1 **Definition of terms**
3 Different SDOs and communities use different terminology related to
4 NFV/Cloud/SDN. This list tries to define an OPNFV terminology,
5 mapping/translating the OPNFV terms to terminology used in other contexts.
10 ACT-STBY configuration
11 Failover configuration common in Telco deployments. It enables the
12 operator to use a standby (STBY) instance to take over the functionality
13 of a failed active (ACT) instance.
16 Administrator of the system, e.g. OAM in Telco context.
19 User-side Manager; consumer of the interfaces produced by the VIM; VNFM,
20 NFVO, or Orchestrator in ETSI NFV [ENFV]_ terminology.
23 Evolved Packet Core, the main component of the core network architecture
24 of 3GPP's LTE communication standard.
27 Mobility Management Entity, an entity in the EPC dedicated to mobility
31 Network Function Virtualization
34 Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure; totality of all hardware
35 and software components which build up the environment in which VNFs are
39 Serving/PDN-Gateway, two entities in the EPC dedicated to routing user
40 data packets and providing connectivity from the UE to external packet
41 data networks (PDN), respectively.
44 Actual resources in NFVI; not visible to Consumer.
47 Virtualized Network Function Manager; functional block that is
48 responsible for the lifecycle management of VNF.
51 Network Functions Virtualization Orchestrator; functional block that
52 manages the Network Service (NS) lifecycle and coordinates the
53 management of NS lifecycle, VNF lifecycle (supported by the VNFM) and
54 NFVI resources (supported by the VIM) to ensure an optimized allocation
55 of the necessary resources and connectivity.
58 Virtualized Infrastructure Manager; functional block that is responsible
59 for controlling and managing the NFVI compute, storage and network
60 resources, usually within one operator's Infrastructure Domain, e.g.
61 NFVI Point of Presence (NFVI-PoP).
64 Virtualized computation environment that behaves very much like a
65 physical computer/server.
68 Virtual network routes information among the network interfaces of VM
69 instances and physical network interfaces, providing the necessary
73 A Virtual Machine (VM), a virtual network, or virtualized storage;
74 Offered resources to "Consumer" as result of infrastructure
75 virtualization; visible to Consumer.
78 Virtualized non-volatile storage allocated to a VM.
81 Virtualized Network Function. Implementation of an Network Function that
82 can be deployed on a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure
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