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- Spelled "APP-C" in many references, but called spelled "APPC" in the <<Application Controller User Guide>>
- handles the life cycle management of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)
BPEL: Business Process Execution Language (OASIS Standard)
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- a container, sponsored by Apache, fully supporting OSGI with lots of extras (Apache page)
LCM: Life-Cycle Management
LRM: Local Resource Monitor
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- a contract between a service provider (either internal or external) and the end user that defines the level of service expected from the service provider. SLAs are output-based in that their purpose is specifically to define what the customer will receive.
SME: Subject Matter Expert
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol
SOT: Source Of Truth
- external system where data object originates
SR-IOV: Single-Root Input/Output Virtualization (Wikipedia)
- a network interface that allows the isolation of the PCI Express resources for manageability and performance reasons
SSH: Secure Shell
SUPP: (Vendor Specific) short for supplement, changing a connection before activation
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol
TEM: Telecom Electronics Manufacturer
TOSCA: Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (OASIS spec)Anchor TOSCA TOSCA
TPS: Transactions Per Second
TSC:
VF: Virtual Function
VFC: Virtualized Function Component (draft_OpenECOMP_0_1 p. 45)
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