A VNFDesc is a deployment template which describes a VNF in terms of deployment and operational behaviour requirements. It also contains connectivity, interface and virtualised resource requirements.

References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 (VNFD)

Associations

table of relationships

Related Class	Type	Name	Description	Cardinality
ResourceDescriptor	generalization	IsASubclass	VNF Descriptor is a Subclass of Resource Descriptor
VDUDesc	association	VNFDescComposedOf	A VNF Descriptor is composed of one or more VDU Descriptors	1 to 1..*
VirtualStorageDesc	association	VNFCDescUses	A VNF Descriptor uses 0 or more Virtual Storage Descriptors	0..1 to 0..*
VNFVirtualLinkDesc	association	VNFDescHas	A VNF Descriptor has 0 or more Virtual Link Descriptors	0..1 to 0..*
VNFDeploymentFlavor	association	VNFDescHas	A VNF Descriptor has 1 or more Flavors	0..1 to 1..*
LifeCycleManagementOperationDesc	association	VNFDescOperations	A VNF Descriptor has 0 or more Lifecycle Management Operation Descriptors	0..1 to 0..*
VNFExtCPDesc	assocation	VNFDescHas	A VNF Descriptor has 1 or more External Connection Point Descriptors	0..1 to 1..*

Attributes

table of attributes

Attribute	Qualifier	Cardinality	Content	Description
vnfProvider	M	1	String	Provider of the VNFD. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011

configurableProperties

vnfProductName

M

0..*ConfigurablePropertiesDescribes the configurable properties of the VNF (e.g. related to auto scaling and auto healing)

1

String

Name to identify the VNF Product. Invariant for the VNF Product name for lifetime of the VNF.
References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011

configurableProperties

vnfSoftwareVersion

M

0..*ConfigurablePropertiesDescribes the configurable properties

1

String

Software version of the VNF

(e.g. related to auto scaling and auto healing)

. This is changed when there is any change to the software that is included in the VNF Package.
References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011

configurableProperties

vnfdVersion

M

0..*ConfigurablePropertiesDescribes the configurable properties of the VNF (e.g. related to auto scaling and auto healing).

1

String

Version of the VNFD.
References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011

configurableProperties

vnfProductInfoName

M

0..

*Describes the configurable properties of the VNF (e.g. related to auto scaling and auto healing).
References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011

1

ConfigurableProperties

String	Human readable name for the VNF Product. Can change during the VNF Product lifetime.
vnfProductInfoDescription	M	1	String	Human readable description of the VNF Product. Can change during the VNF Product lifetime. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011
vnfmInfo	O	0..*	String	Identifies VNFM(s) compatible with the VNF described in this version of the VNFD. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011
configurableProperties	M	0..*	ConfigurableProperties	Describes the configurable properties of the VNF (e.g. related to auto scaling and auto healing). References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011
modifiableAttributes	M	0..*	NameValuePair	Describes the VNF-specific attributes that are modifiable. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011
vnfIndicator	M	0..*	NameValuePair	Declares the VNF indicators that are supported by this VNF, along with allowed values. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011
autoScale	M	0..*	String	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). References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011

configurablePropertiesconfigurablePropertiesM0..*ConfigurableProperties