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PNF ONBOARDING OVERVIEW
| PACKAGE DELIVERY | ONBOARDING PROCESS | DESIGN TIME | RUN TIME | |
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| WHEN | PNF Package | Onboarding Activities | Design Time Activities | ONAP Run Time |
| WHO | Vendor | Technology Specialist Asset Manager | Service Designer Operations Specialist | Operations Specialist |
| WHAT | On-Boarding Package | PNF Descriptor Model PNF SDK PNF Onboarding | Platform Information Model Platform Data Model 5G Service Definition | 5G Service Instantiation PNF Instance A&AI PNF Instance |
| ETSI | SOL001 PNFD | SOL004 Package | - | - |
ARTIFACTS & PRODUCTS
| PACKAGE DELIVERY | ONBOARDING PROCESS | DESIGN TIME | RUN TIME |
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| NF Descriptor | PNF Onboarding Package | Platform Information Model | A&AI PNF Entry |
| NF Registration | NF Descriptor Model | Platform Data Model | PNF Instance |
| Informational Artifacts | SDC Catalog | PNF Discovery & Plug and Play | |
| Configuration Files | 5G Service Definition | 5G Service Instantiation | |
| Ansible Playbooks |
DUBLIN ACTIVITIES FOR PNF ONBOARDING
| DELIVERABLE | DESCRIPTION |
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| NF Package | Producing and collecting NF artifacts for a NF package. Vendor provided. Dublin Priorities are the PNFD and NF Registration YAML File. |
| PNF-SDK | Develop PNF-SDK (or enhance VNF-SDK) to be able to create a PNF onboarding Package. The SDK is a set of tool which can take the NF Package and create the PNF onboarding package the SDC will use. |
| PNF Onboarding Package | Create a PNF onboarding package through PNF-SDK. This is the output of the PNF-SDK. |
| Onboard the Package | SDC Enhancements need to be made to onboard the PNF Package and enter into the SDC Catalog |
| Distribution of CSAR | SDC creates a CSAR package for the PNF including artifacts, and TOSCA definitions. This work will include the PNF artifacts into CSAR package. The CSAR package is distributed by SDC to ONAP Run-Time Components. Chances need to be made to verify the reception of the CSAR and use of the CSAR by the Components. |
PNF PACKAGE CREATION (VENDOR PROVIDED)
The NF Onboarding Package could contain the following things:
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PNF-SDK DEVELOPMENT
PNF SDK development is needed to take PNF artifacts and add them to a PNF Onboarding Package in Dublin.
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[INVESTIGATE] What are artifacts that SDC adds during the Onboarding process, looking at SDC supported artifact types, possibly VENDOR LICENSE and MODEL INVENTORY (are there others?)
PNF ONBOARDING PACKAGE
Creation of PNF Onboarding Package by using PNF-SDK
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PNF-D Information Model:
SDC ONBOARDING PACKAGE INTO SDC CATALOG
SDC Design Studio is then used to define a Service, and the output of that is a CSAR package which defines the Service.
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The work-flows are created by SDC DS.
CSAR INGESTION
Inclusion of PNF artifacts into CSAR package, and ingestion of CSAR package by ONAP Run-Time Components and verification of reception and use.
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PLATFORM MODELING
A Platform Information Model and Platform Data Model should be settled on and approved to represent resources that ONAP needs to work with such as a PNF and VNF that will be used to represent a 5G DU and 5G CU / VNF.
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There are still a number of fundamental decisions that need to be made before finalizing on the Platform Data model for example, the separate of a PNF Device Object.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
Supporting documents related to PNF Onboarding
ETSI SOL Standards
The following has the ETSI SOL standards for your convenience
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ETSI SOL1 (PNF/VNF Descriptor) |
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| ETSI SOL 4 (NF Package) | |||||||
PNF Onboarding Artifacts
The following are mock-ups of the PNF Onboarding Artifacts
| PNF ONBOARDING ARTIFACTS | MOCK-UP |
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| PNF Descriptor TOSCA | |
NF Registration (YAML) Defines records for NF events | |
| Informational Artifacts |
PNF ONBOARDING OVERVIEW SLIDE PACKS
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| PNF Onboarding Package |
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VNF REQUIREMENTS
The PNF Package requirements need to be developed, and the VNF Package Requirements can be used as a guideline for what a PNF might need.
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