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authorIldiko Vancsa <ildiko.vancsa@ericsson.com>2016-04-19 22:44:48 +0200
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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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+**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::
+
+ 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.
+
+ 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.
+
+ VNF
+ Virtualized Network Function. Implementation of an Network Function that
+ can be deployed on a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure
+ (NFVI).