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authorGerald Kunzmann <kunzmann@docomolab-euro.com>2016-08-12 10:04:06 +0000
committerGerrit Code Review <gerrit@172.30.200.206>2016-08-12 10:04:07 +0000
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resources. For each resource, information about the current state, the
firmware version, etc. is provided.
+NFV IFA, OPNFV Doctor and AODH alarms
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+This section compares the alarm interfaces of ETSI NFV IFA with the specifications
+of this document and the alarm class of AODH.
+
+ETSI NFV specifies an interface for alarms from virtualised resources in ETSI GS
+NFV-IFA 005 [ENFV]_. The interface specifies an Alarm class and two notifications plus
+operations to query alarm instances and to subscribe to the alarm notifications.
+
+The specification in this document has a structure that is very similar to the
+ETSI NFV specifications. The notifications differ in that an alarm notification
+in the NFV interface defines a single fault for a single resource while the
+notification specified in this document can contain multiple faults for
+multiple resources. The Doctor specification is lacking the detailed time stamps
+of the NFV specification essential for synchronizaion of the alarm list
+using the query operation. The detailed time stamps are also of value in the event
+and alarm history DBs.
+
+AODH defines a base class for alarms, not the notifications. This means that
+some of the dynamic attributes of the ETSI NFV alarm type, like alarmRaisedTime,
+are not applicable to the AODH alarm class but are attributes of in the actual
+notifications. (Description of these attributes will be added later.) The AODH alarm
+class is lacking some attributes present in the NFV specification, fault details
+and correlated alarms. Instead the AODH alarm class has attributes for actions,
+rules and user and project id.
+
+
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| ETSI NFV Alarm Type | OPNFV Doctor Req Spec | AODH Alarm Type |
++========================+========================+========================+
+| AlarmId | FaultId | Alarm Id |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| managedObjectId | virtualResourceId | (N/A) |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| \- | \- | User_Id, Project_Id |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| alarmRaisedTime | \- | (N/A) |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| alarmChangedTime | \- | (N/A) |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| alarmClearedTime | \- | (N/A) |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| alarmState: | virtualResourceState | State: ok, alarm, |
+| New, Updated, Cleared | (e.g. normal, | insufficient data |
+| | maintenance, down, | |
+| | error) | |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| vrPerceivedSeverity: | Severity (Integer) | Severity: low, |
+| Critical, Major, Minor,| | moderate, critical |
+| Warning, Indeterminate,| | |
+| Cleared | | |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| eventTime (unclear?) | EventTime | (N/A) |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| faultType | FaultType | type |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| probableCause | ProbableCause | description |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| isRootCause | IsRootCause | \- |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| correlatedAlarmId | CorrelatedFaultId | \- |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| faultDetails | FaultDetails | \- |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+| \- | \- | actions, rule, time |
+| | | constraints |
++------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
+
+
+Table: Comparison of alarm attributes
+
+The primary area of improvement should be alignment of the perceived severity. This
+is important for a quick and accurate evaluation of the alarm. AODH thus should
+support also the X.733 values Critical, Major, Minor, Warning and Indeterminate.
+
+The detailed time stamps (raised, changed, cleared) which are essential for
+synchronizing the alarm list using a query operation should be added to the
+Doctor specification.
+
+Other areas that need alignment is the so called alarm state in NFV. Here we must
+however consider what can be attributes of the notification vs. what should be a
+property of the alarm instance. This will be analyzed later.
+
Detailed southbound interface specification
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@@ -733,6 +817,8 @@ message by using the 'events' wrapper as follows:
}
+
+
Blueprints
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