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NFV and the Cloud platform provide virtual resources and related control
-functionality to users and administrators. :num:`Figure #figure3` shows the high
+functionality to users and administrators. :numref:`figure3` shows the high
level architecture of NFV focusing on the NFVI, i.e., the virtualized
infrastructure. The NFVI provides virtual resources, such as virtual machines
(VM) and virtual networks. Those virtual resources are used to run applications,
The time interval between the instant that an event is detected by the
monitoring system and the Consumer notification of unavailable resources shall
-be < 1 second (e.g., Step 1 to Step 4 in :num:`Figure #figure4` and :num:`Figure
-#figure5`).
-
-.. _figure3:
+be < 1 second (e.g., Step 1 to Step 4 in :numref:`figure4` and :numref:`figure5`).
.. figure:: images/figure3.png
+ :name: figure3
:width: 100%
High level architecture
virtualized resource is determined by referring to the mapping of physical and
virtualized resources.
-The relation from physical resources to virtualized resources shall be
-configurable, as the cause of unavailability of virtualized resources can be
-different in technologies and policies of deployment.
+VIM shall allow configuration of fault correlation between physical and
+virtual resources. VIM shall support correlating faults:
+
+* between a physical resource and another physical resource
+* between a physical resource and a virtual resource
+* between a virtual resource and another virtual resource
Failure aggregation is also required in this feature, e.g., a user may request
to be only notified if failures on more than two standby VMs in an (N+M)
alarms at the VIM. A filter can be used to narrow down the alarms returned in
the response message.
-.. _figure4:
-
.. figure:: images/figure4.png
+ :name: figure4
:width: 100%
High-level message flow for fault management
The high level message flow for the fault management use case is shown in
-:num:`Figure #figure4`.
+:numref:`figure4`.
It consists of the following steps:
1. The VIM monitors the physical and virtual resources and the fault management
error state, the VIM sends a MaintenanceResponse message back to the
Administrator.
-.. _figure5:
-
.. figure:: images/figure5.png
+ :name: figure5
:width: 100%
High-level message flow for NFVI maintenance
The high level message flow for the NFVI maintenance use case is shown in
-:num:`Figure #figure5`.
+:numref:`figure5`.
It consists of the following steps:
1. Maintenance trigger received from administrator.