Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Release 3; Management and Orchestration; Functional requirements specification

RGS/NFV-IFA010ed331

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ETSI GS NFV-IFA 010 V3.3.1 (2019-09)






GROUP SPECIFICATION
Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Release 3;
Management and Orchestration;
Functional requirements specification
Disclaimer
The present document has been produced and approved by the Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) ETSI Industry
Specification Group (ISG) and represents the views of those members who participated in this ISG.
It does not necessarily represent the views of the entire ETSI membership.

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Reference
RGS/NFV-IFA010ed331
Keywords
functional, management, MANO, NFV,
orchestration, requirements, virtualisation

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 8
Foreword . 8
Modal verbs terminology . 8
1 Scope . 9
2 References . 9
2.1 Normative references . 9
2.2 Informative references . 9
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 10
3.1 Terms . 10
3.2 Symbols . 11
3.3 Abbreviations . 11
4 General Description . 11
4.1 Introduction . 11
4.2 Overview . 11
5 General functional requirements . 12
5.1 General functional requirements for virtualised resource management . 12
5.2 General functional requirements for multi-tenancy . 13
5.3 General requirements for the management of NFV-MANO functional entities. 15
5.4 General functional requirements for management of connectivity for Multi-Site services . 16
5.5 General requirements to support network slicing . 16
5.6 General requirements to support software modification. 17
5.6.1 General requirements for software modification . 17
5.6.2 General requirements for the software modification of NFV-MANO functional entities . 18
5.6.3 General requirements for changing the current VNF Package . 18
5.6.4 General requirements for the software modification of NFVI components . 18
5.6.4.1 Description . 18
5.6.4.2 NFVI operation and maintenance constraints . 19
5.7 General requirements to support service availability level . 19
6 Functional requirements for NFVO . 20
6.1 Functional requirements for virtualised resource management . 20
6.1.1 Functional requirements for general virtualised resource management . 20
6.1.2 Functional requirements for VNF-related resource management in indirect mode . 21
6.1.3 Functional requirements for VNF-related resource management in direct mode . 21
6.1.4 Functional requirements for NS-related resource management performed by the NFVO . 22
6.1.5 Functional requirements for resource reservation management. 22
6.1.6 Functional requirements for virtualised resource and NFVI capacity management . 23
6.1.7 Functional requirements for virtualised resource performance management . 24
6.1.8 Functional requirements for virtualised resource fault management . 24
6.1.9 Functional requirements for virtualised resource information management . 24
6.1.10 Functional requirements for Network Forwarding Path (NFP) management . 25
6.1.11 Functional requirements for quota management . 25
6.1.12 Functional requirements related to permitted allowance management . 26
6.2 Functional requirements for VNF lifecycle ma nage me nt . 26
6.2.1 Functional requirements for VNF lifecycle management . 26
6.2.2 Functional requirements for VNF instantiation . 27
6.2.3 Functional requirements for VNF scaling . 27
6.2.4 Functional requirements for VNF termination . 27
6.2.5 Functional requirements for VNF/VNFC Snapshots . 27
6.2.6 Functional requirements for changing the current VNF Package . 27
6.2.7 Functional requirements for change of the external VNF connectivity . 28
6.3 Functional requirements for NS lifecycle management . 28
6.3.1 Functional requirements for NS lifecycle management . 28
6.3.2 Functional requirements for NS instantiation . 28
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6.3.3 Functional requirements for NS scaling . 29
6.3.4 Functional requirements for NS updating . 29
6.3.5 Functional requirements for NS termination. 29
6.4 Functional requirements for VNF configuration management . 30
6.5 Functional requirements for VNF information management. 30
6.5.1 Functional requirements for VNF Package management . 30
6.5.2 Functional requirements for VNF instance information management . 30
6.6 Functional requirements for NS information management . 31
6.6.1 Functional requirements for NSD management . 31
6.6.2 Functional requirements for NS instance information management . 31
6.6.3 Functional requirements for PNF Descriptor (PNFD) archive management . 31
6.7 Functional requirements for NS performance management . 32
6.8 Functional requirements for VNF fault management . 32
6.8.1 Functional requirements for virtualisation-related fault management . 32
6.9 Functional requirements for NS fault management . 32
6.10 Functional requirements for infrastructure resource management . 33
6.11 Functional requirements for security consideration . 33
6.12 Functional requirements for software image management . 33
6.13 Functional requirements for NFV acceleration management . 33
6.14 Functional requirements for multi-tenancy . 34
6.15 Functional requirements for compute host reservation management . 34
6.16 Functional requirements for policy management . 35
6.17 Functional requirements for management of network services in a multiple administrative domain
environment . 35
6.18 Functional requirements for management of connectivity for Multi-Site services. 36
6.19 Functional requirements related to the support for network slicing . 37
7 Functional requirements for VNFM . 37
7.1 Functional requirements for virtualised resource management . 37
7.1.1 Functional requirements for virtualised resource management . 37
7.1.2 Functional requirements for VNF-related resource management in indirect mode . 38
7.1.3 Functional requirements for VNF-related resource management in direct mode . 38
7.1.4 Functional requirements for resource reservation management. 39
7.1.5 Functional requirements for virtualised resource performance management . 39
7.1.6 Functional requirements for virtualised resource fault management . 39
7.1.7 Functional requirements for virtualised resource information management . 39
7.1.8 Functional requirements for quota management . 40
7.1.9 Functional requirements related to permitted allowance management . 40
7.2 Functional requirements for VNF lifecycle ma nage me nt . 40
7.2.1 Functional requirements for VNF lifecycle management . 40
7.2.2 Functional requirements for VNF instantiation . 41
7.2.3 Functional requirements for VNF scaling . 41
7.2.4 Functional requirements for VNF termination . 42
7.2.5 Functional requirements for changing the current VNF Package . 42
7.2.6 Functional requirements for change of the external VNF connectivity . 42
7.3 Functional requirements for VNF configuration management . 42
7.4 Functional requirements for VNF information management. 43
7.4.1 Functional requirements for VNF Package management . 43
7.4.2 Functional requirements for VNF instance information management . 43
7.5 Functional requirements for VNF performance management . 43
7.6 Functional requirements for VNF fault management . 44
7.6.1 Functional requirements for virtualised resource-related VNF fault management . 44
7.6.2 Functional requirements for virtualisation-related fault management . 44
7.7 Functional requirements for security consideration . 44
7.8 Functional requirements for software image management . 45
7.9 Functional requirements for NFV acceleration management . 45
7.10 Functional requirements for multi-tenancy . 45
7.11 Functional requirements for VNF indicator management . 45
7.12 Functional requirements for policy management . 46
7.13 Functional requirements for VNF/VNFC Snapshots . 46
7.14 Functional requirements for management of connectivity for Multi-Site services. 46
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8 Functional requirements for VIM . 47
8.1 General considerations . 47
8.2 Functional requirements for virtualised resource management . 47
8.2.1 Functional requirements for virtualised resource management . 47
8.2.2 Functional requirements for resource reservation management. 48
8.2.3 Functional requirements for virtualised resource and NFVI capacity management . 48
8.2.4 Functional requirements for virtualised resource performance management . 49
8.2.5 Functional requirements for virtualised resource fault management . 49
8.2.6 Functional requirements for virtualised resource information management . 49
8.2.7 Functional requirements for virtualised resource configuration management . 50
8.2.8 Functional requirements for NFP management . 50
8.2.9 Functional requirements for quota management . 50
8.3 Functional requirements for infrastructure resource management . 51
8.3.1 Functional requirements for infrastructure resource performance management . 51
8.3.2 Functional requirements for infrastructure resource fault management. 51
8.4 Functional requirements for security consideration . 51
8.5 Functional requirements for software image management . 51
8.6 Functional requirements for NFV acceleration management . 52
8.7 Functional requirements for multi-tenancy . 52
8.8 Functional requirements for compute host reservation management . 52
8.9 Functional requirements for policy management . 53
8.10 Functional requirements for virtualised resource Snapshots . 53
8.11 Functional requirements for management of connectivity for Multi-Site services. 53
9 Architectural level Requirements . 53
9.1 General guidelines for NFV management and orchestration interface design . 53
9.2 General requirements to NFV management and orchestration interface design . 54
9.3 General requirements for NFV management and orchestration services . 54
9.4 General requirements for multi-tenancy . 55
10 Functional requirements for NFV-MANO as managed entities . 55
10.1 Functional requirements for management of NFVO as a managed entity . 55
10.2 Functional requirements for management of VNFM as a managed entity . 55
10.3 Functional requirements for management of VIM as a managed entity . 56
11 Functional requirements for WIM . 56
11.1 General considerations . 56
11.2 Functional requirements related to virtualised resource management . 56
11.2.1 Functional requirements for virtualised resource management . 56
11.2.2 Functional requirements for resource reservation management. 56
11.2.3 Functional requirements for virtualised resource fault management . 57
11.2.4 Functional requirements for virtualised resource information management . 57
Annex A (informative): Resource management additional information . 58
A.1 Quota based resource management . 58
A.1.1 Overview . 58
A.1.2 Summary of key aspects . 58
A.1.3 Assignment of consumer identifiers . 59
A.1.4 Setting of quotas . 59
A.1.5 NFVO awareness of NFVI resource consumption . 59
A.1.6 NFVI resource acquisition . 59
A.1.7 Resource contention mitigation . 60
A.1.8 Data centre resource utilization efficiency . 60
A.1.9 Resource management evolution and interoperability. 60
A.1.10 Co-existence of resource quota enforcement and resource management with reservation . 60
A.2 Management of resource reservations . 60
A.2.1 Introduction . 60
A.2.2 Use cases . 60
A.2.2.1 Use case for securing resources for several tenants . 60
A.2.2.2 Use case for securing resources with detailed capabilities . 61
A.2.2.3 Use case for securing resources during NS instantiation . 61
A.2.2.4 Use case for securing resources during NS scaling . 61
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A.2.2.5 Use case for securing resources related to a scheduled event . 61
A.2.3 Summary of key aspects . 61
A.2.4 Resource reservation management by NFVO . 62
A.2.5 Resource reservation handling by the VNFM . 63
A.2.6 Resource reservation contention mitigation . 63
A.2.7 Co-existence of reservation with quota . 63
A.2.8 Resource reservation types . 63
A.3 Management of permitted allowance . 64
A.3.1 Introduction . 64
A.3.2 Summary of key aspects . 64
A.3.3 Setting of permitted allowance . 64
A.3.4 Permitted allowance management by NFVO . 65
A.3.5 Permitted allowance awareness by the VN FM . 65
A.3.6 Permitted allowance contention mitigation . 65
A.3.7 Co-existence of permitted allowance and resource quota enforcement . 65
A.3.8 Co-existence of permitted allowance and resource
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