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19 - Requirements are identified as either MUST, MUST NOT, SHOULD, SHOULD NOT,
20 or MAY as defined in RFC 2119.
21 - Requirements should be targeted to a restricted set of nouns related
22 to VNFs and within the control of the VNF provider. The current list
23 of VNF Requirement targets is:
25 +---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
26 | Target | When is it used |
27 +=====================+=======================================================+
28 | VNF | Functional behavior of a VNF |
29 +---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
30 | PNF | Functional behavior of a PNF |
31 +---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
32 | VNF or PNF | Function behavior to both VNFs and PNFs |
33 +---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
34 | {VNF|PNF|VNF or PNF}| Something the provider of the VNF, PNF, or VNF/PNF |
35 | Provider | must do. This is often used to describe delivering |
36 | | artifacts or specific documentation that may not be |
37 | | part of a standard VNF package format. |
38 +---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
39 | VNF HEAT PACKAGE | The archive/zip file that includes Heat templates. The|
40 | | subject of the requirement my be further refined (Ex: |
41 | | Heat Environment File), but the metadata stay at the |
43 +---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
44 | {VNF|PNF|VNF or PNF}| A requirement related to the contents of what should |
45 | CSAR PACKAGE | be in the CSAR package. The subject of the requirement|
46 | | might be further refined (ex: CSAR manifest file, VNF |
47 | | Descriptor, etc.), but the :target: metadata would |
48 | | stay at the package level. |
49 +---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
50 - Chapter 4 contains the xNF requirements involving the design and
51 development of xNFs. These requirements help VNFs/PNFs operate
52 efficiently within a cloud environment. Requirements cover design,
53 resiliency, security, modularity and DevOps.
54 - Chapter 5 describes the different data models the xNF provider
55 needs to understand. There are currently 2 models described in this
58 - The first model is the onboarding package data model. This is a TOSCA
59 model that will describe how all the elements passed from the VNF/PNF
60 Provider to the Service provider should be formatted and packaged.
61 - The second model is HEAT template used for orchestrating and
62 instantiating virtual resources in an OpenStack environment. At this
63 time the HEAT files will be passed to the Service provider as a data
64 element within the TOSCA onboarding package.
65 - Chapter 6 details the requirements specific to an implementation.
66 The current implementations documented are OpenStack and Azure.
67 - Chapter 7 provides the comprehensive set of requirements for xNFs to
68 be on-boarded, configured and managed by ONAP.
69 - Chapter 8 is the appendix that provide a number of detailed data record
70 formats. It also contains a list of the requirements that are listed
71 in the other chapters as well as examples and models that are referenced
72 throughout the rest of the chapters.