EPA attributes.

Policy 

Support definition of homing policies based on EPA attributes.

APPC

Support configuration of EPA settings.

SO

Support additional HEAT features.

MULTICLOUD

Support setting/getting EPA attributes.

A&AISupport EPA attributes.