Attribute | Qualifier | Cardinality | Content | Description |
selector | M | 1 | VersionSelector | Information to identify the source and destination VNFD for the change, and the related deployment flavours. |
additionalParamsId | M | 0..1 | Identifier (Reference to ChangeCurrentVnfPackageOpConfig) | References the ChangeCurrentVnfPackageOpConfig information element that defines the valid additional parameters for the change. |
modificationQualifier | M | 1 | Enum | Specifies the type of modification resulting from transitioning from srcVnfdId to dstVnfdId. The possible values are: UP - indicating that the destination VNF version is newer than the source version, DOWN - indicating that the destination VNF version is older than the source version. |
additionalModificationDescription | M | 0..N | String | A VNF provider may define additional information to qualify further the change between the two versions, such as "VNF upgrade", "VNF update", "VNF downgrade", etc. |
componentMapping | M | 0..N | ComponentMapping | Mapping information related to identifiers of components in source VNFD and destination VNFD that concern to the change process. |
lcmScriptId | M | TBD | Identifier (Reference to LifeCycleManagementScript) | References a lifecycle management script that is executed as part of this "change current VNF Package" process. |
coordinationId | M | 0..N | Identifier (Reference to VnfLcmOperationCoordination) | References applicable VNF LCM operation coordination actions. |
dstFlavourId | M | 1 | Identifier | Identifies the deployment flavour in the destination VNF package for which this change applies. The flavour ID is defined in the destination VNF package. |
Attribute | Qualifier | Cardinality | Content | Description |
srcVnfdId | M | 1 | Identifier | Identifier of the source VNFD and the source VNF package. See note 1. |
dstVnfdId | M | 1 | Identifier | Identifier of the destination VNFD and the destination VNF package. See note 1. |
srcFlavourId | M | 1 | Identifier | Identifier of the deployment flavour in the source VNF package for which this modification applies. See note 2. |
NOTE 1: Either the srcVnfdId or the dstVnfdId shall be equal to the vnfdId of the VNFD containing this version selector. NOTE 2: It is up to protocol design stage to decide whether there is further optimization potential to apply one modification for multiple srcFlavourIds. |
Attribute | Qualifier | Cardinality | Content | Description |
componentType | M | 1 | Not specified | The type of component or property. Possible values differentiate whether changes concern to some VNF component (e.g. VDU, internal VLD, etc.) or property (e.g. a Scaling Aspect, etc.). |
sourceDescId | M | 1 | Identifier | Identifier of the component or property in the source VNFD. See note. |
dstDescId | M | 1 | Identifier | Identifier of the component or property in the destination VNFD. See note. |
description | M | 0..1 | String | Human readable description of the component changes. |
NOTE: The attribute's content, an identifier value, references to the relevant descriptor parts in the VNFD. |
Attribute | Qualifier | Cardinality | Content | Description |
vnfLcmOpCoordinationId | M | 1 | Identifier | Identifies the specific VNF LCM operation coordination action. |
description | M | 0..1 | String | Human readable description of the coordination action. |
endpointType | M | 1 | Enum | Specifies the type of the endpoint exposing the LCM operation coordination such as other operations supporting or management systems (e.g. an EM) or the VNF instance. Allowed values:
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coordinationStage | M | 0..1 | Not specified | Indicates the coordination stage during the VNF LCM operation. |
coordinationParams | M | 0..1 | Not specified | Input information needed by the external coordinating entity. See note. |
NOTE: These attributes relate to the corresponding parameters used in the VNF LCM coordination operations (refer to clause 6.4.2.2 of ETSI GS NFV-IFA 008 [i.4]). |
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The osContainerDesc element(s) are listed in the VNF Descriptor and referenced by the VDU element(s). Each VDU may be made up of group of containers, often called a "pod".
Attribute | Qualifier | Cardinality | Content | Description |
osContainerDescId | M | 1 | Identifier | Unique identifier of this OsContainerDesc in the VNFD. |
requestedCpuResources | M | 0..1 | Integer | Number of CPU resources requested for the container (e.g. in milli-CPU-s) |
requestedMemoryResources | M | 0..1 | Number | Amount of memory resources requested for the container (e.g. in MB). |
requestedEphemeralStorageResources | M | 0..1 | Number | Size of ephemeral storage resources requested for the container (e.g. in GB). |
extendedResourceRequests | M | 0..N | Not specified | An array of key-value pairs of extended resources required by the container. See note. |
cpuResourceLimit | M | 0..1 | Integer | Number of CPU resources the container can maximally use (e.g. in milli-CPU). |
memoryResourceLimit | M | 0..1 | Number | Amount of memory resources the container can maximum use (e.g. in MB). |
ephemeralStorageResourceLimit | M | 0..1 | Number | Size of ephemeral storage resources the container can maximum use (e.g. in GB). |
swImageDesc | M | 1 | Identifier (Reference to SwImageDesc) | Describes the software image realizing this OS container. |
bootData | M | 0..1 | Not specified | Contains a string or a URL to a file contained in the VNF package used to customize a container resource at boot time. The bootData may contain variable parts that are replaced by deployment specific values before being sent. |
virtualStorageDesc | M | 0..N | Identifier (Reference to VirtualStorageDesc) | Links to virtualStorageDesc-s of the Vdu. The storages represented by the linked VirtualStorageDesc-s are attached to the OS Container as volumes. Shall be present in case the OS container requires storage resources. |
monitoringParameters | M | 0..N | MonitoringParameter | Specifies the virtualised resource related performance metrics on the OsContainerDesc level to be tracked by the VNFM. MonitoringParameter is defined in clause 7.1.11.3. |
NOTE: Extended resources are to describe any type of resource provided by the container infrastructure. One example implementation of extended resources are “Extended Resources” in case the container infrastructure service is a Kubernetes® instance. |
Each VnfDf in the VNF Descriptor would list the appropriate mciopProfiles.
Attribute | Qualifier | Cardinality | Content | Description |
mciopId | M | 1 | Identifier | Identifies the MCIOP in the VNF package. |
deploymentOrder | M | 0..1 | Integer | Indicates the order in which this MCIOP shall be deployed in relation to other MCIOPs. A lower value specifies an earlier deployment. |
affinityOrAntiAffinityGroupId | M | 0..N | Identifier (Reference to AffinityOrAntiAffinityGroup) | References the affinity or anti-affinity group(s) the MCIOP belongs to. See note. |
associatedVdu | M | 0..N | Identifier (Reference to Vdu) | List of VDUs which are associated to this MCIOP and which are deployed using this MCIOP. |
NOTE: Each identifier references an affinity or anti-affinity group which expresses affinity or anti-affinity relationships between the containerized workloads to be created using this MCIOP and the containerized workloads to be created using other MCIOP(s) in the same group. |
VirtualCpd - A type of Cpd that describes a requirement to create a virtual connection point allowing the access to a number of VNFC instances (based on their respective VDUs).
Attribute | Qualifier | Cardinality | Content | Description |
vdu | M | 1..N | Identifier (Reference to Vdu) | References the VDU(s) which implement this service. |
additionalServiceData | M | 0..N | AdditionalServiceData | Additional service identification data of the VirtualCp exposed to NFV-MANO. |
(inherited attributes) | All attributes inherited from Cpd. | |||
NOTE: If this VirtualCp represents a load balancing virtual IP address of a VNFC realized by one or a set of OS containers and the IP address is configurable in the declarative descriptor of the corresponding MCIO, the attribute iPAddressAssignment shall be set to value=true in the L3AddressData. |
AdditionalServiceData
Attribute | Qualifier | Cardinality | Content | Description |
portData | M | 1..N | ServicePortData | Service port numbers exposed by the VirtualCp. |
serviceData | M | 0..1 | Not specified | Service matching information exposed by the VirtualCp. See note. |
NOTE: This attribute shall only be present if additional information is needed to identify the service termination within the VNF, such as for example a url path information in an HTTP request required to allow a single VirtualCp IP address to be used for several HTTP based services that use the same portnumber. |
ServicePortData
Attribute | Qualifier | Cardinality | Content | Description |
name | M | 1 | String | The name of the port exposed by the VirtualCp. |
protocol | M | 1 | Enum | The L4 protocol for this port exposed by the VirtualCp. VALUES: · TCP · UDP · SCTP |
port | M | 1 | Integer | The L4 port number exposed by the VirtualCp. |
portConfigurable | M | 1 | Boolean | Specifies whether the port attribute value is allowed to be configurable. |
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