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VNFC Run Time Model
QAAI (aai_schema_v11 vnfc) ECOMP IM (VNFC Instance) ETSI IFA008 (VnfcInfo) Comment Description vnfc-name vnfcInstanceId identifier of the vnfc instance nfc-naming-code
Q: Related to monitoring? Is it used internally in AAI?Xu: Need specification/reference for the value of this attribute? Xu: Should the attribute name aligned to "vnfc"? short code of the vnfc instance nfc-function Xu: Should the attribute name aligned to "vnfc"? description of the vnfc instance prov-status
QXu: need further clarification on how this attribute is used Trigger for operational monitoring of this resource by Service Assurance systems orchestration-status vnfcState
QXu: Is it the same as vnfcState (i.e., start or stop)? Orchestration status of this VNF, mastered by APP-C ipaddress-v4-oam-vip
QXu: Is this attribute mandatory? and applicable for all kinds of VNFCs? Oam V4 vip address of this vnfc in-maint whether in maintenance mode is-closed-loop-disabled
Is it used internally in AAI?group-notationXu:
Qused by DCAE? used to indicate whether closed loop function is enabled on this node group-notation Xu: need further clarification on how this attribute is used Group notation of VNFC model-invariant-id vduId the SDC model id for this resource model model-version-id the SDC model version for this resource model resource-version Xu: Is it used internally in AAI? can be omitted in the general model. Used for optimistic concurrency. Must be empty on create, valid on update and delete l3-interface-ipv4-address-list l3 interface addresses, ipv4 l3-interface-ipv6-address-list l3 interface addresses, ipv6 relationship-list association (VM, Docker, LXC) AAI: relationship with vserver, vf-module and generic-vnf
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VNFC Design Time Model
SDC (abstract.nodes.VFC) ECOMP IM (VNFCCatalogItem) ETSI IFA011 (VDU/VduProfile) Comment Description Nfc_function description Xu: Should the attribute name aligned to "vdu"? description of the vdu High_availability An optional String property that indicates the high_availability functionality of this VFC (e.g. “geo-activeactive”) Vm_image_name swImageDesc Xu: not fully aligned, need to analysis which information need to be exposed Name or information of the software image used by the vdu. Vm_flavor_name An optional String property that provides the vm flavor name Nfc_naming_code Xu: aligned with AAI model Mandatory String property that describes the role of the VFC in the VF context. E.g. Signaling Session Controller (SSC), Media Session Controller (MSC) Vm_type_tag Mandatory String property that indicates the vm-type as was defined by vendor Nfc_naming name name of the vdu Min_instances minNumberOfInstances minimal amount of the VNFC instances allowed to be instantiated in the containing VNF instance Max_instances maxNumberOfInstances maximum amount of the VNFC instances allowed to be instantiated in the containing VNF instance UUID vduId identifier of the model (other metadata attributes) version of the model, type of the model, category/subcategory, ... association (VNFCConfiguration, VNFCCapability) intCpd Describes network connectivity between a VNFC instance (based on this Vdu) and an internal Virtual Link (VL).
virtualComputeDesc Describes CPU, Memory and acceleration requirements of the Virtualisation Container realising this Vdu.
virtualStorageDesc Describes storage requirements for a VirtualStorage instance attached to the virtualisation container created from virtualComputeDesc defined for this Vdu.
bootOrder The key indicates the boot index (lowest index defines highest boot priority). The Value references a descriptor from which a valid boot device is created e.g. VirtualStorageDesc from which a VirtualStorage instance is created.
nfviConstraint Describes constraints on the NFVI for the VNFC instance(s) created from this Vdu.
monitoringParameter Defines the virtualised resources monitoring parameters on VDU level.
configurableProperties Describes the configurable properties of all VNFC instances based on this VDU.
localAffinityOrAntiAffinityRule Specifies affinity or anti-affinity rules applicable between the virtualisation containers (e.g. virtual machines) to be created based on this VDU.
affinityOrAntiAffinityGroupId Identifier(s) of the affinity or anti-affinity group(s) the VDU belongs to.
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VNF Run Time Model
QAAI (generic_vnf) ECOMP IM (VNF instance) ETSI IFA007 (VnfInfo) Comment Description vnf-id vnfInstanceId identifier of the vnf instance vnf-name vnfInstanceName name of the vnf instance vnf-name2
Is it used internally in AAI?Xu: use case for alternative name?
Qalternative name of the vnf instance vnf-type VFType Xu: Is there any reference/specification for the value of this attribute? String capturing type of vnf, that was intended to identify the ASDC resource. This field has been overloaded in service-specific ways and clients should expect changes to occur in the future to this field as ECOMP matures. service-id
Q: Is it used internally in AAI?Xu: deprecated? Unique identifier of service, does not necessarily map to ASDC service models. SOON TO BE DEPRECATED regional-resource-zone Regional way of organizing pservers, source of truth should define values prov-status
Q: Is it used internally in AAI?Xu: Need clarification, similar to vnfc instance model. Trigger for operational monitoring of this resource by Service Assurance systems. operational-status
QXu: Need clarification on how this attribute is used. Indicator for whether the resource is considered operational. Valid values are in-service-path and out-of-service-path. license-key Xu: deprecated? OBSOLETE - do not use equipment-role
Q: need use case analysisXu: Please clarify the usage of this attribute. Client should send valid enumerated value orchestration-status Xu: only used by SO? Orchestration status of this VNF, used by MSO. heat-stack-id Xu: only used by SO? Heat stack id corresponding to this instance, managed by MSO mso-catalog-key Xu: only used by VCE? Corresponds to the SDN-C catalog id used to configure this VCE management-option
QXu: Need clarification on how this attribute is used. identifier of managed by ATT or customer ipv4-oam-address
QXu: Is this attribute mandatory? and applicable for all kinds of VNFs? (same question as VNFC instance model) Address tail-f uses to configure generic-vnf, also used for troubleshooting and is IP used for traps generated by generic-vnf. ipv4-loopback0-address
QXu: same as above v4 Loopback address nm-lan-v6-address
QXu: same as above v6 Loopback address management-v6-address
QXu: same as above v6 management address vcpu
QXu: only used by uCPE? number of vcpus ordered for this instance of VNF, used for VNFs with no vservers/flavors, to be used only by uCPE vcpu-units
QXu: only used by uCPE? units associated with vcpu, used for VNFs with no vservers/flavors, to be used only by uCPE vmemory
QXu: only used by uCPE? number of GB of memory ordered for this instance of VNF, used for VNFs with no vservers/flavors, to be used only by uCPE vmemory-units
QXu: only used by uCPE? units associated with vmemory, used for VNFs with no vservers/flavors, to be used only by uCPE vdisk
QXu: only used by uCPE? number of vdisks ordered for this instance of VNF, used for VNFs with no vservers/flavors, to be used only uCPE vdisk-units
QXu: only used by uCPE? units associated with vdisk, used for VNFs with no vservers/flavors, to be used only by uCPE in-maint indicate whether or not this object is in maintenance mode (maintenance mode = true). This field (in conjunction with prov-status) is used to suppress alarms and vSCL on VNFs/VMs is-closed-loop-disabled
resource-versionindicate whether closed loop function is enabled on this node resource-version Xu: Is it used internally in AAI?
Qcan be omitted in the general model. Used for optimistic concurrency. Must be empty on create, valid on update and delete. summary-status
QXu: deprecated? details regarding the generic-vnf operation, PLEASE DISCONTINUE USE OF THIS FIELD. encrypted-access-flag indicates whether generic-vnf access uses SSH entitlement-assignment-group-uuid
QXu: deprecated? UUID of the Entitlement group used for licensing VNFs, OBSOLETE - See child relationships. entitlement-resource-uuid
QXu: deprecated? UUID of the specific entitlement resource. OBSOLETE - See child relationships license-assignment-group-uuid
QXu: deprecated? UUID of the license assignment group. OBSOLETE - See child relationships. license-key-uuid
Q: Is itXu: deprecated? UUID of the actual license resource. OBSOLETE - See child relationships. model-invariant-id VNF Model Id vnfdId identifier of the VNF model model-version-id VNF Model Version vnfdVersion version of the VNF model persona-model-version
?Xu: It seems to be used internally in AAI
Q, need clarification on the usage of this attribute. the ASDC model version for this resource or service model model-customization-id vnfConfigurableProperty captures the id of all the configuration used to customize the resource for the service widget-model-id
QXu: Is it used internally in AAI? Can be omitted in general model the ASDC data dictionary widget model. This maps directly to the A&AI widget. widget-model-version
QXu: Is it used internally in AAI? Can be omitted in general model the ASDC data dictionary version of the widget model.This maps directly to the A&AI version of the widget. as-number
QXu: Please clarify the usage of this attribute. as-number of the VNF regional-resource-subzone Regional way of organizing pservers, source of truth should define values nf-type
QXu: What's the difference between vnf-type and nf-type? Generic description of the type of NF nf-function vnfInstanceDescription description of the VNF instance nf-role NetworkRole role in the network that this model will be providing nf-naming-code string assigned to this model used for naming purposes selflink Xu: what controller? Path to the controller object ipv4-oam-gateway-address
QXu: Is this attribute mandatory? and applicable for all kinds of VNFs? Gateway address ipv4-oam-gateway-address-prefix-length
QXu: same as above Prefix length for oam-address vlan-id-outer Xu: only used by VCE? Temporary location for S-TAG to get to VCE nm-profile-name Network Management profile of this VNF relationship-list Xu: Is the description correct? relationship with l-interface, availability-zone, lag-interface, l3-network, pserver, vserver, service-instance, vf-module, volume-group, vnfc and logical-link
l-interfaces logical interfaces lag-interfaces Collection of link aggregate interfaces vf-modules a deployment unit of VNFCs licenses license information entitlements entitlement information HomingPolicy Reference to VNF-level homing policy that ECOMP will use when VNF deployment target node is auto-selected TargetNodePrompt "Y" indicates operator-supplied VNF instance target deployment node required. Present prompt to operator: "Enter target node for deployment of this VNF instance"
"N" indicates that the target deployment node for this VNF instance will be auto-selected by ECOMPVLAN Range Plan Identifies the VNF-level VLAN Range Plan that must be used by ECOMP to assign VLAN tags to an instance of this VNF type VNF Name Prompt "Y" indicates operator-supplied VNF name required. Present prompt to operator: "Enter the name for this VNF instance"
"N" indicates that the name for the VNF instance will be auto-generated by ECOMPVNF Naming Policy Reference to VNF-level naming policy that ECOMP will use when VNF-level name is auto-generated VNF Network Tag Must correlate to the set of defined “network-role” identifiers from the associated HEAT templates vnfSoftwareVersion Software version of the VNF. This is changed when there is any change to the software that is included in the VNF
Package.vnfProvider Provider of the VNF and of the VNFD. vnfProductName Name to identify the VNF Product. Invariant for the VNF Product lifetime.
onboardedVnfPkgInfoId Identifier of the specific VNF Package on which the VNF is based.
instantiationState The instantiation state of the VNF instance. Possible values: NOT_INSTANTIATED (VNF instance is terminated or not instantiated, and the identifier of the VNF instance exists), INSTANTIATED (VNF instance is instantiated).
instantiatedVnfInfo Information specific to an instantiated VNF instance. Shall be present if the VNF is in INSTANTIATED instantiation state.
metadata Additional VNF-specific metadata describing the VNF instance.
extension VNF-specific attributes that affect the lifecycle management of this VNF instance by the VNFM, or the lifecycle management scripts.
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VNF Design Time Model
vnfProductInfoDescriptionSDC (generic_VF) ECOMP IM (VNFCatalogItem) ETSI IFA011 (VNFD) Comment Description Nf_function description vnfProductInfoDescription description of the VNF model Nf_role Mandatory property for short code that defines a Network function that the Vendor Software or PNF is providing. E.g. vCE, vARM Nf_naming_code short-name Mandatory string providing short code that is used in VNF, PNF, and VM instance naming. The NF Code can be the same value or a different value than the NF Role. Nf_type Mandatory String property defining a generic type (like category) of the VF. The value is regulated and should be from a list defined in ASDC. Nf_naming name vnfProductName vnfProductInfoName name of the VNF vnfProductInfoName Human readable name for the VNF Product. Can change during the VNF Product lifetime.
Availability_zone_max_count Xu: need clarfication on how this attribute is used. An optional integer of availability zones count in the VF. Value should be either 0, 1 or 2 Min_instances An optional property declaring the minimum number of this VF in the Service Max_instances An optional property declaring the maximum number of this VF in the Service UUID id vnfdId identifier of the VNF model logo logo vendor vnfProvider Provider of the VNF and of the VNFD. version version vnfdVersion version of the VNF model vnfSoftwareVersion Software version of the VNF. This is changed when there is any change to the
software that is included in the VNF Package.vnfmInfo Identifies VNFM(s) compatible with the VNF described in this version of the
VNFD.localizationLanguage Information about localization languages of the VNF (includes e.g. strings in the
VNFD).defaultLocalizationLanguage Default localization language vdu Virtualisation Deployment Unit. VNFC model virtualComputeDesc Defines descriptors of virtual compute resources to be used by the VNF.
virtualStorageDesc Defines descriptors of virtual storage resources to be used by the VNF.
intVirtualLinkDesc Represents the type of network connectivity mandated by the VNF provider between two or more CPs which includes at least one internal CP.
vnfExtCpd Describes external interface(s) exposed by this VNF enabling connection with a VL.
deploymentFlavour Describes specific DF(s) of a VNF with specific requirements for capacity and
performance.configurableProperties Describes the configurable properties of the VNF (e.g. related to auto scaling and
auto healing).modifiableAttributes Describes the modifiable attributes of the VNF.
lifecycleManagementScript Includes a list of events and corresponding management scripts performed for the VNF.
elementGroup Describes the associated elements (i.e. VDUs and/or VLs) of a VNFD for a certain purpose during VNF lifecycle management.
vnfIndicator Xu: Indicators are vendor-specified information which can indicate the VNF behaviour. Declares the VNF indicators that are supported by this VNF.
autoScale Rule that determines when a scaling action needs to be triggered on a VNF
instance e.g. based on certain VNF indicator values or VNF indicator value
changes or a combination of VNF indicator value(s) and monitoring parameter(s).
PNF Run Time Model
PNF Design Time Model
Network Run Time Model
Network Design Time Model