This page shows the differences between the current clean version model with ETSI IFA011 v2.5.1 and other proposed changes:
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| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes | Attribute Type |
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flavorId | Identifier | 1 | Identifier of this DF within the VNFD. | OpenModelAttribute
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| description | String | 1 | Human readable description of the DF. | OpenModelAttribute
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| vduProfile | VduProfile | 1..* | Describes additional instantiation data for the VDUs used in this flavor. | OpenModelAttribute
| Association |
| virtualLinkProfile | VirtualLinkProfile | 0..* | Defines the internal VLD along with additional data which is used in this DF. NOTE 1: This allows for different VNF internal topologies between DFs. NOTE 2: virtualLinkProfile needs to be provided for all VLs that the CPs of the VDUs in the VDU profiles connect to. | OpenModelAttribute
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| instantiationLevel | InstantiationLevel | 1..* | Describes the various levels of resources that can be used to instantiate the VNF using this flavour. Examples: Small, Medium, Large. If there is only one "instantiationLevel" entry, it shall be treated as the default instantiation level for this DF. | OpenModelAttribute
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| affinityOrAntiAffinityGroup | AffinityOrAntiAffinityGroup | 0..* | Specifies affinity or anti-affinity relationship applicable between the virtualisation containers (e.g. virtual machines) to be created using different VDUs or internal VLs to be created using different VnfVirtualLinkDesc(s) in the same affinity or anti-affinity group. NOTE: In the present specification, including either VDU(s) or VnfVirtualLinkDesc(s) into the same affinity or anti-affinity group is supported. Extension to support including both VDU(s) and VnfVirtualLinkDesc(s) into the same affinity or anti-affinity group is left for future specification. | OpenModelAttribute
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| scalingAspect | ScalingAspect | 0..* | The scaling aspects supported by this DF of the VNF. scalingAspect shall be present if the VNF supports scaling. | OpenModelAttribute
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| placementGroup | PlacementGroup | 0..* | Determine where VNFC's (VDU's) are placed with respect to the VNF | OpenModelAttribute
| Association |
| baseConfigGroup | BaseConfigGroup | 0..1 |
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Experimental | Association |
| deploymentGroup | DeploymentGroup | 1..* | DeploymentGroup provides the minimum viable VDU and associated VNFC configuration for a useable VNF. | OpenModelAttribute
Experimental | Association |
IFA011 also defines: defaultInstantiationLevelId supportedOperation vnfLcmOperationsConfiguration vnfIndicator initialDelta Should these be added? |
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| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes | Attribute Type |
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vduId | Identifier (Reference to Vdu) Model has type Vdu as this is an association end | 1 | Uniquely identifies a VDU. | OpenModelAttribute
PassedByReference | Association |
| numberOf Instances | Integer | 1 | Number of instances of VNFC based on this VDU to deploy for an instantiation level or for a scaling delta. | OpenModelAttribute
Experimental | Association |
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| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes |
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latency | Number | 1 | Maximum latency in ms. | OpenModelAttribute
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| packetDelayVariation | Number | 1 | Maximum jitter in ms. | OpenModelAttribute
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| packetLossRatio | Number | 0..1 | Maximum packet loss ratio. Cardinality is 0 if no packetLossRatio requirement exists. | OpenModelAttribute
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| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes | Attribute Type |
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groupId | Identifier | 1 | Identifies an affinity or anti-affinity group to which the affinity or anti-affinity rule applies. | OpenModelAttribute
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type Model has affinityOrAntiAffinity | Enum AffinityType with literals: "AFFINITY" "ANTI_AFFINITY) | 1 | Specifies whether the rule is an affinity rule or an anti-affinity rule. | OpenModelAttribute
valueRange: "Affinity", "Anti-Affinity" Note: Incorrect usage of value range. Remove it | Attribute |
| scope | AffinityOrAntiAffinityScope enum with literals: "NFVI_POP" "ZONE" "ZONE_GROUP" "NFVI_NODE" | 1 | Specifies the scope of the rule. | OpenModelAttribute
valueRange: "NFVI-PoP", "Zone", "ZoneGroup", "NFVI-node Note: Incorrect usage of value range. Put in enum as CAPS. |
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addressType | Identifier Both IFA011 and model have this as an enum called "AddressType" with literals: "MAC" "IP" (note: model incorrectly calls this AdressType) | 1 | Describes the type of the address to be assigned to the CP instantiated from the parent CPD. Value:
The content type shall be aligned with the address type supported by the layerProtocol attribute of the parent CPD. | OpenModelAttribute
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| l2AddressData | L2AddressData | 0..1 | Provides the information on the MAC addresses to be assigned to the CP(s) instantiated from the parent CPD. Shall be present when the addressType is MAC address. | OpenModelAttribute
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| l3AddressData | L3AddressData | 0..1 | Provides the information on the IP addresses to be assigned to the CP instantiated from the parent CPD. Shall be present when the addressType is IP address. | OpenModelAttribute
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| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes |
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iPAddressAssignment | Boolean | 1 | Specify if the address assignment is the responsibility of management and orchestration function or not. If it is set to True, it is the management and orchestration function responsibility. | OpenModelAttribute
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| floatingIpActivated | Boolean | 1 | Specify if the floating IP scheme is activated on the CP or not. | OpenModelAttribute
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| iPAddressType | Enum AddressType | 0..1 | Define address type. Values:
NOTE: The address type should be aligned with the address type supported by the layerProtocol attribute of the parent Cpd. | OpenModelAttribute
valueRange: "IPv4", "IPv6" Note: Incorrect usage of value range |
| numberOfIpAddress | Integer | 0..1 | Minimum number of IP addresses to be assigned based on this L3AddressData information element. | OpenModelAttribute
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| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes |
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associatedLayerProtocol | Enum Model has this as LayerProtocol enum | 1 | One of the values of the attribute layerProtocol of the Cpd IE. | OpenModelAttribute
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| addressData | AddressData | 0..* Model has 1 | Provides information on the addresses to be assigned to the CP(s) instantiated from the CPD. | OpenModelAttribute
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| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes |
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layerProtocol | Enum Model has enum LayerProtocol, however it doesn't define the literals: "ETHERNET", "MPLS", "ODU2", "IPV4", "IPV6" and "PSEUDOWIRE" Note: Just because we may not support all these layer protocols does not mean they shouldn't be defined. | 1..* | Identifies the protocols this VL gives access to (Ethernet, MPLS, ODU2, IPV4, IPV6, Pseudo-Wire). | OpenModelAttribute
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| flowPattern | String | 0..1 | Identifies the flow pattern of the connectivity (Line, Tree, Mesh). | OpenModelAttribute
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virtualCpuPinningPolicy | Enum Model has enum CpuPinningPolicy with values: STATIC, DYNAMIC | 0..1 | The policy can take values of "static" or "dynamic". In case of "static" the virtual CPU cores are requested to be allocated to logical CPU cores according to the rules defined in virtualCpuPinningRules. In case of "dynamic" the allocation of virtual CPU cores to logical CPU cores is decided by the VIM. (e.g.: SMT (Simultaneous Multi-Threading) requirements). | OpenModelAttribute
valueRange: "static", "dynamic" Incorrect use of valueRange |
| virtualCpuPinningRule | Not specified Editor's note: need to be specified | 0..1 | A list of rules that should be considered during the allocation of the virtual CPUs to logical CPUs in case of "static" virtualCpuPinningPolicy. | OpenModelAttribute
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requestedAdditionalCapabilityName | String | 1 | Identifies a requested additional capability for the VDU. | OpenModelAttribute
valueRange: For acceleration capabilities, reference to ETSI GS NFV-IFA 002. Incorrect use of valueRange. Put in description |
| supportMandatory | Boolean | 1 | Indicates whether the requested additional capability is mandatory for successful operation. | OpenModelAttribute
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| minRequestedAdditionalCapabilityVersion | String | 0..1 | Identifies the minimum version of the requested additional capability. | OpenModelAttribute
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| preferredRequestedAdditionalCapabilityVersion | String | 0..1 | Identifies the preferred version of the requested additional capability. | OpenModelAttribute
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| targetPerformanceParameters | KeyValuePair | 1..* | Identifies specific attributes, dependent on the requested additional capability type. | OpenModelAttribute
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isAutoscaleEnabled | Boolean | 0..1 | It permits to enable (TRUE)/disable (FALSE) the auto-scaling functionality. NOTE: A cardinality of "0" indicates that configuring this present VNF property is not supported. | OpenModelAttribute
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| isAutohealEnabled | Boolean | 0..1 | It permits to enable (TRUE)/disable (FALSE) the auto-healing functionality. NOTE: A cardinality of "0" indicates that configuring this present VNF property is not supported. | OpenModelAttribute
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| additionalConfigurableProperty | Not specified We need to specify and propose to ETSI | 0..* | It provides VNF specific configurable properties that can be modified using the ModifyVnfInfo operation. | OpenModelAttribute
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| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes |
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additionalVnfcConfigurableProperty | String | 0..N | It provides VNFC configurable properties that can be modified using the ModifyVnfInfo operation. NOTE: A cardinality of "0" indicates that configuring this present VNF property is not supported. | OpenModelAttribute
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Datatype: LifecycleManagementScript
Note: In the model this is called VnfLifecycleManagementScript to distinguish it from NsLifecycleManagementScript. Would this be the abstract class in Common?
Defines the information elements related to the lifecycle management script for the VNF.
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| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes |
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event | Enum In the model this is LcmEventType | 0..* | Describes VNF lifecycle event(s) or an external stimulus detected on a VNFM reference point. NOTE: At least one of these two attributes shall be included. | OpenModelAttribute
valueRange: for lifecycle events, include: "EVENT_START_INSTANTIATION", "EVENT_END_INSTANTIATION", "EVENT_START_SCALING", "EVENT_END_SCALING", "EVENT_START_SCALING_TO_LEVEL", "EVENT_END_SCALING_TO_LEVEL", "EVENT_START_HEALING", "EVENT_END_HEALING", "EVENT_START_TERMINATION", "EVENT_END_TERMINATION", "EVENT_START_VNF_FLAVOR_CHANGE", "EVENT_END_VNF_FLAVOR_CHANGE", "EVENT_START_VNF_OPERATION_CHANGE", "EVENT_END_VNF_OPERATION_CHANGE", "EVENT_START_VNF_EXT_CONN_CHANGE", "EVENT_END_VNF_EXT_CONN_CHANGE", "EVENT_START_VNFINFO_MODIFICATION", "EVENT_END_VNFINFO_MODIFICATION"; for external stimulus, include: receipt of request message of instantiation, scaling, healing, termination, change of VNF flavour, change of the operation state of the VNF, change of external VNF connectivity, modification of VNF information or the receipt of a notification regarding the change of a VNF indicator value. Incorrect usage of valueRange. Remove this. |
| lcmTransitionEvent | String | 0..* | Describes the transition VNF lifecycle event(s) that cannot be mapped to any of the enumerated values defined for the event attribute. NOTE: At least one of these two attributes shall be included. | OpenModelAttribute
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| script | Not specified. We should define this and propose to ETSI | 1 | Information to locate a VNF LCM script (e.g. written in a DSL as specified in requirement VNF_PACK.LCM.001) triggered to react to one of the events listed in the event attribute. | OpenModelAttribute
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| scriptDsl | String | 1 | Defines the domain specific language (i.e. the type) of script that is provided. Types of scripts could include bash, python, etc. | OpenModelAttribute
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| scriptInput | Not specifiedKeyValuePair | 0..* | Array of KVP requirements with the key as the parameter name and the value as the parameter that need to be passed as an input to the script. NOTE: The scriptInput values are passed to the scripts in addition to the parameters received in the operation invocation request or indicator value change. | OpenModelAttribute
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| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes | Attribute Type |
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| id | Identifier | 1 | Unique identifier. | OpenModelAttribute
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| name | String | 0..1 | The human readable name of the VnfIndicator. | OpenModelAttribute
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| indicatorValue | String | 1..N | Defines the allowed values or value ranges of this indicator. | OpenModelAttribute
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| source | Enum Model has VnfIndicatorSource with values: VNF, EM, BOTH | 1 | Describe the source of the indicator. This tells the consumer where to send the subscription request. | OpenModelAttribute
valueRange: "VNF", "EM", "Both" Incorrect usage of valueRange | Attribute |
Datatype: MonitoringParameter
Specifies the virtualized resource related performance metric to be tracked by the VNFM, e.g. for auto-scaling purposes. The VNFM collects the values of performance metrics identified by this information element from the VIM(s) using one or more locally initiated PM Jobs. These values can be used as inputs to auto-scaling rules
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| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes |
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| id | Identifier | 1 | Unique identifier of the monitoring parameter. | OpenModelAttribute
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| name | String | 0..1 | Human readable name of the monitoring parameter. | OpenModelAttribute
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| performanceMetric | String | 1 | Identifies the virtualized resource performance metric. | OpenModelAttribute
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| collectionPeriod | Not specified Editor's note: need to be specified and proposed to ETSI | 0..1 | An attribute that describes the recommended periodicity at which to collect the performance information. VNFM determines if this parameter is considered. The vendor may provide this information as a guidance for creating PmJobs if needed. NOTE: The MANO or NFVI may not support the recommended collectionPeriod based on their functionalities, and can reject the requests based on the recommended collectionPeriod in this case. | OpenModelAttribute
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Class: VnfdElementGroup NOTE: This is "obsolete" in V2.5.1
A VNFD Element Group is a mechanism for associating elements of a VNFD (Vdus and VnfVirtualLinkDesc(s)) for a certain purpose, for example, scaling aspects.
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| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes | Attribute Type |
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| vnfdElementGroupId | Identifier | 1 | Unique identifier of this group in the VNFD. | OpenModelAttribute
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| description | String | 1 | Human readable description of the group. | OpenModelAttribute
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| vdu | Identifier (Reference to Vdu) Model has type Vdu as this is an association end | 0..N | References to Vdus that are part of this group. | OpenModelAttribute
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| virtualLinkDesc | Identifier (Reference to VnfVirtualLinkDesc) Model has type VnfVirtualLinkDesc as this is an association end | 0..N | References to VnfVirtualLinkDesc that are part of this group. | OpenModelAttribute
| Association |
Class: PlacementGroup (Experimental) Do we propose this to ETSI?
| Attribute Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description | Applied Stereotypes | Attribute Type |
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| elementGroupId | Identifier | 1 | Unique identifier of this group in the VNFD. | OpenModelAttribute
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| placementStrategy | Enum Define an actual enum type with values: COLOCATION, ISOLATION, and EXCLUSIVELY | 1 | Determine where VNFC's (VDU's) are placed with respect to the VNF. | OpenModelAttribute
valueRange: "co-location", "isolation", "exclusively" NOTE:
Incorrect use of valueRange | Attribute |
| vnfcMembers | Not specified (should it be Identifier (Reference to Vdu)?) Good question. If it is the end of an association is should be type Vdu? | 0..N | References to Vdus that are part of this group. | OpenModelAttribute
| Association? |
| strategyScope | Enum Define an actual enum with values: HOST, and RACK | 1 | indicate if the strategy is applied at the host or rack level | OpenModelAttribute
valueRange: "host", "rack" Incorrect usage of valueRange | Attribute |
Class: BaseConfigGroup (Experimental)
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| extension | Not specified Editor's note: need to be specified and proposed to ETSI | 0..* | "Extension" attributes of VnfInfo that are writeable. | OpenModelAttribute
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| metadata | Not specified Editor's note: need to be specified and proposed to ETSI | 0..* | "Metadata" attributes of VnfInfo that are writeable. | OpenModelAttribute
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