Mapping IM (clean version) to SOL001 (data model).

vnfdId

Identifier

1

Identifier of this VNFD information element. This attribute shall be globally unique.

NOTE: The VNFD Identifier shall be used as the unique identifier of the VNF Package that contains this VNFD.

Any modification of the content of the VNFD or the VNF Package shall result in a new VNFD Identifier.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VNF

as properties

vnfProvider

String

1

Provider of the VNF and of the VNFD.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VNF

as properties

vnfProductName

String

1

Name to identify the VNF Product. Invariant for the VNF Product lifetime.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VNF

as properties

vnfSoftwareVersion

String

1

Software version of the VNF. This is changed when there is any change to the software that is included in the VNF Package.

support: MANDATORY

SOL001: tosca.nodes.nfv.VNF

as properties

Modeled as “string”

vnfdVersion

String

1

Identifies the version of the VNFD.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VNF

as properties

Modeled as “string”

vnfProductInfoName

String

0..1

Human readable name for the VNF Product. Can change during the VNF Product lifetime.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VNF

as properties

vnfProductInfoDescription

String

0..1

Human readable description of the VNF Product. Can change during the VNF Product lifetime.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VNF

as properties

vnfmInfo

String

0..N

Identifies VNFM(s) compatible with the VNF described in this version of the VNFD.

support: MANDATORY

valueRange: use the name of micro-service of the vnfm drive. For vendor specific VNFM, the value composes of "vendorname" and "vnfmdriver", e.g. "mycompanyvnfmdriver"; for generic VNFM, the value is "gvnfmdriver".

tosca.nodes.nfv.VNF

as properties

localizationLanguage

String

0..N

Information about localization languages of the VNF (includes e.g. strings in the VNFD).

NOTE: This allows to provide one or more localization languages to support selecting a specific localization language at VNF instantiation time.

support: MANDATORY

valueRange: refer to ISO936 https://www.iso.org/iso-639-language-codes.html

tosca.nodes.nfv.VNF

as properties

Modeled as “string”

defaultLocalizationLanguage

String

0..1

Default localization language that is instantiated if no information about selected localization language is available.

support: MANDATORY

valueRange: refer to ISO936 https://www.iso.org/iso-639-language-codes.html

condition: Shall be present if "localizationLanguage" is present and shall be absent otherwise.

tosca.nodes.nfv.VNF

as properties

Modeled as “string”

vdu

VDU/VDUDesc

1..N

Virtualisation Deployment Unit.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.VDU.Compute

virtualComputeDesc

VirtualComputeDesc

1..N

Defines descriptors of virtual compute resources to be used by the VNF.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.VDU.Compute

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

virtualStorageDesc

VirtualStorageDesc

0..N

Defines descriptors of virtual storage resources to be used by the VNF.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VDU.VirtualStorage

intVirtualLinkDesc

VirtualLinkDesc/VnfVirtualLinkDesc

0..N

Represents the type of network connectivity mandated by the VNF provider between two or more CPs which includes at least one internal CP.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VnfVirtualLinkDesc

vnfReservedCpd

VduCpd

0..N

Reserved IP Address for VNF which is not bounded to any specific VNFC, but assigned manually from outside and potentially shared as a floating IP among VNFCs.

support: MANDATORY

N/A in SOL001

vnfExtCpd

VnfExtCpd/VNFExtCPDesc

1..N

Describes external interface(s) exposed by this VNF enabling connection with a VL.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VnfExtCpd

deploymentFlavour

VnfDf/VNFDeploymentFlavor

1..N

Describes specific DF(s) of a VNF with specific requirements for capacity and performance.

support: MANDATORY

TBD

configurableProperties

VnfConfigurableProperties

0..1

Describes the configurable properties of the VNF (e.g. related to auto scaling and auto healing).

support: MANDATORY

tosca.datatypes.nfv.VnfConfigurableProperties

modifiableAttributes

VnfInfoModifiableAttributes

0..1

Describes the modifiable attributes of the VNF.

Editor's note: need check the usage of this attribute

support: MANDATORY

tosca.datatypes.nfv.VnfInfoModifiableAttributes

lifeCycleManagementScript

LifeCycleManagementScript/

LifeCycleManagementOperationDesc

0..N

Includes a list of events and corresponding management scripts performed for the VNF.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.interfaces.nfv.vnf.lifecycle.Nfv

elementGroup

VnfdElementGroup

0..N

Describes the associated elements of a VNFD for a certain purpose during VNF lifecycle management.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.groups.nfv.ElementGroup

vnfIndicator

VnfIndicator

0..N

Declares the VNF indicators that are supported by this VNF.

support: MANDATORY

TBD

logo

String

0..1

File path of the vendor specified logo.

support: MANDATORY

N/A in SOL001

guide

String

0..1

UUID of the vendor guide/documentation which is attached to VNF and can be downloaded from the model.

support: MANDATORY

N/A in SOL001

vduId

Identifier

1

Unique identifier of this Vdu in VNFD.

support: MANDATORY

not required

name

String

1

Human readable name of the Vdu.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.VDU.Compute

description

String

1

Human readable description of the Vdu.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.VDU.Compute

vduCpd

VduCpd/VDUCPDesc

1..N

Describes network connectivity between a VNFC instance (based on this Vdu) and an Virtual Link (VL).

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VduCpd

tosca.nodes.nfv.Cpd

virtualComputeDesc

Identifier (reference to VirtualComputeDesc)

1

Describes CPU, Memory and acceleration requirements of the Virtualisation Container realising this Vdu.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

virtualStorageDesc

Identifier (reference to VirtualStorageDesc)

0..N

Describes storage requirements for a VirtualStorage instance attached to the virtualisation container created from virtualComputeDesc defined for this Vdu.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualStorage

bootOrder

KeyValuePair/NameValuePair

0..N

Boot order of valid boot devices.

NOTE: If no boot order is defined the default boot order defined in the VIM or NFVI shall be used.

support: MANDATORY

valueRange: "key/name" indicates the the boot index (lowest index defines highest boot priority). "value" references a descriptor from which a valid boot device is created e.g. VirtualStorageDesc from which a VirtualStorage instance is created.

tosca.nodes.VDU.Compute

swImageDesc

SwImageDesc

0..1

Editor's note: the scenario of using "0" needs to be clarified.

Describes the software image which is directly loaded on the virtualisation container realising this Vdu.

NOTE: More software images can be attached to the virtualisation container using VirtualStorage resources.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.nfv.SwImage

nfviConstraint

KeyValuePair/NameValuePair

0..N

Describes constraints on the NFVI for the VNFC instance(s) created from this Vdu. For example, aspects of a secure hosting environment for the VNFC instance that involve additional entities or processes.

NOTE: These are constraints other than stipulating that a VNFC instance has access to a certain resource, as a prerequisite to instantiation. The attributes virtualComputeDesc and virtualStorageDesc define the resources required for instantiation of the VNFC instance.

support: MANDATORY

valueRange: "key/name" includes "AvailabilityZone", "HostAggregates".

tosca.nodes.VDU.Compute

monitoringParameter

MonitoringParameter

0..N

Defines the virtualised resources monitoring parameters on VDU level.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.Metric

configurableProperties

VnfcConfigurableProperties

1

Describes the configurable properties of all VNFC instances based on this VDU.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.VDU.Compute:

as properties: tosca.datatypes.nfv.VnfcConfigurableProperties

injectFiles

String

0..N

Describes the information (e.g. URL) about the scripts, config drive metadata, etc. which can be used during Vdu booting process.

support: MANDATORY

N/A in SOL001

id

Identifier

1

The identifier of this software image.

support: MANDATORY

Not required

name

String

1

The name of this software image.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.nfv.SwImage

as properties

version

String

1

The version of this software image.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.nfv.SwImage

as properties

checksum

String

1

The checksum of the software image file.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.nfv.SwImage

as properties

containerFormat

String

1

The container format describes the container file format in which software image is provided.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.nfv.SwImage

as properties

diskFormat

String

1

The disk format of a software image is the format of the underlying disk image.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.nfv.SwImage

as properties

minDisk

Number (recommended DM type: Scalar-Unit-Size)

1

The minimal disk size requirement for this software image. The value of the "size of storage" attribute of the VirtualStorageDesc referencing this SwImageDesc shall not be smaller than the value of minDisk.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.nfv.SwImage

as properties

minRam

Number (recommended DM type: Scalar-Unit-Size)

0..1

The minimal RAM requirement for this software image. The value of the "size" attribute of VirtualMemoryData of the Vdu referencing this SwImageDesc shall not be smaller than the value of minRam.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.nfv.SwImage

as properties

size

Number (recommended DM type: Scalar-Unit-Size)

1

The size of this software image.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.nfv.SwImage

as properties

swImage

Identifier (Reference to a SwImage)

1

This is a reference to the actual software image. The reference can be relative to the root of the VNF Package or can be a URL.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.nfv.SwImage

as properties

operatingSystem

String

0..1

Identifies the operating system used in the software image. This attribute may also identify if a 32 bit or 64 bit software image is used.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.nfv.SwImage

as properties

supportedVirtualisationEnvironment

String

0..N

Identifies the virtualisation environments (e.g. hypervisor) compatible with this software image.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.nfv.SwImage

as properties

virtualComputeDescId

Identifier

1

Unique identifier of this VirtualComputeDesc in the VNFD.

support: MANDATORY

Not required

logicalNode

LogicalNodeData/LogicialNodeDesc

1..N

The logical Node requirements.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties

tosca.datatypes.nfv.LogicalNodeData

requestAdditionalCapabilities

RequestedAdditionalCapabilityData

0..N

Specifies requirements for additional capabilities. These may be for a range of purposes. One example is acceleration related capabilities.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties

tosca.datatypes.nfv.RequestedAdditionalCapability

computeRequirements

KeyValuePair/NameValuePair

0..N

Specifies compute requirements.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties

virtualMemory

VirtualMemoryData/VirtualMemoryDesc

1

The virtual memory of the virtualised compute.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties

tosca.datatypes.nfv.VirtualMemory

virtualCpu

VirtualCpuData/VirtualCPUDesc

1

The virtual CPU(s) of the virtualised compute.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties

tosca.datatypes.nfv.VirtualCpu

cpuArchitecture

String

0..1

CPU architecture type. Examples are x86, ARM. The cardinality can be 0 during the allocation request, if no particular CPU architecture type is requested.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties tosca.datatypes.nfv.VirtualCpu

numVirtualCpu

Integer

1

Number of virtual CPUs.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties tosca.datatypes.nfv.VirtualCpu

virtualCpuClock

Number (recommended DM type: Scalar-Unit-Freq)

0..1

Minimum virtual CPU clock rate (e.g. in MHz). The cardinality can be 0 during the allocation request, if no particular value is requested.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties tosca.datatypes.nfv.VirtualCpu

virtualCpuOversubscriptionPolicy

String

0..1

The CPU core oversubscription policy e.g. the relation of virtual CPU cores to physical CPU cores/threads. The cardinality can be 0 during the allocation request, if no particular value is requested.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties tosca.datatypes.nfv.VirtualCpu

vduCpuRequirements

KeyValuePair/NameValuePair

0..N

Array of key-value pair requirements on the Compute (CPU) for the VDU.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties tosca.datatypes.nfv.VirtualCpu

virtualCpuPinning

VirtualCpuPinningData

0..1

The virtual CPU pinning configuration for the virtualised compute resource.

support: MANDATORY

editor's note: need to check whether can be optional

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties tosca.datatypes.nfv.VirtualCpu

virtualMemSize

Number (recommended DM type: Scalar-Unit-Size)

1

Amount of virtual Memory (e.g. in MB).

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties tosca.datatypes.nfv.VirtualMemory

virtualMemOversubscriptionPolicy

String

0..1

The memory core oversubscription policy in terms of virtual memory to physical memory on the platform. The cardinality can be 0 during the allocation request, if no particular value is requested.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties tosca.datatypes.nfv.VirtualMemory

vduMemRequirements

KeyValuePair/NameValuePair

0..N

Array of key-value pair requirements on the memory for the VDU.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties tosca.datatypes.nfv.VirtualMemory

numaEnabled

Boolean

0..1

It specifies the memory allocation to be cognisant of the relevant process/core allocation. The cardinality can be 0 during the allocation request, if no particular value is requested.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualCompute

as properties tosca.datatypes.nfv.VirtualMemory

id

Identifier

1

Unique identifier of this VirtualStorageDesc in the VNFD.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VDU.VirtualStorage

as properties

typeOfStorage

String

1

Type of virtualised storage resource
(e.g. volume, object).

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VDU.VirtualStorage

as properties

sizeOfStorage

Number (recommended DM type: Scalar-Unit-Size)

1

Size of virtualised storage resource
(e.g. size of volume, in GB).

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VDU.VirtualStorage

as properties

vduStorageRequirements

KeyValuePair/NameValuePair

0..N

An array of key-value pairs that articulate the storage deployment requirements.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VDU.VirtualStorage

as properties

rdmaEnabled

Boolean

0..1

Indicate if the storage support RDMA.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VDU.VirtualStorage

as properties

swImageDesc

Identifier (Reference to SwImageDesc)

0..1

Software image to be loaded on the VirtualStorage resource created based on this VirtualStorageDesc.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.artifacts.Deployment.Image

logicalNodeRequirements

KeyValuePair/NameValuePair

0..N

The logical node-level compute, memory and I/O requirements. An array of key-value pairs that articulate the deployment requirements.

This could include the number of CPU cores on this logical node, a memory configuration specific to a logical node (e.g. such as available in the Linux kernel via the libnuma library) or a requirement related to the association of an I/O device with the logical node.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.datatypes.nfv.LogicalNodeData

cpdId

Identifier

1

Identifier of this Cpd information element.

support: MANDATORY

Not required

cpRole

String

0..1

Identifies the role of the port in the context of the traffic flow patterns in the VNF or parent NS.

For example a VNF with a tree flow pattern within the VNF will have legal cpRoles of ROOT and LEAF.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.Cpd as Properties

description

String

0..1

Provides human-readable information on the purpose of the CP (e.g. CP for control plane traffic).

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.Cpd as Properties

cpProtocol

CpProtocolData

1..N

Identifies the protocol layering information the CP uses for connectivity purposes and associated information. There shall be one cpProtocol for each layer protocol as indicated by the attribute layerProtocol.

Editor's note: the attribute "layerProtocol" still needs further discussion and not included in this table.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.Cpd as Properties

trunkMode

Boolean

1

Information about whether the CP instantiated from this CPD is in Trunk mode (802.1Q or other).

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.Cpd as Properties

allowedAddressData

AddressData

0..N

For specifying floating IP(s) to be shared among Cpds, which are reserved for vnfReservedCpd described in the VNFD.

support: MANDATORY

N/A in SOL001

bitrateRequirement

Number (recommended DM type: Scalar-Unit-Rate)

0..1

Bitrate requirement on this CP.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VduCpd as properties

vnicName

String

0..1

Describes the name of the vNIC this CP attaches to, e.g. eth0. It will be configured during the Vdu booting process.

support: MANDATORY

N/A in SOL001

vnicOrder

Integer

0..1

Describes the order to create the vNIC within the scope of this Vdu.

support: MANDATORY

N/A in SOL001

vnicType

Enum

0..1

Describes the type of the vNIC this CP attaches to.

support: MANDATORY

valueRange: normal, macvtap, direct, baremetal, direct-physical and virtio-forwarder

N/A in SOL001

virtualNetworkInterfaceRequirements

VirtualNetworkInterfaceRequirements

0..N

Specifies requirements on a virtual network interface realising the CPs instantiated from this CPD.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.nodes.nfv.VduCpd as properties

tosca.datatypes.nfv. VirtualNetworkInterfaceRequirements

(inherited attributes)

All attributes inherited from Cpd.

vduId

Identifier (Reference to Vdu)

1

Uniquely identifies a VDU.

support: MANDATORY

minNumberOfInstances

Integer

1

Minimum number of instances of the VNFC based on this VDU that is permitted to exist for this flavour.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.datatypes.nfv.VduProfile as properties

maxNumberOfInstances

Integer

1

Maximum number of instances of the VNFC based on this VDU that is permitted to exist for this flavour.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.datatypes.nfv.VduProfile as properties

localAffinityOrAntiAffinityRule

LocalAffinityOrAntiAffinityRule

0..N

Specifies affinity or anti-affinity rules applicable between the virtualisation containers (e.g. virtual machines) to be created based on this VDU.

When the cardinality is greater than 1, both affinity rule(s) and anti-affinity rule(s) with different scopes (e.g. "Affinity with the scope resource zone and anti-affinity with the scope NFVI node") are applicable to the virtualisation containers (e.g. virtual machines) to be created based on this VDU.

support: MANDATORY

modeled as policy types

affinityOrAntiAffinityGroupId

Identifier

0..N

Identifier(s) of the affinity or anti-affinity group(s) the VDU belongs to.

NOTE: Each identifier references an affinity or anti-affinity group which expresses affinity or anti-affinity relationships between the virtualisation container(s) (e.g. virtual machine(s)) to be created using this VDU and the virtualisation container(s) (e.g. virtual machine(s)) to be created using other VDU(s) in the same group.

support: MANDATORY

modeled as policy types

watchdog

String

0..1

Watchdog action to be triggered by the VIM for the VNF in case the heart beat fails, e.g. reset or hard shutdown, etc.

support: MANDATORY

N/A in SOL001

vmBootUpTimeOut

Integer

0..1

Timeout value for the VNFM to wait before the successful booting up of the VDU.

support: OPTIONAL

N/A in SOL001

name

String

0..1

Provides a human readable name for the requirement.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.datatypes.nfv. VirtualNetworkInterfaceRequirements as properties

description

String

0..1

Provides a human readable description of the requirement.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.datatypes.nfv. VirtualNetworkInterfaceRequirements as properties

supportMandatory

Boolean

1

Indicates whether fulfilling the constraint is mandatory (TRUE) for successful operation or desirable (FALSE).

support: MANDATORY

tosca.datatypes.nfv. VirtualNetworkInterfaceRequirements as properties

networkInterfaceRequirements

KeyValuePair/NameValuePair

0..N

The network interface requirements. An element from an array of key-value pairs that articulate the network interface deployment requirements.

support: MANDATORY

tosca.datatypes.nfv. VirtualNetworkInterfaceRequirements as properties