Description
The SwImageDesc information element describes requested additional capability for a particular VDU. Such a capability may be for acceleration or specific tasks.
Storage not necessarily related to the compute, may be Network Attached Storage (NAS).
References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011
Associations
table of relationships
| Related Class | Type | Name | Description | Cardinality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| generalization | IsASubclass | Virtual Memory Descriptor is a Subclass of | ||
| VDUDesc | association | VNFCDescLoads | A VDU (VNFC) Descriptor loads 0 or 1 Software Images | 1..* to 0..* |
| VirtualStorageDesc | association | SwLoadedOnStorage | Software may be loaded on Virtual Storage Descriptor | 0..1 to 0..1 |
Attributes
table of attributes
| Attribute | Qualifier | Cardinality | Content | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | M | 1 | String | Name of this software image. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 |
| version | M | 1 | String | Version of this software image. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 |
| checksum | M | 1 | String | Checksum of the software image file. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 |
| containerFormat | M | 1 | String | The container format describes the container file format in which software image is provided. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 |
| diskFormat | M | 1 | String | The disk format of a software image is the format of the underlying disk image. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 |
| minDisk | M | 1 | Scalar-Unit-Size | The minimal disk size requirement for this software image. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 |
| minRam | M | 0..1 | Scalar-Unit-Size | The minimal RAM requirement for this software image. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 |
| size | M | 1 | Scalar-Unit-Size | The size of this software image. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 |
| swImage | M | 1 | String | A reference to the actual software image within VNF Package, or URL. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 |
| operatingSystem | M | 0..1 | String | Identifies the operating system used in the software image. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 |
| supportedVirtualizationEnviroment | M | 0..1 | String | Identifies the virtualization environments (e.g. hypervisor) compatible with this software image. References: ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 |