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diff --git a/requirements/resource_management/glossary.rst b/requirements/resource_management/glossary.rst deleted file mode 100644 index c1997f2..0000000 --- a/requirements/resource_management/glossary.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,63 +0,0 @@ -**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:: - - 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. |