Evaluate ETSI NFV IFA vs. Promise specifications

[promise.git] / requirements / glossary.rst

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 .. glossary::
 
 
 .. glossary::
 

+   Administrator
+      Administrator of the system, e.g. OAM in Telco context.
+
+   Consumer
+      User-side Manager; consumer of the interfaces produced by the VIM; VNFM,
+      NFVO, or Orchestrator in ETSI NFV [NFV003]_ terminology.
+

    NFV
       Network Function Virtualization
 
    NFV
       Network Function Virtualization
 


@@ -14,16 +21,6 @@ mapping/translating the OPNFV terms to terminology used in other contexts.
       and software components which build up the environment in which VNFs are
       deployed.
 
       and software components which build up the environment in which VNFs are
       deployed.
 

-   VNF
-      Virtualized Network Function. Implementation of an Network Function that
-      can be deployed on a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI).
-
-   VIM
-      Virtualized Infrastructure Manager; functional block that is responsible
-      for controlling and managing the NFVI compute, storage and network
-      resources, usually within one operator's Infrastructure Domain, e.g. NFVI
-      Point of Presence (NFVI-PoP).
-

    NFVO
       Network Functions Virtualization Orchestrator; functional block that
       manages the Network Service (NS) lifecycle and coordinates the management
    NFVO
       Network Functions Virtualization Orchestrator; functional block that
       manages the Network Service (NS) lifecycle and coordinates the management


@@ -31,33 +28,41 @@ mapping/translating the OPNFV terms to terminology used in other contexts.
       (supported by the VIM) to ensure an optimized allocation of the necessary
       resources and connectivity.
 
       (supported by the VIM) to ensure an optimized allocation of the necessary
       resources and connectivity.
 

-   VNFM
-      Virtualized Network Function Manager; functional block that is responsible
-      for the lifecycle management of VNF.
+   Physical resource
+      Actual resources in NFVI; not visible to Consumer.

 
 

-   Consumer
-      User-side Manager; consumer of the interfaces produced by the VIM; VNFM,
-      NFVO, or Orchestrator in ETSI NFV [7] terminology.
+   Resource zone
+      A set of NFVI hardware and software resources logically grouped
+      according to physical isolation and redundancy capabilities or to
+      certain administrative policies for the NFVI [NFVIFA010]_

 
 

-   Administrator
-      Administrator of the system, e.g. OAM in Telco context.
+   VIM
+      Virtualized Infrastructure Manager; functional block that is responsible
+      for controlling and managing the NFVI compute, storage and network
+      resources, usually within one operator's Infrastructure Domain, e.g. NFVI
+      Point of Presence (NFVI-PoP).

 
    Virtual Machine (VM)
       Virtualized computation environment that behaves very much like a physical
       computer/server.
 
 
    Virtual Machine (VM)
       Virtualized computation environment that behaves very much like a physical
       computer/server.
 

-   Virtual Storage
-      Virtualized non-volatile storage allocated to a VM.
-

    Virtual network
       Virtual network routes information among the network interfaces of VM
       instances and physical network interfaces, providing the necessary
       connectivity.
 
    Virtual network
       Virtual network routes information among the network interfaces of VM
       instances and physical network interfaces, providing the necessary
       connectivity.
 

-   Physical resource
-      Actual resources in NFVI; not visible to Consumer.
-

    Virtual resource
       A Virtual Machine (VM), a virtual network, or virtualized storage; Offered
       resources to "Consumer" as result of infrastructure virtualization; visible
       to Consumer.
    Virtual resource
       A Virtual Machine (VM), a virtual network, or virtualized storage; Offered
       resources to "Consumer" as result of infrastructure virtualization; visible
       to Consumer.

+
+   Virtual Storage
+      Virtualized non-volatile storage allocated to a VM.
+
+   VNF
+      Virtualized Network Function. Implementation of an Network Function that
+      can be deployed on a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI).
+
+   VNFM
+      Virtualized Network Function Manager; functional block that is responsible
+      for the lifecycle management of VNF.