The PNF PnP flow is method, which allows to register within ONAP/AAI a PNF resource instance. This PNF resource instance is correlated with an existing service instance.
Once a PNF resource is registered, the infrastructure service instantiation flows are able to continue the service instantiation, by calling controllers, which in turn configure the PNF instance.
While this page was created in the R2 "Beijing" release, it is the "Base" Plug and Play page and applies for R2 through R9 (Honolulu).
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OVERVIEW OF PNF Plug and Play
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TOPIC | DESCRIPTION |
PNF Registration Handler (PRH) Improvements | pnfRegistration Domain - New VES Event domain for PNF registration with corresponding support in VES collector, DMaaP and PRH. PRH & AAF Integration – intra-ONAP security improvements Integration – Integration of Beijing software deliveries. DU Simulator Update – Support of new domain and updates to the DU simulator to match changes made in Casablanca. |
SO Workflow enhancements | Integration - Introduction of dedicated 5G use case work-flow. While the PnP Work-flow was coded in Beijing it was not delivered in that time frame. PNF Controller Interaction – SO to the PNF controller interaction is developed in Casablanca (R3). |
Service Configuration Improvement | PNF Controller – Service configuration improvements from PNF Controller to PNF after PNF registration to PRH. Five optional parameters are requested to be supported with the Casablanca release (R3). |
Security Enhancements | Security Enhancements – Authentication, Certificates, User name & password and intra-ONAP security are used by the Plug and Play Use case. |
Modeling enhancements | PNF Model – Modeling enhancements to support 5G PNF in ONAP with support for the new SoftwareVersionList parameter. |
PNF Onboarding / Package | PNF Package - Defining PNF Onboarding Package. Extending framework to work with PNFs. Defining PNF Package framework. The PNF package artifacts will be delivered in Dublin such as the PM dictionary and FM Yaml dictionary. The definition of these are explored in Casablanca. |
Plug and Play Overview Slides, Demos and Talks
The following table has some of the Plug and Play overview slides, demos and talks
| Description | File |
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PnP Overview Presentation & Talk (from R7 Guilin Release) | |
| PnP Overview Presentation & Talk | Use Case Realization Call: February 19, 2020 |
ROADMAP - PNP Plug and Play Evolution per Release
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| Release | Wiki Link |
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| R2/R3 Beijing Casablanca | 48534348 (This base page) |
| R4 Dublin | 5G - PNF Plug and Play (Casablanca carry-over items) |
| R5 El Alto | Maintenance Release |
| R6 Frankfurt | PNF PLUG and PLAY in R6 Frankfurt |
| R7 Guilin | R7 PNF Plug and Play PnP |
| R8 Honolulu | R8 PNF Plug and Play Use Case |
| R9 Istanbul | (No new development) |
The following table show the PnP Roadmap
PnP Flow STEP | BEIJING (R2) | CASABLANCA (R3) | DUBLIN (R4) 5G - PNF Plug and Play (Casablanca carry-over items) | FRANKFURT (R6) PNF PLUG and PLAY in R6 Frankfurt |
1 Resource Definition | Initial Development | No S/W Change; First Integration | This is now handled with the PNF Pre-onboarding/Onboarding use case: | |
2 Service Definition | Initial Development | SDC: new PNF model parameters | ||
3 Type Modeling Artifacts | Initial Development | No S/W Change; First Integration | ||
4 Resource Declaration | Initial Development | Alt Operator`s Inventory Management system supported | ||
5 Create A&AI PNF Entry | Initial Development | Alt Operator`s Inventory Management system supported | PNF Schema change from PNFID (new) and redacting (PNF-name old) | |
13 ONAP Compliant S/W | Initial Development | No S/W Change; First Integration | ||
15 Work Order to SO | Initial Development | SO: First R2 Integration | VID enhancements with new Presentation Layer Controller to NF association architecture (development in El Alto) | |
16 Service Instantiation | Initial Development | SO: First R2 Integration | ||
17 Homing OOF Sniro | Initial Development | SO: First R2 Integration | ||
18 Resource RLF | Initial Development | SO: First R2 Integration | ||
19 Check A&AI Entry | Initial Development | SO: First R2 Integration | A&AI Schema update using PNF-ID instead of PNF-name | |
20 Create A&AI Entry | Initial Development | SO: First R2 Integration | ||
21 Subscribe VES Event | Initial Development | SO: First R2 Integration | ||
22 RLF Thread Terminates to Wait State | Initial Development | SO: First R2 Integration | ||
25 Authenticates PNF Connection | Initial Development | Enhanced ONAP Security developed. TLS, Certificate support, Authentication | Certificate Authentication for HTTPS/TLS | |
26, 28 PNF Registration VES Events | Initial Development | New pnfRegistration domain, Static DMaaP topics | A new EPIC the PNF Re-Registration Use Case is introduced (see this Wiki) | |
27 Inventory Query (A&AI) | Initial Development | New pnfRegistration domain | A&AI Schema update using PNF-ID instead of PNF-name | |
29 Inventory Query (A&AI) | Initial Development | New pnfRegistration domain | ||
30 Update PNF Entry | Initial Development | New pnfRegistration domain | ||
31 PNF Ready | Initial Development | New pnfRegistration domain | ||
34 Update PNF WF | Initial Development | SO: First R2 Integration | ||
35 Network Assignments | Initial Development | SDN-C: PNF PnP Development | ||
36 Configure | Initial Development | SO: First R2 Integration | ||
37 Service Configuration | Initial Development | PNF Controller development | Controller to NF association architecture (development in El Alto) New API between SO to SDNC. NETCONF support for Configuration (see the Netconf Use Case) | |
38 SO Updates w/ Assignments | Initial Development | No S/W Change; First Integration | ||
39 Controller Replies | Initial Development | No S/W Change; First Integration | ||
40 Service Running | Initial Development | No S/W Change; First Integration | ||
41 Monitors Service | Initial Development | No S/W Change; First Integration | ||
42 Inform OSS | Initial Development | No S/W Change; First Integration |
The Dublin PnP Enhancements can e found on this wiki:
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