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SERVICE CREATION REQUEST – User at the VID or OSS requests for a Service instance to be created from the available services that could be instantiated. The user picks the service and finds the corresponding identifier. The user identifies the Service Model ID (what to deploy) and Service Recipe ID (how deploy). There is one Identifier per service that they wish to make an instance of. There is a catalog of available to Services that the user can select from in VID.
When the user wishes to create a Service Model, it is given a human-friendly name and a UUID is associated with the Service Model. Resources & how they are connected to the service are defined. When the user instantiates Service Model (service instances), they are given names and UUIDs are generated. When an INSTANCE of a service model is to be created, ONAP uses the UUIDs. There is a catalog of service models & list of service recipes that can be used. The user can select: (1) Macro Work-Flows and Recipes for service deploy, or (2) A la carte services: the user deploys resources manually or, (3) Macro Generic Resource flows which use "building blocks" to create recipes. The user can pick Specific Service (Generic) and GR (generic resource) flows, or custom a la carte recipes. The user Selects which recipes to use. There is a Catalog available at VID terminal and SDC makes this catalog available. The user can Create a service, distribute the service, and then it appears VID. The user sees a List of service model, he can search, and then Deploy.
SO/A&AI CREATES SERVICE RECORD – SO requests A&AI to create a Service record. SO requests A&AI to create records for the resources (VNFs, PNFs) associated with the service.
A&AI CREATES SERVICE RECORD – A&AI creates the Service Record.
SO/A&AI SERVICE CREATION RESPONSE – A&AI responds to SO with the create Service record completion and status (success/fail)
SO/OOF: HOMING ASSIGNMENT – SO requests for a homing request to OOF for VNFs (and PNFs [Future]).
OOF: PERFORMS HOMING – OOF performs the Homing function. For VNFs, the concept of “homing” means assigning the VNF to the best “cloud” region to service that VNF, which subsumes the appropriate resources needed. For a PNF, the concept of “homing” would mean finding the best ONAP instance to serve the PNF. Event collection for VNF/PNF pick best DCAE instance and/or controller instance. OOF assigns the VNFs that are part of the service to appropriate cloud locations. OOF queries A&AI for a cloud instance that has the number and type of cloud resources needed and reserves them in A&AI. There may also be requirements imposed on a relationship between the VNF and PNF (for example latency requirements). OOF Work-flows that are related to homing. (link a wiki?). For example in a RAN (Wireless) network, the CU (VNF) may need to be within a certain latency (milliseconds) "away" from the DU (PNF) which might translate at layer-0 to some kilometers away (usually by backhaul fiber). OOF homing a ANF it reserves that resource.
SO/OOF: HOMING COMPLETION – OOF responds to the Homing request with the homing assignments.
8. SO/OPENSTACK: CLOUD RESOURCE REQUEST – SO requests Openstack (Blazer) with a cloud resources request to OOF. OOF performs the NVF Orchestration. Does OOF do this? Is this not done? MEC instances.
9. OPENSTACK: ASSIGN CLOUD RESOURCES – Openstack Blazer assigns cloud resources based on the needs of the service. Assignments are balanced against NFV compute resources in each region, what is currently used/reserved and total capability. Compute resources availability to deploy a VM are consider. The NFV-Orchestration is defined in ETSI NFV. SO can trigger a reservation request. NFV orchestration can create instances of different types. NFV orchestration has a policy. OpenStack Blazer, reservations localized to the cloud instance. SO > Multi-Cloud performs the Resource assignments. SO does not call Openstack directly. A resource is something that can't just sprawl everywhere. When ONAP is homing it is looking a home for a resource (a cloud instance). Geo-diversity is not yet modeled. ANF. MCloud: Translates generic requirements of resources into VIM-specific APIs to get that resource.
10. SO/OPENSTACK: CLOUD RESOURCE RESPONSE – Openstack responds with the allocated resources.
11. SO/SDN-C NETWORK ASSIGNMENTS – SO requests SDN-C to perform the Network Assignments needed by the Service instance. Can a Subnet, Network Port be assigned? (Virtual MAC, IP address), connect to VM. VM > create port > connect to VM.
12. SDN-C NETWORK ASSIGNMENTS – SDN-C performs Network Assignments needed by the Service instance.
13. SO/SDN-C NETWORK ASSIGNMENTS – SDN-C responds to SO with the Network Assignments needed by the Service instance and the status (success/fail).
14. SO/MCLOUD INSTANTIATION REQUEST – SO requests M-Cloud to perform the VNF instantiations needed by the Service instance.
15. MCLOUD INSTANTIATION REQUEST – MCloud performs VNF instantiations. There might be "multiple" of these VNF Instantiations depending on the number of VNF resources associated with the service. VNF-Adaptor is used.
16. SO/MCLOUD INSTANTIATION RESPONSE – MCloud responds to SO with the VNF instantiations needed by the Service instance and the status (success/fail)
Continuation of SO Service Instantiation Flow:
17. ASSOCIATE RESOURCES WITH SERVICE – A la carte Create resource. Macro W/F needs service instance ID associate resource w/ Service Instance. When instantiate PNF service (PNF name) subscribe ID. Update instance in A&AI. Create a relation object where service instance ID & PNF instance ID. Relation modeled service instance + resources. Resource and can see which services it is used. VNFs create service have UUID of service instance. At creation of VNF create the Instance object.
https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/VNF+and+PNF+Building+Block+Strategy
CPE, BBS, starts when you startup the PNF. Cloud environment creates a VNF. Registered/discovered PNF, build a homing service PNF. How will this work w/ 5G RAN. BBS U/C, registering the Box, customer starting up the box. Waiting for registration event. When receive the registration configure the network, additionalfield has domain-specific information to calculate best configuration of network to configure the PNF. After homing, SO creates a resource level sub-flow w/ a globally unique UUID in A&AI. In that that in sub-flow there is a correlation done with VES. The configuration that takes place happen in the resource level sub-flows. Svc instantion, correlation ID in A&AI. VES w/ correlation ID SO does the correlation (Plug n Plug)
18. SO/CONTROLLER: ACTIVATE SERVICE REQUEST – SO requests the controller (SDN-C, SDN-R, VF-C, APP-C) to activate the service. (Where does SO get data to configure a service??). SO determines the order in which to instantiate the xNF resources. Right now SO does networks first then VNFs. Eventually this should be model-driven from TOSCA. Heirarchical resource creation & nested services.
19. CONTROLLER: ACTIVATE xNF – The controller (SDN-C, SDN-R, VF-C, APP-C) to activate the xNF resources associated with the service.
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20. CONTROLLER: CONFIGURE xNF – The controller configures the service, and configures the associated xNF resources associated with the service.
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21. A&AI Published to DMaaP - A&AI publishes on DMaaP that a new service is active, How does it know? A change in status? #1 when dealing with VNFs, the contents of A&AI created when doing something in VID. Create a VNF in a service. Record in A&AI is created immediately. (no VMs are deployed). Same for VF modules. Get back info from OpenStack, HEAT. States are then updated. #2 BBS event CPEauthenticated. BBS & Service, send registration w/ SO & Controller configure networking. Sending CPE authenticated (event means running, active, successfully configured). Go to service instance mark it as “activated”. Confirm end-user can use the services. W/F specific to services. Refer to generic building blocks. TOSCA Modeling of nodes. TOSCA orchestrator has plug-ins for clouds. Cloud specific parameters, unable to create a node in AWS/Azure. A&AI can be configured to “announce” a state change of a service.
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22. DCAE LISTENING - DCAE is listening for a new service notifications and starts to monitor the service.
23. SO/CONTROLLER: ACTIVATE SERVICE RESPONSE – The controller responds with the Service configuration, and responds to the activation service request back to SO.
24. SO/A&AI UPDATE RECORDS – SO updates the appropriate A&AI records with activation information.
25. USER NOTIFIED - SO notifies service initiator that the service is active. In this example flow, it would be the user at the VID who gets informed that the Service is available and active.
4. Post Condition
The post-conditions are:
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