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diff --git a/docs/overview/kvmfornfv_overview.rst b/docs/overview/kvmfornfv_overview.rst index a298876e5..7c3005a04 100644 --- a/docs/overview/kvmfornfv_overview.rst +++ b/docs/overview/kvmfornfv_overview.rst @@ -2,26 +2,47 @@ .. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 -=============================== -KVMFORNFV CICD Project Overview -=============================== +======================== +KVM4NFV Project Overview +======================== + +Project Purpose +--------------- +**Purpose:** + + ``This document provides an overview of the areas that can be addressed to + enhance the KVM Hypervisor for NFV. It is intended to capture and convey the + significant changes which have been made on the KVM Hypervisor.`` + +Project Description +------------------- +The NFV hypervisors provide crucial functionality in the NFV +Infrastructure(NFVI).The existing hypervisors, however, are not necessarily +designed or targeted to meet the requirements for the NFVI. + +This design focuses on the enhancement of following area for KVM Hypervisor + +* Minimal Interrupt latency variation for data plane VNFs: + * Minimal Timing Variation for Timing correctness of real-time VNFs + * Minimal packet latency variation for data-plane VNFs +* Fast live migration The detailed understanding of this project is organized into different sections- -* **userguide** - This provides the required technical assistance to the user, in - using the KVM4NFV CICD process. * **installation procedure** - This will give the user instructions on how to deploy - available KVM4NFV CICD build scenario. + available KVM4NFV build scenario. +* **design** - This includes the parameters or design considerations taken into + account for achieving minimal interrupt latency for the data VNFs. +* **requirements** - This includes the introduction of KVM4NFV project, + specifications of how the project should work, and constraints placed upon + its execution. * **configuration guide** - This provides guidance for configuring KVM4NFV environment, even with the use of specific installer tools for deploying some components, available in the Danube release of OPNFV. -* **requirements** - This includes the introduction of KVM4NFV CICD project, - specifications of how the project should work, and constraints placed upon - its execution. -* **design** - This includes the parameters or design considerations taken into - account for achieving minimal interrupt latency for the data VNFs. * **scenarios** - This includes the sceanrios that are currently implemented in the - kvmfornfv project,features of each scenario and a general guide to how to deploy them. + kvm4nfv project,features of each scenario and a general guide to how to deploy them. +* **userguide** - This provides the required technical assistance to the user, in + using the KVM4NFV process. * **release notes** - This describes a brief summary of recent changes, enhancements and bug fixes in the KVM4NFV project. * **glossary** - It includes the definition of terms, used in the KVM4NFV project. |