From d0b22e1d856cf8f78e152dfb6c150e001e03dd52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerald Kunzmann Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:38:29 +0000 Subject: Update docs structure according to new guidelines in https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/DOC Change-Id: I1c8c20cf85aa46269c5bc369f17ab0020862ddc5 Signed-off-by: Gerald Kunzmann --- docs/development/requirements/glossary.rst | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 89 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/development/requirements/glossary.rst (limited to 'docs/development/requirements/glossary.rst') diff --git a/docs/development/requirements/glossary.rst b/docs/development/requirements/glossary.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2c82b37f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/development/requirements/glossary.rst @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. +.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 + +**Definition of terms** + +Different SDOs and communities use different terminology related to +NFV/Cloud/SDN. This list tries to define an OPNFV terminology, +mapping/translating the OPNFV terms to terminology used in other contexts. + + +.. glossary:: + + ACT-STBY configuration + Failover configuration common in Telco deployments. It enables the + operator to use a standby (STBY) instance to take over the functionality + of a failed active (ACT) instance. + + Administrator + Administrator of the system, e.g. OAM in Telco context. + + Consumer + User-side Manager; consumer of the interfaces produced by the VIM; VNFM, + NFVO, or Orchestrator in ETSI NFV [ENFV]_ terminology. + + EPC + Evolved Packet Core, the main component of the core network architecture + of 3GPP's LTE communication standard. + + MME + Mobility Management Entity, an entity in the EPC dedicated to mobility + management. + + NFV + Network Function Virtualization + + NFVI + Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure; totality of all hardware + and software components which build up the environment in which VNFs are + deployed. + + S/P-GW + Serving/PDN-Gateway, two entities in the EPC dedicated to routing user + data packets and providing connectivity from the UE to external packet + data networks (PDN), respectively. + + Physical resource + Actual resources in NFVI; not visible to Consumer. + + VNFM + Virtualized Network Function Manager; functional block that is + responsible for the lifecycle management of VNF. + + NFVO + Network Functions Virtualization Orchestrator; functional block that + manages the Network Service (NS) lifecycle and coordinates the + management of NS lifecycle, VNF lifecycle (supported by the VNFM) and + NFVI resources (supported by the VIM) to ensure an optimized allocation + of the necessary resources and connectivity. + + VIM + Virtualized Infrastructure Manager; functional block that is responsible + for controlling and managing the NFVI compute, storage and network + resources, usually within one operator's Infrastructure Domain, e.g. + NFVI Point of Presence (NFVI-PoP). + + Virtual Machine (VM) + Virtualized computation environment that behaves very much like a + physical computer/server. + + Virtual network + Virtual network routes information among the network interfaces of VM + instances and physical network interfaces, providing the necessary + connectivity. + + Virtual resource + A Virtual Machine (VM), a virtual network, or virtualized storage; + Offered resources to "Consumer" as result of infrastructure + virtualization; visible to Consumer. + + Virtual Storage + Virtualized non-volatile storage allocated to a VM. + + VNF + Virtualized Network Function. Implementation of a Network Function that + can be deployed on a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure + (NFVI). + +.. + vim: set tabstop=4 expandtab textwidth=80: -- cgit 1.2.3-korg