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PNF Plug and Play (Casablanca carry-over items)

Moderate

• Potential schema changes:
  • PNF
    • Enhance A&AI schema to support PNF inventory, its state, and topology / attributes unique to 5G PNF
    • Using the pnf-id (instead of pnf-name) as the index for PNF into A&AI. Achieve naming indexing consistency between PNFs and VNFs.

    • Migration for previously created PNFs

    • Impacts all API calls/all clients interacting with PNFs
  • Cloud-region
    • Tracking the Cloud Home Server (CLLI, Cloud ID); is the and association with the COMPLEX. (existing schema)

• Ingest and use 5G NF Packages (CSAR file), PNF Artifacts, Definitions, TOSCA-Metadata - Requires changes to A&AI model loader
• Run-time catalog update to associate artifacts to a PNF
• ONAP Run Time Activities: 5G Service Instantiation

Advanced 5G functionality, for Network Slicing development and early steps in long-lead development.  Service slicing allows advanced steering of services, based on policy, GW loading, and other criteria. 

Impacts:
• A&AI shall store vSSF (Virtual Slice Selection Function) inventory (and associated EMS inventory) and forward it to downstream systems (eg, DCAE, AOTS-M).  (Assumes ONAP will use a vSSF software product and a supporting EMS from some vendor.)
• Radio PNF’s are deployed and configured ( RA, TA’s & cells) and shall be persisted in A&AI.
• A&AI shall also contain inventory of available data centre sites with associated constraints.

Performance Measurements 5G RAN Bulk Upload, Casablanca Carry-over items

No A&AI impact