From 7381fa56501f8a1c51b13e511f4bd6c44977a4d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryota MIBU Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:29:54 +0900 Subject: Add requirement doc Change-Id: Ibfd83f84ae47291ece09150af9f35d38ef3a1288 JIRA: PROMISE-1 Signed-off-by: Ryota MIBU --- requirements/resource_management/glossary.rst | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+) create mode 100644 requirements/resource_management/glossary.rst (limited to 'requirements/resource_management/glossary.rst') diff --git a/requirements/resource_management/glossary.rst b/requirements/resource_management/glossary.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1997f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/requirements/resource_management/glossary.rst @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +**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. -- cgit 1.2.3-korg