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+
+============
+Introduction
+============
+
+Resource reservation is a basic function for the operation of a virtualized
+telecom network. In resource reservation, VIM reserves resources for a certain
+period as requested by the NFVO. A resource reservation will have a start time
+which could be into the future. Therefore, the reserved resources shall be
+available for the NFVO requested purpose (e.g. for a VNF) at the start time for
+the duration asked by NFVO. Resources include all three resource types in an
+NFVI i.e. compute, storage and network.
+
+Besides, NFVO requires abstracted NFVI resource capacity information in order
+to take decisions on VNF placement and other operations related to the virtual
+resources. VIM is required to inform the NFVO of NFVI resource state
+information for this purpose. Promise project aims at delivering the detailed
+requirements on these two features defined in ETSI NFV MAN GS [5], the list of
+gaps in upstream projects, potential implementation architecture and plan, and
+the VIM northbound interface specification for resource reservation and
+capacity management.
+
+Problem description
+===================
+
+OpenStack, a prominent candidate for the VIM, cannot reserve resources for
+future use. OpenStack requires immediate instantiation of Virtual Machines
+(VMs) in order to occupy resources intended to be reserved. Blazar can reserve
+compute resources for future by keeping the VMs in shelved mode. However, such
+reserved resources can also be used for scaling out rather than new VM
+instantiation. Blazar does not support network and storage resource reservation
+yet.
+
+Besides, OpenStack does not provide a northbound interface through which it can
+notify an upper layer management entity e.g. NFVO about capacity changes in its
+NFVI, periodically or in an event driven way. Capacity management is a feature
+defined in ETSI NFV MAN GS [5] and is required in network operation.
diff --git a/requirements/resource_management/02-usecase.rst b/requirements/resource_management/02-usecase.rst
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+=======================
+Use cases and scenarios
+=======================
+
+Resource reservation is a basic feature in any virtualization-based network
+operation. In order to perform such resource reservation from NFVO to VIM, NFVI
+capacity information is also necessary at the NFVO side. Below, four use cases
+to show typical requirements and solutions for capacity management and resource
+reservation is presented.
+
+#.  Resource capacity management
+#.  Resource reservation for immediate use
+#.  Resource reservation for future use
+#.  Co-existence of reservations and allocation requests without reservation
+
+Resource capacity management
+============================
+
+NFVO takes the first decision on in which NFVI it would instantiate a VNF.
+Along with NFVIs resource attributes (e.g. availability of hardware
+accelerators, particular CPU architectures etc.), NFVO needs to know available
+capacity of an NFVI in order to make an informed decision on selecting
+a particular NFVI. Such capacity information shall be in a coarser granularity
+than the respective VIM, as VIM maintains capacity information of its NFVI
+in fine details.  However a very coarse granularity, like simply the number of
+available virtual CPU cores, may not be sufficient. In order to allow the NFVO
+to make well founded allocation decisions, an appropriate level to expose the
+available capacity may be per flavor. Capacity information may be required for
+the complete NFVI, or per partition or availability zone, or other
+granularities. Therefore, VIM requires to inform the NFVO about available
+capacity information regarding its NFVI at a pre-determined abstraction, either
+by a query-response, or in an event-based, or in a periodical way.
+
+Resource reservation for immediate use
+======================================
+
+Reservation is inherently for the future. Even if some reserved resources are
+to be consumed instantly, there is a network latency between the issuance of a
+resource reservation request from the NFVO, a response from the VIM, and actual
+allocation of the requested resources to a VNF/VNFM. Within such latency,
+resource capacity in the NFVI in question could change, e.g., due to failure,
+allocation to a different request. Therefore, the response from a VIM to the
+NFVO to a resource reservation request for immediate use should have a validity
+period which shows until when this VIM can hold the requested resources. During
+this time, the NFVO should proceed to allocation if it wishes to consume the
+reserved requested. If allocation is not performed within the validity period,
+the response from VIM for a particular resource reservation request becomes
+invalid and VIM is not liable to provide those resources to NFVO/VNFM anymore.
+Reservations requests for immediate use do not have a start time but may have
+an end time.
+
+Resource reservation for future use
+===================================
+
+Network operators may want to reserve extra resources for future use. Such
+necessity could arise from predicted congestion in telecom nodes e.g. due to
+local traffic spikes for concerts, natural disasters etc. In such a case, the
+NFVO, while sending a resource reservation request to the VIM, shall include a
+start time (and an end time if necessary). The start time indicates at what
+time the reserved resource shall be available to a designated consumer e.g. a
+VNF/VNFM. Here, the requirement is that the reserved resources shall be
+available when the start time arrives. After the start time has arrived, the
+reserved resources are allocated to the designated consumer(s). An explicit
+allocation request is needed. How actually these requested resources are held
+by the VIM for the period in between the arrival of the resource reservation
+request and the actual allocation is outside the scope of this requirement
+project.
+
+Co-existence of reservations and allocation requests without reservation
+========================================================================
+
+In a real environment VIM will have to handle allocation requests without any
+time reference, i.e. time-unbound, together with time-bound reservations and
+allocation requests with an explicitly indicated end-time. A granted
+reservation for the future will effectively reduce the available capacity for
+any new time-unbound allocation request. The consequence is that reservations,
+even those far in the future, may result in denial of service for new
+allocation requests.
+
+To alleviate this problem several approaches can be taken. They imply an
+implicit or explicit priority scheme:
+
+* Allocation requests without reservation and which are time-unbound will be
+  granted resources in a best-effort way: if there is instant capacity, but the
+  resources may be later withdrawn due to the start time of a previously
+  granted reservation
+* Both allocation requests and reservation requests contain a priority which
+  may be related to SLAs and contractual conditions between the tenant and the
+  NFVI provider. Interactions may look like:
+
+  * A reservation request for future use may cancel another, not yet started,
+    reservation with lower priority
+  * An allocation request without reservations and time-unbound  may be granted
+    resources and prevent a future reservation with lower priority from getting
+    resources at start time
+  * A reservation request may result in terminating resources allocated to a
+    request with no reservation, if the latter has lower priority
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+============================================
+High level architecture and general features
+============================================
+
+Architecture Overview
+=====================
+
+.. figure:: images/figure1.png
+   :width: 90%
+
+   Resource Reservation Architecture
+
+Figure 1 shows the high level architecture for the resource reservation use
+cases. Reserved resources are guaranteed for a given user/client for the period
+expressed by start and end time. User/client represents the requestor and the
+consequent consumer of the reserved resources and correspond to the NFVO or
+VNFM in ETSI NFV terminology.
+
+Note: in this document only reservation requests from NFVO are considered.
+
+General Features
+================
+
+This section provides a list of features that need to be developed in the
+Promise project.
+
+* Resource capacity management
+
+  * Discovery of available resource capacity in resource providers
+  * Monitoring of available resource capacity in resource providers
+  * Update available resource capacity as a result of new or expired
+    reservations, addition/removal of resources. Note: this is a VIM internal
+    function, not an operation in the VIM northbound interface.
+
+* Resource reservation
+
+  * Set start time and end time for allocation
+  * Increase/decrease reserved resource's capacity
+  * Update resource reservations, e.g. add/remove reserved resources
+  * Terminate an allocated resource due to the end time of a reservation
+
+* VIM northbound interfaces
+
+  * Receive/Reply resource reservation requests
+  * Receive/Reply resource capacity management requests
+  * Receive/Reply resource allocation requests for reserved resources when
+    start time arrives
+  * Subscribe/Notify resource reservation event
+
+    * Notify reservation error or process completion prior to reservation start
+    * Notify remaining time until termination of a resource due to the end time
+      of a reservation
+    * Notify termination of a resource due to the end time of a reservation
+
+  * Receive/Reply queries on available resource capacity
+  * Subscribe/Notify changes in available resource capacity
+
+High level northbound interface specification
+=============================================
+
+Resource Capacity Management
+----------------------------
+
+.. figure:: images/figure2.png
+   :width: 90%
+
+   Resource capacity management message flow: notification of capacity change
+
+Figure 2 shows a high level flow for a use case of resource capacity
+management. In this example, the VIM notifies the NFVO of capacity change after
+having received an event regarding a change in capacity (e.g. a fault
+notification) from the NFVI. The NFVO can also retrieve detailed capacity
+information using the Query Capacity Request interface operation.
+
+.. figure:: images/figure3.png
+   :width: 90%
+
+   Resource capacity management message flow: query of capacity density
+
+Figure 3 shows a high level flow for another use case of resource capacity
+management. In this example, the NFVO queries the VIM about the actual capacity
+to instantiate a certain resource according to a certain template, for example
+a VM according to a certain flavor. In this case the VIM responds with the
+number of VMs that could be instantiated according to that flavor with the
+currently available capacity.
+
+Resource Reservation
+--------------------
+
+.. figure:: images/figure4.png
+   :width: 90%
+
+   Resource reservation flow
+
+Figure 4 shows a high level flow for a use case of resource reservation. The
+main steps are:
+
+* The NFVO sends a resource reservation request to the VIM using the Create
+  Resource Reservation Request interface operation.
+* The NFVO gets a reservation identifier reservation associated with this
+  request in the reply message
+* Using the reservation identifier reservation, the NFVO can
+  query/update/terminate a resource reservation using the corresponding
+  interface operations
+* The NFVO is notified that the resource reservation is terminated due to the
+  end time of the reservation
+
+
+Information elements
+====================
+
+Resource Capacity Management
+----------------------------
+
+Notify Capacity Change Event
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The notification change message shall include the following information
+elements:
+
+============================ ========== =====================================
+Name                         Type       Description
+============================ ========== =====================================
+Notification                 Identifier Identifier issued by the VIM for the
+                                        capacity change event notification
+Zone                         Identifier Identifier of the zone where capacity
+                                        has changed
+Used/Reserved/Total Capacity List       Used, reserved and total capacity
+                                        information regarding the resource
+                                        items subscribed for notification for
+                                        which capacity change event occurred
+============================ ========== =====================================
+
+Query Resource Capacity Request
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The capacity management query request message shall include the following
+information elements:
+
+========== ========== ======================================================
+Name       Type       Description
+========== ========== ======================================================
+Zone       Identifier Identifier of the zone where capacity is requested
+Attributes List       Attributes of resource items to be notified regarding
+                      capacity change events
+Resources  List       Identifiers of existing resource items to be queried
+                      regarding capacity info (such as images, flavors,
+                      virtual containers, networks, physical machines, etc.)
+========== ========== ======================================================
+
+The capacity management query request message may also include the following
+information element:
+
+====== ========== ==========================================================
+Name   Type       Description
+====== ========== ==========================================================
+Flavor Identifier Identifier that is passed in the request to obtain
+                  information of the number of virtual resources that can be
+                  instantiated according to this flavour with the available
+                  capacity
+====== ========== ==========================================================
+
+Query Resource Capacity Reply
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The capacity management query reply message shall include the following
+information elements:
+
+============================ ========== =====================================
+Name                         Type       Description
+============================ ========== =====================================
+Zone                         Identifier Identifier of the zone where capacity
+                                        is requested
+Used/Reserved/Total Capacity List       Used, reserved and total capacity
+                                        information regarding each of the
+                                        resource items requested to check for
+                                        capacity
+============================ ========== =====================================
+
+The detailed specification of the northbound interface for Capacity Management
+in provided in section 5.1.1.
+
+Resource Reservation
+--------------------
+
+Create Resource Reservation Request
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The create resource reservation request message shall include the following
+information elements:
+
+========== ========== =========================================================
+Name       Type       Description
+========== ========== =========================================================
+Start      Timestamp  Start time for consumption of the reserved resources
+End        Timestamp  End time for consumption of the reserved resources
+Expiry     Timestamp  If not all reserved resources are allocated between start
+                      time and expiry, the VIM shall release the corresponding
+                      resources
+Amount     Number     Amount of the resources per resource item type (i.e.
+                      compute/network/storage) that need to be reserved
+Zone       Identifier The zone  where the resources need(s) to be reserved
+Attributes List       Attributes of the resources to be reserved such as DPDK
+                      support, hypervisor, network link bandwidth, affinity
+                      rules, etc.
+Resources  List       Identifiers of existing resource items to be reserved
+                      (such as images, flavors, virtual containers, networks,
+                      physical machines, etc.)
+========== ========== =========================================================
+
+Create Resource Reservation Reply
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The create resource reservation reply message shall include the following
+information elements:
+
+=========== ========== =======================================================
+Name        Type       Description
+=========== ========== =======================================================
+Reservation Identifier Identification of the reservation instance. It can be
+                       used by a consumer to modify the reservation later, and
+                       to request the allocation of the reserved resources.
+Message     Text       Output message that provides additional information
+                       about the create resource reservation request (e.g. may
+                       be a simple ACK if the request is being background
+                       processed by the VIM)
+=========== ========== =======================================================
+
+Notify Reservation Event
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The notification reservation event message shall include the following
+information elements:
+
+============ ========== =====================================================
+Name         Type       Description
+============ ========== =====================================================
+Reservation  Identifier Identification of the reservation instance triggering
+                        the event
+Notification Identifier Identification of the resource event notification
+                        issued by the VIM
+Message      Text       Message describing the event
+============ ========== =====================================================
+
+The detailed specification of the northbound interface for Resource Reservation
+is provided in section 5.1.2.
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+=================================
+Gap analysis in upstream projects
+=================================
+
+This section provides a list of gaps in upstream projects for realizing
+resource reservation and management. The gap analysis work focuses on the
+current OpenStack Blazar project [2]_ in this first release.
+
+OpenStack Blazar
+================
+
+Resource reservation for future use
+-----------------------------------
+
+* Category: Blazar
+* Type: 'missing' (lack of functionality)
+* Description:
+
+  * To-be: To reserve a whole set of compute/storage/network resources in the
+    future
+  * As-is: Blazar currently can do only compute resource reservation by using
+    "Shelved VM"
+
+* Related blueprints:
+
+  * https://blueprints.launchpad.net/blazar/+spec/basic-volume-plugin
+  * https://blueprints.launchpad.net/blazar/+spec/basic-network-plugin
+  * It was planned in Blazar to implement volume and network/fixed ip
+    reservations
+
+Resource reservation update
+---------------------------
+
+* Category: Blazar
+* Type: 'missing' (lack of functionality)
+* Description:
+
+  * To-be: Have the possibility of adding/removing resources to an existing
+    reservation, e..g in case of NFVI failure
+  * As-is: Currently in Blazar, a reservation can only be modified in terms of
+    start/end time
+
+* Related blueprints: N/A
+
+Give me an offer
+----------------
+
+* Category: Blazar
+* Type: 'missing' (lack of functionality)
+* Description:
+
+  * To-be: To have the possibility of giving a quotation to a requesting user
+    and an expiration time. Reserved resources shall be released if they are
+    not claimed before this expiration time.
+  * As-is: Blazar can already send notification e.g. to inform a given user
+    that a reservation is about to expire
+
+* Related blueprints: N/A
+
+StormStack StormForge
+---------------------
+
+Stormify
+^^^^^^^^
+* Stormify enables rapid web applications construction
+* Based on Emberjs style Data stores
+* Developed on Nodejs using coffeescript/javascript
+* Auto RESTful API generation based on Data Models
+* Development starts with defining Data Models
+* Code hosted at github : http://github.com/stormstack/stormify
+
+StormForge
+^^^^^^^^^^
+* Data Model driven management of Resource Providers
+* Based on Stormify Framework and implemented as per the OPNFV Promise
+  requirements
+* Data Models are auto generated and RESTFul API code from YANG schema
+* Currently planned key services include Resource Capacity Management Service
+  and Resource Reservation Service
+* List of YANG schemas for Promise project is attached in the Appendix
+* Code hosted at github: http://github.com/stormstack/stormforge
+
+Resource Discovery
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+* Category: StormForge
+* Type: 'planning' (lack of functionality)
+* Description
+
+  * To-be: To be able to discover resources in real time from OpenStack
+    components. Planning to add OpenStack Project to interface with promise for
+    real time updates on capacity or any failures
+  * As-is: Currently, resource capacity is learnt using NB APIs related to
+    quota
+
+* Related Blueprints: N/A
+
+
+.. [2] OpenStack Blazar Project, [Online]. Available at
+       https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Blazar
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+Detailed architecture and message flows
+=======================================
+
+Detailed northbound interface specification
+-------------------------------------------
+
+.. Note::
+   Once the output of the work from ETSI NFV IFA has been made publicly
+   available, the UML diagrams and REST/JSON examples in this section will be
+   extended
+
+Resource Capacity Management
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Subscribe Capacity Change Event
+_______________________________
+
+**SubscribeRequest (Consumer -> VIM)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class SubscribeRequest {
+      + zone [0..N]: Identifier
+      + attributes [0..1]: String
+      + resourceItems [0..1]: String
+      + thresholds [0..N]: String
+      + notificationId [0..1]: Identifier
+   }
+   @enduml
+
+Subscription from Consumer to VIM to be notified about capacity changes.
+Input Parameters:
+
+* Zone [0..N]: Identification of the zone(s) to notify regarding capacity
+  change events
+* Attributes [0..1]: Attributes of resource items to be notified regarding
+  capacity change events
+* ResourceItems [0..1]: Identifiers of existing resource items to be notified
+  regarding capacity change events (such as images, flavors, virtual
+  containers, networks, physical machines, etc.)
+* Thresholds [0..N]: Lower/Upper limits for triggering change event for
+  used/reserved/total capacity change for specified resource items
+* NotificationId [0..1]: Identification of existing capacity change event
+  notification issued by the VIM. When specified. The previously defined
+  conditions for change event notifications wil be re-used and notification
+  sent to the additional requestor.
+
+Application/json::
+
+  {
+    "zone": ["opnfv-JP8", "opnfv-JP9"],
+    "resourceitems": "numvcinstances"
+  }
+
+**SubscribeReply (VIM -> Consumer)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class SubscribeReply {
+      + subscriptionId [1]: Identifier
+      + created [1]: DateTime
+      + message [0..1]: String
+   }
+   @enduml
+
+Reply Parameters:
+
+* subscriptionId (Identifier): Identification of the capacity change event
+  notification issued by the VIM.
+* created (DateTime): Timestamp when subscription has been created
+* m	essage [0..1] (String): Output message that provides additional information
+  about the subscribe request
+
+Application/json::
+
+  {
+    "created": "2015-03-23T00:00:01Z",
+    "notificationId": "abcdef-ghijkl-123456789"
+  }
+
+Query Resource Capacity
+_______________________
+
+**QueryRequest (NFVO -> VIM)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class QueryCapacityRequest {
+      + capacityQueryFilter [0..1]: CapacityQueryFilterClass
+   }
+
+   class CapacityQueryFilter {
+      + zone [0..1]: Identifier
+      + resourceItems [0..1]: String
+      + flavorID [0..1]: Identifier
+      + timePeriod [0..1]: DateTime
+   }
+
+   QueryCapacityRequest "1" *- "0..1" CapacityQueryFilter : ""
+   @enduml
+
+.. -*
+
+Request to find out about used, reserved and total capacity.
+A CapacityQueryFilter can be used to narrow down the capacity details returned
+in the response message.
+
+Input Parameters:
+
+* capacityQueryFilter (CapacityQueryFilterClass): Optional information to
+  narrow down the QueryCapacityRequest, for example to limit the query to given
+  resource items, or a given resource zone. The capacityQueryFilter can also
+  include a FlavorId or template ID. In this case, the QueryCapacity is a
+  request to obtain information of the number of virtual resources that can be
+  instantiated according to this flavor with the actual available capacity.
+  A timePeriod can be specified to narrow down the query to a certain period of time.
+
+Application/json::
+
+  {
+    "capacityqueryfilter": {
+      "resourceitems": "numvcinstances,virtualmemorysize",
+      "zone": "opnfv-JP7"
+    }
+  }
+
+**QueryReply (VIM -> NFVO)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class QueryCapacityReply {
+      + capacityInformation [0..N]: CapacityInformationClass
+      + zone [0..1]: Identifier
+      + lastUpdate [0..1]: DateTime
+      + message [0..1]: String
+   }
+
+   QueryCapacityReply "1" *- "0..N" CapacityInformationClass : ""
+   @enduml
+
+.. -*
+
+Reply Parameters:
+
+* capacityInformation [0..N] (CapacityInformationClass): Capacity information
+  matching the CapacityQueryFilter specified in the QueryCapacityRequest
+* Zone [0..1] (Identifier): Identification of the resource zone
+* lastUpdate [0..1] (DateTime): Timestamp of the capacity last update
+* message [0..1] (String): Output message that provides additional information
+  about the query capacity request
+
+Application/json::
+
+  {
+    "capacityInformation": {
+      "numvcinstances": {
+        "used": 5,
+        "reserved": 1,
+        "total": 10
+      },
+      "virtualmemorysize": {
+        "used": 4,
+        "reserved": 6,
+        "total": 16
+      }
+    },
+    "zone":"opnfv-JP7",
+    "lastUpdate":"2015-03-23T00:00:00Z"
+  }
+
+Notify Capacity Change Event
+____________________________
+
+**CapacityChangeNotification (VIM -> Consumer)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class CapacityChangeNotification {
+      + capacityInformation [0..1]: CapacityInformationClass
+      + zone [0..1]: Identifier
+      + notificationTime [1]: DateTime
+      + notificationId [1]: Identifier
+   }
+
+   CapacityChangeNotification "1" *- "0..1" CapacityInformationClass : ""
+   @enduml
+
+.. -*
+
+Notification about capacity changes
+
+Notify Parameters:
+
+* capacityInformation [0..1] (CapacityInformationClass): Capacity information
+  matching a given subscription request defined by the Consumer
+* zone [0..1] (Identifier): Identification of the resource zone
+* notificationTime [1] (DateTime): Timestamp when the capacity change is
+  detected
+* notificationId [1]: Identification of the capacity change event notification
+  issued by the VIM.
+
+Application/json::
+
+  {
+    "capacity": {
+      "numvcinstances": {
+        "used": 16,
+        "reserved": 2,
+        "total": 20
+      }
+    },
+    "zone": "opnfv-JP8",
+    "notificationTime":"2015-03-23T12:00:05Z",
+    "notificationId":"abcdef-ghijkl-123456789"
+  }
+
+Resource Reservation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Create Resource Reservation
+___________________________
+
+**CreateResourceReservationRequest (NFVO -> VIM)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class CreateResourceReservationRequest {
+      + start [0..1]: DateTime
+      + end [0..1]: DateTime
+      + expiry [0..1]: DateTime
+      + virtualizationContainerReservation [0..N]: VirtualizationContainerReservationClass
+      + computePoolReservation [0..1]: ComputePoolReservationClass
+      + storagePoolReservation [0..1]: StoragePoolReservationClass
+      + networkReservation [0..1]: NetworkReservationClass
+      + zone [0..1]: Identifier
+   }
+
+   class VirtualizationContainerReservationClass {
+      + containerId [1]: Identifier
+      + flavor [0..1]: FlavorClass
+   }
+
+   CreateResourceReservationRequest "1" *- "0..N" VirtualizationContainerReservationClass : ""
+   VirtualizationContainerReservationClass "1" *-- "0..1" FlavorClass
+   CreateResourceReservationRequest "1" *-- "0..1" ComputePoolReservationClass
+   CreateResourceReservationRequest "1" *-- "0..1" StoragePoolReservationClass
+   CreateResourceReservationRequest "1" *-- "0..1" NetworkReservationClass
+   @enduml
+
+.. -*
+
+**CreateResourceReservationReply (VIM -> NFVO)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class CreateResourceReservationReply {
+      + reservationId [1]: Identifier
+      + virtualizationContainerReserved [0..N]: VirtualizationContainerReservedClass
+      + computePoolReserved [0..1]: ComputePoolReservedClass
+      + storagePoolReserved [0..1]: StoragePoolReservedClass
+      + networkReserved [0..1]: NetworkReservedClass
+      + reservationStatus [1]: String
+      + startTime [0..1]: Time
+      + endTime [0..1]: Time
+      + message [0..1]: String
+   }
+
+   class VirtualizationContainerReservedClass {
+      + containerId [1]: Identifier
+      + flavor [0..1]: FlavorClass
+   }
+
+   CreateResourceReservationReply "1" *- "0..N" VirtualizationContainerReservedClass : ""
+   VirtualizationContainerReservedClass "1" *-- "0..1" FlavorClass
+   CreateResourceReservationReply "1" *-- "0..1" ComputePoolReservedClass
+   CreateResourceReservationReply "1" *-- "0..1" StoragePoolReservedClass
+   CreateResourceReservationReply "1" *-- "0..1" NetworkReservedClass
+   @enduml
+
+.. -*
+
+Subscribe / Notify Reservation Event
+____________________________________
+
+**SubscribeRequest (Consumer -> VIM)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class SubscribeRequest {
+      + reservationId [1]: Identifier
+      + eventType [0..1]: String
+   }
+   @enduml
+
+**SubscribeReply (VIM -> Consumer)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class SubscribeReply {
+      + notificationId [1]: Identifier
+      + created [1]: DateTime
+      + message [0..1]: String
+   }
+   @enduml
+
+**NotifyReservationEvent (VIM -> Consumer)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class ReservationEventNotification {
+      + notificationId [1]: Identifier
+      + reservationId [1]: Identifier
+      + notificationTime [1]: DateTime
+      + vimId [1]: Identifier
+      + eventType [1]: String
+      + eventDetails [1]: String
+      + message [0..1]: String
+   }
+   @enduml
+
+Query Resource Reservation
+__________________________
+
+**QueryResourceReservationRequest (Consumer -> VIM)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class QueryResourceReservationRequest {
+      + reservationQueryFilter [0..1]: ReservationQueryFilterClass
+   }
+
+   QueryResourceReservationRequest "1" *- "0..1" ReservationQueryFilterClass : ""
+   @enduml
+
+.. -*
+
+**QueryResourceReservationReply (VIM -> Consumer)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class CreateResourceReservationReply {
+      + reservationId [1]: Identifier
+      + virtualizationContainerReserved [0..N]: VirtualizationContainerReservedClass
+      + computePoolReserved [0..1]: ComputePoolReservedClass
+      + storagePoolReserved [0..1]: StoragePoolReservedClass
+      + networkReserved [0..1]: NetworkReservedClass
+      + reservationStatus [1]: String
+      + message [0..1]: String
+   }
+
+   class VirtualizationContainerReservedClass {
+      + containerId [1]: Identifier
+      + flavor [0..1]: FlavorClass
+   }
+
+   CreateResourceReservationReply "1" *- "0..N" VirtualizationContainerReservedClass : ""
+   VirtualizationContainerReservedClass "1" *-- "0..1" FlavorClass
+   CreateResourceReservationReply "1" *-- "0..1" ComputePoolReservedClass
+   CreateResourceReservationReply "1" *-- "0..1" StoragePoolReservedClass
+   CreateResourceReservationReply "1" *-- "0..1" NetworkReservedClass
+   @enduml
+
+.. -*
+
+Update Resource Reservation
+___________________________
+
+**UpdateResourceReservationRequest (NFVO ->VIM)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class UpdateResourceReservationRequest {
+      + reservationId [1]: Identifier
+      + start [0..1]: DateTime
+      + end [0..1]: DateTime
+      + expiry [0..1]: DateTime
+      + virtualizationContainerReservation [0..N]: VirtualizationContainerReservationClass
+      + computePoolReservation [0..1]: ComputePoolReservationClass
+      + storagePoolReservation [0..1]: StoragePoolReservationClass
+      + networkReservation [0..1]: NetworkReservationClass
+      + zone [0..1]: Identifier
+   }
+
+   class VirtualizationContainerReservationClass {
+      + containerId [1]: Identifier
+      + flavor [0..1]: FlavorClass
+   }
+
+   UpdateResourceReservationRequest "1" *- "0..N" VirtualizationContainerReservationClass : ""
+   VirtualizationContainerReservationClass "1" *-- "0..1" FlavorClass
+   UpdateResourceReservationRequest "1" *-- "0..1" ComputePoolReservationClass
+   UpdateResourceReservationRequest "1" *-- "0..1" StoragePoolReservationClass
+   UpdateResourceReservationRequest "1" *-- "0..1" NetworkReservationClass
+   @enduml
+
+.. -*
+
+**UpdateResourceReservationReply (VIM -> NFVO)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class UpdateResourceReservationReply {
+      + reservationId [1]: Identifier
+      + virtualizationContainerReserved [0..N]: VirtualizationContainerReservedClass
+      + computePoolReserved [0..1]: ComputePoolReservedClass
+      + storagePoolReserved [0..1]: StoragePoolReservedClass
+      + networkReserved [0..1]: NetworkReservedClass
+      + reservationStatus [1]: String
+      + message [0..1]: String
+   }
+
+   class VirtualizationContainerReservedClass {
+      + containerId [1]: Identifier
+      + flavor [0..1]: FlavorClass
+   }
+
+   UpdateResourceReservationReply "1" *- "0..N" VirtualizationContainerReservedClass : ""
+   VirtualizationContainerReservedClass "1" *-- "0..1" FlavorClass
+   UpdateResourceReservationReply "1" *-- "0..1" ComputePoolReservedClass
+   UpdateResourceReservationReply "1" *-- "0..1" StoragePoolReservedClass
+   UpdateResourceReservationReply "1" *-- "0..1" NetworkReservedClass
+   @enduml
+
+.. -*
+
+Release Resource Reservation
+____________________________
+
+**ReleaseResourceReservationRequest (NFVO -> VIM)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class ReleaseResourceReservationRequest {
+      + reservationId [1]: Identifier
+   }
+   @enduml
+
+**ReleaseResourceReservationReply (VIM -> NFVO)**
+
+.. uml::
+
+   @startuml
+   class ReleaseResourceReservationReply {
+      + reservationId [1]: Identifier
+      + message [0..1]: String
+   }
+   @enduml
+
+
+Detailed Message Flows
+----------------------
+
+Resource Capacity Management
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. figure:: images/figure5.png
+   :width: 90%
+
+   Capacity Management Scenario
+
+Figure 5 shows a detailed message flow between the consumers and the
+functionalblocks inside the VIM and has the following steps:
+
+Step 1: The consumer subscribes to capacity change notifications
+
+Step 2: The Capacity Manager monitors the capacity information for the various
+types of resources by querying the various Controllers (e.g. Nova, Neutron,
+Cinder), either periodically or on demand and updates capacity information in
+the Capacity Map
+
+Step 3: Capacity changes are notified to the consumer
+
+Step 4: The consumer queries the Capacity Manager to retrieve capacity detailed
+information
+
+Resource Reservation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. figure:: images/figure6.png
+   :width: 90%
+
+   Resource Reservation for Future Use Scenario
+
+Figure 6 shows a detailed message flow between the consumers and the functional
+blocks inside the VIM and has the following steps:
+
+Step 1: The consumer creates a resource reservation request for future use by
+setting a start and end time for the allocation
+
+Step 2: The consumer gets an immediate reply with a reservation status message
+"reservationStatus" and an identifier to be used with this reservation instance
+"reservationID"
+
+Step 3: The consumer subscribes to reservation notification events
+
+Step 4: The Resource Reservation Manager checks the feasibility of the
+reservation request by consulting the Capacity Manager
+
+Step 5: The Resource Reservation Manager reserves the resources and stores the
+list of reservations IDs generated by the Controllers (e.g. Nova, Neutron,
+Cinder) in the Reservation Map
+
+Step 6: Once the reservation process is completed, the VIM sends a notification
+message to the consumer with information on the reserved resources
+
+Step 7: When start time arrives, the consumer creates a resource allocation
+request.
+
+Step 8: The consumer gets an immediate reply with an allocation status message
+"allocationStatus".
+
+Step 9: The consumer subscribes to allocation notification events
+
+Step 10: The Resource Allocation Manager allocates the reserved resources. If
+not all reserved resources are allocated before expiry, the reserved resources
+are released and a notification is sent to the consumer
+
+Step 11: Once the allocation process is completed, the VIM sends a notification
+message to the consumer with information on the allocated resources
diff --git a/requirements/resource_management/06-summary.rst b/requirements/resource_management/06-summary.rst
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+======================
+Summary and conclusion
+======================
+
+Resource Reservation and Resource Capacity Management are features to be
+supported by the VIM and exposed to the consumer via the VIM NBI. These
+features have been specified by ETSI NFV.
+
+This document has described several use cases and corresponding high level
+flows where Resource Reservation and Capacity Management are of great benefit
+for the consumer of the virtualised resource management interface: the NFVO or
+the VNFM. The use cases include:
+
+* Notification of changes in capacity in the NFVI
+* Query of available resource capacity
+* Reservation of a resource or set of resources for immediate use
+* Reservation of a resource or set of resources for future use
+
+The Promise project has performed a gap analysis in order to fulfil the
+required functionality. Based on the gap analysis an implementation plan and
+way forward has been proposed, including a possible design architecture and
+high level information model. Immediate next steps of this project is to
+deliver a working Proof-of-Concepts (PoC) and engage upstream communities to
+fill out the gaps identified by Promise.
diff --git a/requirements/resource_management/07-schemas.rst b/requirements/resource_management/07-schemas.rst
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+Promise YANG Schemas based on StormForge
+----------------------------------------
+
+Promise Schema
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. code::
+
+  module opnfv-promise {
+    namespace "urn:opnfv:vim:promise";
+    prefix prom;
+
+    import opnfv-promise-models { prefix opm; }
+    import complex-types { prefix ct; }
+
+    description
+      "OPNFV Promise Resource Reservation/Allocation controller module";
+
+    revision 2015-04-16 {
+      description
+        "Initial revision.";
+    }
+
+    // MAIN CONTAINER
+
+    container promise {
+      ct:instance-list reservations {
+        description
+          "Aggregate collection of all registered ResourceReservation
+           instances";
+        ct:instance-type opm:ResourceReservation;
+      }
+    }
+
+    rpc list-reservations;
+    rpc create-reservation;
+    rpc cancel-reservation;
+
+    notification reservation-event;
+    notification capacity-event;
+    notification allocation-event;
+  }
+
+OPNFV Promise YANG Schema
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. code::
+
+  module opnfv-promise-models {
+    prefix opm;
+
+    import storm-common-models { prefix scm; }
+    import complex-types { prefix ct; }
+
+    feature resource-reservation;
+
+    ct:complex-type ResourceReservation {
+      ct:extends scm:ResourceElement;
+
+      description
+        "Contains the capacities of various resource services being reserved
+         along with any resource elements needed to be available at
+         the time of allocation(s).";
+
+      reference "OPNFV-PROMISE, Section 3.4.1";
+
+      leaf start { type ct:date-and-time; }
+      leaf end   { type ct:date-and-time; }
+      leaf expiry {
+        description
+          "Duration in seconds from start when unallocated reserved resources
+           will be released back into the pool";
+        type number; units "seconds";
+      }
+      leaf zone {
+        type instance-identifier { ct:instance-type scm:AvailabilityZone; }
+      }
+      container capacity {
+        uses scm:compute-capacity;
+        uses scm:networking-capcity;
+        uses scm:storage-capacity;
+      }
+      leaf-list resources {
+        description
+          "Reference to a collection of existing resource elements required by
+           this reservation. It can contain any instance derived from
+           ResourceElement, such as ServerInstances or even other
+           ResourceReservations. If the ResourceReservation request is
+           accepted, the ResourceElement(s) listed here will be placed
+           into 'protected' mode as to prevent accidental delete.";
+        type instance-identifier {
+          ct:instance-type scm:ResourceElement;
+        }
+        // following 'must' statement applies to each element
+        must "boolean(/provider/elements/*[@id=id])" {
+          error-message
+            "One or more of the ResourceElement(s) does not exist in the
+             provider to be reserved";
+        }
+      }
+
+      leaf provider {
+        if-feature multi-provider;
+        config false;
+
+        description
+          "Reference to a specified existing provider from which this
+           reservation will be drawn if used in the context of multi-provider
+           environment.";
+        type instance-identifier {
+          ct:instance-type scm:ResourceProvider;
+          require-instance true;
+        }
+      }
+
+      container remaining {
+        config false;
+        description
+          "Provides visibility into total remaining capacity for this
+           reservation based on allocations that took effect utilizing
+           this reservation ID as a reference.";
+
+        uses scm:compute-capacity;
+        uses scm:networking-capcity;
+        uses scm:storage-capacity;
+      }
+
+      leaf-list allocations {
+        config false;
+        description
+          "Reference to a collection of consumed allocations referencing
+           this reservation.";
+        type instance-identifier {
+          ct:instance-type ResourceAllocation;
+        }
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    ct:complex-type ResourceAllocation {
+      ct:extends scm:ResourceElement;
+
+      description
+         "Contains a list of resources to be allocated with optional reference
+         to an existing reservation.
+
+         If reservation is specified but this request is received prior
+         to reservation start timestamp, then it will be rejected unless
+         'allocate-on-start' is set to true.  'allocate-on-start' allows
+         the allocation to be auto-initiated and scheduled to run in the
+         future.
+
+         The 'priority' state indicates the classification for dealing
+         with resource starvation scenarios. Lower priority allocations
+         will be forcefully terminated to allow for higher priority
+         allocations to be fulfilled.
+
+         Allocations without reference to an existing reservation will
+         receive the lowest priority.";
+
+      reference "OPNFV-PROMISE, Section 3.4.3";
+
+      leaf reservation {
+        description "Reference to an existing reservation identifier";
+
+        type instance-identifier {
+          ct:instance-type ResourceReservation;
+          require-instance true;
+        }
+      }
+
+      leaf allocate-on-start {
+        description
+         "If 'allocate-on-start' is set to true, the 'planned' allocations will
+         take effect automatically at the reservation 'start' date/time.";
+        type boolean; default false;
+      }
+
+      ct:instance-list resources {
+        description "Contains list of new ResourceElements that will be
+                     allocated";
+        ct:instance-type scm:ResourceElement;
+      }
+
+      leaf priority {
+        description
+          "Reflects current priority level of the allocation according to
+           classification rules";
+        type number;
+        config false;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+.. -*
diff --git a/requirements/resource_management/Makefile b/requirements/resource_management/Makefile
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+BUILDDIR = build
+
+.PHONY: clean html pdf all
+
+all: html pdf
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/* plantuml.jar
+
+html: plantuml.jar
+	sphinx-build -b html -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees . $(BUILDDIR)/html
+
+pdf: plantuml.jar
+	sphinx-build -b latex -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees . $(BUILDDIR)/latex
+	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf
+
+plantuml.jar:
+	wget 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/plantuml/plantuml.jar'
diff --git a/requirements/resource_management/conf.py b/requirements/resource_management/conf.py
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+import datetime
+
+extensions = ['sphinxcontrib.plantuml']
+plantuml = ['java', '-jar', 'plantuml.jar']
+
+source_suffix = '.rst'
+master_doc = 'index'
+pygments_style = 'sphinx'
+html_use_index = False
+
+pdf_documents = [('index', u'Promise', u'Promise Project', u'OPNFV')]
+plantuml_latex_output_format = 'eps'
+pdf_fit_mode = "shrink"
+pdf_stylesheets = ['sphinx','kerning','a4']
+latex_elements = {'printindex': ''}
+latex_appendices = ['07-schemas']
+
+project = u'Promise: Resource Management'
+copyright = u'%s, OPNFV' % datetime.date.today().year
+version = u'0.0.1'
+release = u'0.0.1'
diff --git a/requirements/resource_management/glossary.rst b/requirements/resource_management/glossary.rst
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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.
+
+   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
+      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.
+
+   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.
+
+   Administrator
+      Administrator of the system, e.g. OAM in Telco context.
+
+   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.
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diff --git a/requirements/resource_management/index.rst b/requirements/resource_management/index.rst
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+..
+ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
+ License.
+
+ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
+
+.. title::
+   Promise
+
+
+****************************
+Promise: Resource Management
+****************************
+
+:Project: Promise, https://wiki.opnfv.org/promise
+:Editors: Ashiq Khan (NTT DOCOMO), Bertrand Souville (NTT DOCOMO)
+:Authors: Ravi Chunduru (ClearPath Networks), Peter Lee (ClearPath Networks),
+          Gerald Kunzmann (NTT DOCOMO), Ryota Mibu (NEC),
+          Carlos Goncalves (NEC), Arturo Martin De Nicolas (Ericsson)
+:Project creation date: 2014-12-04
+:Submission date: 2015-04-XX
+
+:Abstract: Promise is an OPNFV requirement project. Its objective is to realize
+           ETSI NFV defined resource reservation and NFVI capacity features
+           within the scope of OPNFV. Promise provides the details of the
+           requirements on resource reservation, NFVI capacity management at
+           VIM, specification of the northbound interfaces from VIM relevant to
+           these features, and implementation plan to realize these features in
+           OPNFV.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+    \newpage
+
+.. include:: glossary.rst
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 4
+   :numbered:
+
+   01-intro.rst
+   02-usecase.rst
+   03-arch.rst
+   04-gap.rst
+   05-impl.rst
+   06-summary.rst
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+    \newpage
+
+.. rubric::  References and bibliography
+
+[1] OPNFV, "Promise" requirement project, [Online]. Available at
+https://wiki.opnfv.org/doctor
+
+[2] OpenStack Blazar Project, [Online]. Available at
+https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Blazar
+
+[3] Stormforge Project, [Online]. Available at
+https://github.com/stormstack/stormforge
+
+[4] Stormify Project, [Online]. Available at
+https://github.com/stormstack/stormify
+
+[5] ETSI GS NFV MAN 001, "Network Function Virtualisation (NFV); Management
+and Orchestration"
+
+[6] ETSI GS NFV 003, "Network Function Virtualisation (NFV); Terminology
+for Main Concepts in NFV"
+
+[7] ETSI NFV, [Online]. Available at
+http://www.etsi.org/technologies-clusters/technologies/nfv