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authorRyota MIBU <r-mibu@cq.jp.nec.com>2015-06-19 21:27:31 +0900
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https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/#/c/385 Co-Authored-By: Bertrand Souville <souville@docomolab-euro.com> Change-Id: Ia81988cdee7568134d349752685c898a99b01744 Signed-off-by: Ryota MIBU <r-mibu@cq.jp.nec.com>
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.. glossary::
+ 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 [7] terminology.
+
NFV
Network Function Virtualization
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and software components which build up the environment in which VNFs are
deployed.
- VNF
- Virtualized Network Function. Implementation of an Network Function that
- can be deployed on a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI).
-
- 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).
-
NFVO
Network Functions Virtualization Orchestrator; functional block that
manages the Network Service (NS) lifecycle and coordinates the management
@@ -31,33 +28,36 @@ mapping/translating the OPNFV terms to terminology used in other contexts.
(supported by the VIM) to ensure an optimized allocation of the necessary
resources and connectivity.
- VNFM
- Virtualized Network Function Manager; functional block that is responsible
- for the lifecycle management of VNF.
-
- Consumer
- User-side Manager; consumer of the interfaces produced by the VIM; VNFM,
- NFVO, or Orchestrator in ETSI NFV [7] terminology.
+ Physical resource
+ Actual resources in NFVI; not visible to Consumer.
- Administrator
- Administrator of the system, e.g. OAM in Telco context.
+ 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 Storage
- Virtualized non-volatile storage allocated to a VM.
-
Virtual network
Virtual network routes information among the network interfaces of VM
instances and physical network interfaces, providing the necessary
connectivity.
- Physical resource
- Actual resources in NFVI; not visible to Consumer.
-
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 an Network Function that
+ can be deployed on a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI).
+
+ VNFM
+ Virtualized Network Function Manager; functional block that is responsible
+ for the lifecycle management of VNF.