The NF Management function allows the creation of VIM connections for use with VM (Automated) devices. VIM connections work with the OpenStack API and OpenStack Heat API.
The NF Agent provides the following VM profile and deployment information to the VIM so it can instantiate instances of the described VNF:
- Required vCPUs
- Required vNICs
- Required Networks and IP addressing
- Memory size
- Storage size
- Anti-affinity/Affinity requirements