First complete templating system for Virtualized Network Function (VNF) lifecycle management, based on European Telecommunications Standards Institutes Network Functions Virtualization (ETSI NFV) specifications
Provides data model for the VNF Descriptor and access to open tools, allowing VNF suppliers to more quickly support multi-vendor networks
Enables service providers to streamline VNF onboarding and integration, and automate VNF lifecycle management processes via Nokia CloudBand(TM)
Reduces the cost and time required to deploy multi-vendor NFV networks; enriches the selection of services that service providers can offer customers
5 December 2016
Espoo, Finland - Nokia has published the industrys first complete templating system for VNF lifecycle management, designed to streamline and automate VNF onboarding, integration and lifecycle management processes.
Todays methods for managing VNF lifecycles - instantiating, monitoring, repairing, scaling, updating and backing-up - are costly, cumbersome and time-consuming. To address this, Nokia has developed an open templating system, aligned with the latest industry standards and open-source tools, to streamline these processes. The template specifications allow service providers and VNF suppliers to take advantage of the automated lifecycle management capabilities of the Nokia CloudBand Application Manager, enabling them to integrate more VNFs faster while reducing the cost and time required to manage VNFs in the cloud.
Nokias open templating system builds upon the ETSI NFV specifications (IFA011 and IFA014), Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) specifications and OpenStack tools. It provides key functionality to service providers, including VNF definitions for better integration and added support of complex structures, and eliminates the need for customization when providing VNF information to a generic VNF Manager and NFV Orchestrator.
By supporting both Nokia and third-party VNFs, the system gives service providers a much wider selection of virtualized network services they can offer subscribers.
Nokia is currently collaborating with fellow members of ETSI and TOSCA to complete development of VNF templating standards to benefit the entire industry.
Ron Haberman, head of Nokias CloudBand product unit, said: One of the goals of NFV has been to foster an open ecosystem of VNF suppliers to give service providers maximum choice in the capabilities they integrate, and to offer subscribers the best available services. By creating an open system that improves the management of VNFs, we aim to make it easier for service providers to quickly add new value-added services to differentiate their offerings, generate new revenue opportunities, and deliver better user experiences.
John Maddison, SVP of Products and Solutions at Fortinet, said: Vendors are coming together to facilitate the integration, deployment and management of NFV, which is having a profound impact on service providers. Virtual security functions are critical to these efforts and must be fully integrated and managed within these environments. Nokias open templating system facilitates this for Fortinets VNFs. With these tools, CloudBand and Fortinet can reduce complexity and streamline integration with multi-vendor solutions to ensure the success and security of NFV.
Mallik Tatipamula, VP of Service Provider Solutions at F5 Networks, said: Achieving NFVs true promise requires automated VNF lifecycle management in multi-vendor networks. This can be accomplished by using a consistent and predictable package that captures VNF operational aspects while reducing the learning curve. As a VNF supplier, F5 Networks needs flexibility and agility to deploy its virtualized network functions/services into multi-vendor networks. By documenting their open templating system based on de facto standards and standard tool sets, Nokia has made it practical to do so.
Caroline Chappell, principal analyst at Analysys Mason, said: VNF onboarding is one of the major challenges the industry must solve to ensure the long-term success of NFV. This will require a standards-based approach that automates the onboarding process and minimizes its complexity. Publicly available guidelines that build upon ETSI NFV ISG and OASIS TOSCA work are an important resource for the market. They provide an exemplar for VNF onboarding that can help harmonize the fragmented vendor approaches weve seen so far.
Additional features of the Nokia CloudBand Application Manager templating system include:
Standards-based system built upon common scripting and description languages - including TOSCA, Ansible, OpenStack HOT and Mistral - makes it easy for third-party vendors to quickly integrate VNFs for Nokia CloudBand deployments.
Automated VNF lifecycle management eliminates tedious manual processes and costly custom development, and minimizes the potential for human error.
Multi-vendor support ensures interoperability and facilitates the proliferation of new, high-value NFV commercial services.
Availability
The new VNF lifecycle management templating system for Nokia CloudBand Application Manager is now available, and the VNF lifecycle management Template Developer Guide can be downloaded here. For more information about Nokia CloudBand visit the Nokia CloudBand website.
Resources:
Download: VNF lifecycle management Template Developer Guide
Website: Nokia CloudBand Ecosystem
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First complete templating system for Virtualized Network Function (VNF) lifecycle management, based on European Telecommunications Standards Institutes Network Functions Virtualization (ETSI NFV) specifications
