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High level architecture and general features
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High level northbound interface specification
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-Fault management
+Fault Management
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This interface allows the Consumer to subscribe to fault notification from the
After receiving the MaintenanceRequest,the VIM decides on the actions to be taken
based on maintenance policies predefined by the affected Consumer(s).
-.. [#timeout] Timeout is set by the Administrator and corresponds to the maximum time to empty the physical resources.
+.. [#timeout] Timeout is set by the Administrator and corresponds to the maximum time
+ to empty the physical resources.
.. figure:: images/figure5a.png
:name: figure5a
shown in :numref:`figure5c`.
It consists of the following steps:
-5. The Consumer C3 switches to standby configuration (STDBY).
-6. Instructions from Consumers C2/C3 are shared to VIM requesting certain actions to be performed (steps 6a, 6b).
- The VIM executes the requested actions and sends back a NACK to consumer C2 (step 6d) as the
- migration of the virtual resource(s) is not completed by the given timeout.
+5. The Consumer C3 switches to standby configuration (STBY).
+6. Instructions from Consumers C2/C3 are shared to VIM requesting certain actions to be performed
+ (steps 6a, 6b). The VIM executes the requested actions and sends back a NACK to consumer C2
+ (step 6d) as the migration of the virtual resource(s) is not completed by the given timeout.
7. The VIM switches the physical resources to "enabled" state.
-8. MaintenanceResponse is sent from VIM to inform the Administrator that the maintenance action cannot start.
+8. MaintenanceNotification is sent from VIM to inform the Administrator that the maintenance action
+ cannot start.
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