Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Release 4; Protocols and Data Models; NFV descriptors based on TOSCA specification

Abstract

This revision of NFV-SOL001 continues the development of the specification as part of the NFV Release 4. This edition will extend the specification of descriptors to support the Release 4 features. The scope of the former edition is summarized hereafter:

NFV-SOL 001 specifies a data model specification for NFV descriptors, using the TOSCA-Simple-Profile-YAML-v1.3, fulfilling the requirements specified in ETSI GS NFV-IFA 011 and ETSI GS NFV-IFA 014 for a Virtualised Network Function Descriptors (VNFD), a Network Service Descriptor (NSD) and a Physical Network Function Descriptor (PNFD). NFV-SOL 001 also specifies requirements on the VNFM and NFVO specific to the handling of NFV descriptors based on the TOSCA-Simple-Profile-YAML-v1.3.