This section introduces the functional blocks to form the VIM. OpenStack was
selected as the candidate for implementation. Inside the VIM, 4 different
-building blocks are defined (see :num:`Figure #figure6`).
-
-.. _figure6:
+building blocks are defined (see :numref:`figure6`).
.. figure:: images/figure6.png
+ :name: figure6
:width: 100%
Functional blocks
Fault Management
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-The detailed work flow for fault management is as follows (see also :num:`Figure
-#figure7`):
+The detailed work flow for fault management is as follows (see also :numref:`figure7`):
1. Request to subscribe to monitor specific virtual resources. A query filter
can be used to narrow down the alarms the Consumer wants to be informed
fault detection in step 3 and the corresponding recovery actions in step 7 and 8
shall be less than 1 second.
-.. _figure7:
-
.. figure:: images/figure7.png
+ :name: figure7
:width: 100%
Fault management work flow
-
-.. _figure8:
-
.. figure:: images/figure8.png
+ :name: figure8
:width: 100%
Fault management scenario
-:num:`Figure #figure8` shows a more detailed message flow (Steps 4 to 6) between
+:numref:`figure8` shows a more detailed message flow (Steps 4 to 6) between
the 4 building blocks introduced in :ref:`impl_fb`.
4. The Monitor observed a fault in the NFVI and reports the raw fault to the
NFVI Maintenance
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-The detailed work flow for NFVI maintenance is shown in :num:`Figure #figure9`
+The detailed work flow for NFVI maintenance is shown in :numref:`figure9`
and has the following steps. Note that steps 1, 2, and 5 to 8a in the NFVI
maintenance work flow are very similar to the steps in the fault management work
flow and share a similar implementation plan in Release 1.
the queried resource(s). In case the resource is in "maintenance" state,
information about the related maintenance operation is returned.
-.. _figure9:
-
.. figure:: images/figure9.png
+ :name: figure9
:width: 100%
NFVI maintenance work flow
-
-.. _figure10:
-
.. figure:: images/figure10.png
+ :name: figure10
:width: 100%
NFVI Maintenance implementation plan
-:num:`Figure #figure10` shows a more detailed message flow (Steps 4 to 6)
+:numref:`figure10` shows a more detailed message flow (Steps 4 to 6)
between the 4 building blocks introduced in Section 5.1..
3. The Administrator is sending a StateChange request to the Controller residing
Fault management
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-:num:`Figure #figure11` shows the implementation plan based on OpenStack and
+:numref:`figure11` shows the implementation plan based on OpenStack and
related components as planned for Release 1. Hereby, the Monitor can be realized
by Zabbix. The Controller is realized by OpenStack Nova [NOVA]_, Neutron
[NEUT]_, and Cinder [CIND]_ for compute, network, and storage,
Notifier will be realized by Ceilometer [CEIL]_ receiving failure events
on its notification bus.
-:num:`Figure #figure12` shows the inner-workings of Ceilometer. After receiving
+:numref:`figure12` shows the inner-workings of Ceilometer. After receiving
an "event" on its notification bus, first a notification agent will grab the
event and send a "notification" to the Collector. The collector writes the
notifications received to the Ceilometer databases.
polling those databases through the APIs provided. If it finds new alarms, it
will evaluate them based on the pre-defined alarm configuration, and depending
on the configuration, it will hand a message to the Alarm Notifier, which in
-turn will send the alarm message northbound to the Consumer. :num:`Figure
-#figure12` also shows an optimized work flow for Ceilometer with the goal to
+turn will send the alarm message northbound to the Consumer. :numref:`figure12`
+also shows an optimized work flow for Ceilometer with the goal to
reduce the delay for fault notifications to the Consumer. The approach is to
implement a new notification agent (called "publisher" in Ceilometer
terminology) which is directly sending the alarm through the "Notification Bus"
realize the Doctor requirements, we need to define new "meters" in the database
(see Section 5.6.1).
-.. _figure11:
-
.. figure:: images/figure11.png
+ :name: figure11
:width: 100%
Implementation plan in OpenStack (OPNFV Release 1 ”Arno”)
-.. _figure12:
-
.. figure:: images/figure12.png
+ :name: figure12
:width: 100%
Implementation plan in Ceilometer architecture
* Metadata (Key-Value-Pairs): provides additional information of a physical
resource in maintenance/error state.
-Complex information elements (see also UML diagrams in :num:`Figure #figure13`
-and :num:`Figure #figure14`):
+Complex information elements (see also UML diagrams in :numref:`figure13`
+and :numref:`figure14`):
* VirtualResourceInfoClass:
This interface allows the VIM to notify the Consumer about a virtual resource
that is affected by a fault, either within the virtual resource itself or by the
underlying virtualization infrastructure. The messages on this interface are
-shown in :num:`Figure #figure13` and explained in detail in the following
+shown in :numref:`figure13` and explained in detail in the following
subsections.
Note: The information elements used in this section are described in detail in
Section 5.4.
-.. _figure13:
-
.. figure:: images/figure13.png
+ :name: figure13
:width: 100%
Fault management NB I/F messages
order to get details in the current status of the maintenance operation like a
firmware update.
-The messages defined in these northbound interfaces are shown in :num:`Figure
-#figure14` and described in detail in the following subsections.
-
-.. _figure14:
+The messages defined in these northbound interfaces are shown in :numref:`figure14`
+and described in detail in the following subsections.
.. figure:: images/figure14.png
+ :name: figure14
:width: 100%
NFVI maintenance NB I/F messages
send to the Consumer, whereas one requirement of Doctor is to react on faults
as fast as possible.
- The existing message flow is shown in :num:`Figure #figure12`: after receiving
+ The existing message flow is shown in :numref:`figure12`: after receiving
an "event", a "notification agent" (i.e. "event publisher") will send a
"notification" to a "Collector". The "collector" is collecting the
notifications and is updating the Ceilometer "Meter" database that is storing