1. Build and replace VNF software upgrade workflow
    1. Scale out and Traffic Distribution are integrated 
  2. Traffic Distribution workflow enhancements
    1. Leverage Policy to build more concrete placement requests with different conditions based on parameters from A&AI
    2. Workflow Designer and SO has integration with OOF to invoke from workflow OOF placement algorithms (used by and Traffic Distribution)
    3. Support of complex parameters is needed
  3. Traffic Distribution for PNFs
  4. VNF-C level software upgrade - delete-and-build
  5. Change management schedule optimization algorithm enhancements
    1. Support wide variety of constraints
    2. Policy-enabled
    3. Enable modular composition of policies/constraints
    4. Achieve scalable discovery of schedule across a very large number of instances
  6. 5G PNF Software upgrade
  7. Cloud-layer software upgrade - physical servers!
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4 Comments

  1. Fei Zhang

    Hi, Ajay Mahimkar , what is current workflow for VNF software upgrade on Dublin? where to find related details of workflow and related API(or LCM API)?

  2. Ajay Mahimkar

    VNF (vGW) in-place software upgrade using pre-defined workflow in SO and leveraging Ansible playbook supported by SDNC: Use Case proposal: ONAP Change Management

    This was implemented and tested in ONAP Beijing

  3. Ajay Mahimkar

    Change Management in ONAP Casablanca : Change Management Extensions

    Multiple functionalities:

    1) Flexible designer and orchestration for CM

    2) Traffic migration LCM action

    3) 5G PNF RAN Software upgrade using SDNC and Ansible playbook

    4) Change scheduling


  4. Ajay Mahimkar

    Dublin Change Management Extensions in ONAP are here: Change Management Dublin Extensions