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Figure 1. VNF complete life cycle stages

Reference Documents

<<DocRef: OpenECOMP Requirements and Guidelines for Virtual Network Functions in a Network CloudCloud>>

• identifies audiences interested in VNFs
• describes the VNF environment
• gives an overview of requirements
• points out differences between OpenECOMP VNFs and ETSI VNFs

<<DocRef: Common Requirements for Virtual Network FunctionsFunctions>>

• general Requirements for all VNFs (e.g., Security, Resiliency, Operations, Design)

<<DocRef: OpenECOMP Requirements for Virtual Network FunctionsFunctions>>

• requirements for how VNFs interact with and use OpenECOMP

<<DocRef: Heat Template Requirements for Virtual Network FunctionsFunctions>>

• provides recommendations and standards for building Heat templates compatible with OpenECOMP

Currently, these guidelines are intended for network clouds based on OpenStack. Future versions are envisioned to include other targeted virtualization environments, such as Customer Premises or other single-tenant small scale cloud implementations.

The document <<DocRef: Example Implementation of Network CloudCloud>> 

<<DocRef: Example Implementation of Network Cloud>>

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