5G has challenging performance requirements which will require some VNFs to utilize hardware optimization. For example, a VNF may utilize SR-IOV and DPDK to bypass the Linux IP stack and minimize latency.
In order to support this it will be necessary to model and orchestrate VNF requirements and compute host support for attributes such as:
- Real-time kernel and hypervisor
- Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
- CPU Pinning
- NUMA Awareness
- Data Plan Development Kit (DPDK)
Project | Impact |
|---|---|
SDC | Support modeling EPA attributes. |
Policy | Support definition of homing policies based on EPA attributes. |
APPC | Support configuration of EPA settings. |
SO | Support additional HEAT features. |
MULTICLOUD | Support setting/getting EPA attributes. |
| A&AI | Support EPA attributes. |