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Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Related Documentation
• Documentation Accessibility

1 Overview

• About UIM's NFV Orchestration Functionality
• NFV Orchestration Components
• About UIM NFV Orchestration Entities
• About the UIM User Interface
  • About UIM Help
• About the Sample Network Services

2 Setting Up UIM NFV Orchestration

• Planning Your Implementation
• Software Requirements
• Migrating UIM NFV Orchestration 7.3.5 Cartridges
  • Migrating the UIM NFV Orchestration 7.3.5 VNF Cartridges
  • Migrating the UIM NFV Orchestration 7.3.5 Network Service Cartridges
  • Deploying the Migrated Cartridges into the UIM Run-time Environment
• Installing and Integrating the NFV Orchestration Components
• Integrating UIM NFV Orchestration With Northbound Applications for Asynchronous Communication
• Integrating the VIM
  • Registering the VIM
  • Discovering VIM Resources
• Configuring NFV Orchestration for Using a Generic EMS Interface
• Setting NFV Orchestration Properties
• Enabling Logging for NFV Orchestration
• Supported Southbound Integration

3 Designing and Onboarding Network Services, VNFs, and PNFs

• About Design Components
  • About Descriptor Files
    • About Network Service Descriptor Files
    • About VNF Descriptor Files
    • About PNF Descriptor Files
    • Creating a Descriptor File
  • About Technical Actions Files
    • Creating a Technical Actions File
  • About VNF Configuration Files
• Setting Network Service Descriptor Properties
• Orchestrating VNFs Using Heat Templates
  • Sample Heat Template
    • Parameters
    • Resources
    • Outputs
    • Naming Convention for Parameters and Resources in Heat Templates
• Onboarding Network Services and VNFs Using TOSCA Descriptor Templates
  • Sample TOSCA VNF Descriptor Template
  • Sample TOSCA Network Service Descriptor Template
  • Installing Python
  • Importing TOSCA Descriptor Templates into Design Studio
• Tagging NFV Orchestration Specifications
• Designing Custom Network Services
  • Creating Cartridges for VNFs
    • Logical Device Specification
    • Service Specification
    • Service Configuration Specification
  • Creating Cartridges for PNFs
    • Logical Device Specification
    • Service Specification
    • Service Configuration Specification
  • Creating Cartridges for Network Services
    • Network Service Specification
    • Network Service Configuration Specification

4 Working with Network Services, VNFs, VDUs, and PNFs

• Instantiating Network Services
  • Managing Failed Life-Cycle Actions
    • Accepting Partially Instantiated Network Services
    • Rolling Back Partially Instantiated Network Services
    • Adding Failed VNFs to Partially Instantiated Network Services
• Modifying Network Services
  • Adding VNFs to Existing Network Services
  • Removing VNFs from Existing Network Services
• Terminating Network Services
• Viewing Progress of Life-cycle Actions
• Scaling VNFs
• Healing VNFs
  • Monitoring VNFs
  • About the Monitoring Tabs in the User Interface
• Working with PNFs in Network Services
• Retrieving Details About Network Services, VNFs, PNFs, and Descriptors
• Registering VNFs with Third-Party Systems

5 Implementing the Sample Network Services

• Configuring the Juniper vSRX Base Image
• Implementing the Network Protection Service
• Implementing the Residential Gateway Network Service
• Implementing the Clearwater IMS
  • Prerequisites
  • Configuring the Network Service and VNF Descriptors
  • Configuring the Heat Templates
  • Instantiating and Operating the Clearwater IMS
• Integrating UIM NFV Orchestration with IP Service Activator
  • Setting Juniper_vSRX Sample Cartridge Properties

6 Extending UIM NFV Orchestration

• Setting Up Design Studio for Extending NFV Orchestration
• Using Extension Points and Java Interface Extensions to Extend the NFV Orchestration Functionality
  • Writing a Custom Ruleset Extension Point
  • Using Java Interface Extensions
    • Implementing a Custom SDN Controller
    • Implementing a Custom Monitoring Engine
    • Implementing a Custom VIM
    • Implementing a Custom VNF Life Cycle Manager
    • Implementing an Adapter for a Custom VNF Manager
    • Implementing a Custom VNF Connection Manager
    • Implementing a Custom VNF Configuration Manager
    • Implementing a Custom Response Manager
    • Implementing a Custom Notification Manager
• Localizing UIM NFV Orchestration
  • Localizing the Responses in RESTful APIs

7 NFV Orchestration RESTful API Reference

• About the NFV Orchestration RESTful APIs
• NFV Orchestration RESTful API Resources
• RESTful API Responses
• Sample Requests and Responses
  • Register VIM
  • Discover VIM Resources
  • Update VIM
  • Get VIM Details
  • Instantiate Network Service
  • Get Network Services
  • Get Network Service Details
  • Get Network Service VNFs
  • Get Network Service Networks
  • Get Network Service End Points
  • Get Network Service Status
  • Terminate Network Service
  • Add VNF to Network Service
  • Terminate VNF in a Network Service
  • Heal VNF
  • Scale VNF
  • Get VNF Details
  • Get VNF Status
  • Heal VDU
  • Get NFP
  • Create Classifier
  • Delete Classifier
  • Register PNF
  • Update PNF
  • Get PNFs
  • Get PNF Details
  • Unregister PNF
  • Register EMS
  • Update EMS
  • Get EMSs
  • Get EMS Details
  • Unregister EMS
  • Get Network Service Descriptors
  • Get Network Service Descriptor Details
  • Get Network Service Descriptor VNFDs
  • Get Network Service Descriptor Flavors
  • Get VNF Descriptor Details
  • Get VNF Descriptor Flavors