Testing of activate/deactivate & terminate scenarios of this this option is deferred to next release.
Architecture
In this scenario, NSMF itself will be taking care of the TN front haul and back haul slice subnet creation as mentioned in the architecture below.
SDC design
SDC template design guide for NSMF based TN slices can be found here SDC Templates Design
Manual Configurations for 5G network Slicing
Manual Configurations for 5G network Slicing
In the manual configuration sections, for creating the optimization policies, the following set of policies needs to be used instead of the one mentioned in the page
Running the simulators
Instructions to setup CN NSSMF simulators can be found here: Internal Core NSSMF Simulator Use Guide
UUI operations (Creating communication service, Activation)
There are no changes in the UI for the NSMF based TN slices. It is same as the usual operations. The UUI operation details can be found here.
UI Operation Guidance for 5G Network Slicing Use Case