Nokia CloudBand open templating system enables automation of virtualized network function lifecycle management
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
* First complete templating system for Virtualized Network Function (VNF)
lifecycle management, based on European Telecommunications Standards
Institute's Network Functions Virtualization (ETSI NFV) specifications
* Provides data model for the VNF Descriptor and access to open tools,
allowing VNF suppliers to more quickly support multi-vendor networks
* Enables service providers to streamline VNF onboarding and integration, and
automate VNF lifecycle management processes via Nokia CloudBand(TM)
* Reduces the cost and time required to deploy multi-vendor NFV networks;
enriches the selection of services that service providers can offer
customers
5 December 2016
Espoo, Finland - Nokia has published the industry's first complete templating
system for VNF lifecycle management, designed to streamline and automate VNF
onboarding, integration and lifecycle management processes.
Today's methods for managing VNF lifecycles - instantiating, monitoring,
repairing, scaling, updating and backing-up - are costly, cumbersome and time-
consuming. To address this, Nokia has developed an open templating system,
aligned with the latest industry standards and open-source tools, to streamline
these processes. The template specifications allow service providers and VNF
suppliers to take advantage of the automated lifecycle management capabilities
of the Nokia CloudBand Application Manager, enabling them to integrate more VNFs
faster while reducing the cost and time required to manage VNFs in the cloud.
Nokia's open templating system builds upon the ETSI NFV specifications (IFA011
and IFA014), Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications
(TOSCA) specifications and OpenStack tools. It provides key functionality to
service providers, including VNF definitions for better integration and added
support of complex structures, and eliminates the need for customization when
providing VNF information to a generic VNF Manager and NFV Orchestrator.
By supporting both Nokia and third-party VNFs, the system gives service
providers a much wider selection of virtualized network services they can offer
subscribers.
Nokia is currently collaborating with fellow members of ETSI and TOSCA to
complete development of VNF templating standards to benefit the entire industry.
Ron Haberman, head of Nokia's CloudBand product unit, said: "One of the goals of
NFV has been to foster an open ecosystem of VNF suppliers to give service
providers maximum choice in the capabilities they integrate, and to offer
subscribers the best available services. By creating an open system that
improves the management of VNFs, we aim to make it easier for service providers
to quickly add new value-added services to differentiate their offerings,
generate new revenue opportunities, and deliver better user experiences."
John Maddison, SVP of Products and Solutions at Fortinet, said: "Vendors are
coming together to facilitate the integration, deployment and management of NFV,
which is having a profound impact on service providers. Virtual security
functions are critical to these efforts and must be fully integrated and managed
within these environments. Nokia's open templating system facilitates this for
Fortinet's VNFs. With these tools, CloudBand and Fortinet can reduce complexity
and streamline integration with multi-vendor solutions to ensure the success and
security of NFV."
Mallik Tatipamula, VP of Service Provider Solutions at F5 Networks, said:
"Achieving NFV's true promise requires automated VNF lifecycle management in
multi-vendor networks. This can be accomplished by using a consistent and
predictable package that captures VNF operational aspects while reducing the
learning curve. As a VNF supplier, F5 Networks needs flexibility and agility to
deploy its virtualized network functions/services into multi-vendor networks. By
documenting their open templating system based on de facto standards and
standard tool sets, Nokia has made it practical to do so."
Caroline Chappell, principal analyst at Analysys Mason, said: "VNF onboarding is
one of the major challenges the industry must solve to ensure the long-term
success of NFV. This will require a standards-based approach that automates the
onboarding process and minimizes its complexity. Publicly available guidelines
that build upon ETSI NFV ISG and OASIS TOSCA work are an important resource for
the market. They provide an exemplar for VNF onboarding that can help harmonize
the fragmented vendor approaches we've seen so far."
Additional features of the Nokia CloudBand Application Manager templating system
include:
* Standards-based system built upon common scripting and description languages
- including TOSCA, Ansible, OpenStack HOT and Mistral - makes it easy for
third-party vendors to quickly integrate VNFs for Nokia CloudBand
deployments.
* Automated VNF lifecycle management eliminates tedious manual processes and
costly custom development, and minimizes the potential for human error.
* Multi-vendor support ensures interoperability and facilitates the
proliferation of new, high-value NFV commercial services.
Availability
The new VNF lifecycle management templating system for Nokia CloudBand
Application Manager is now available, and the VNF lifecycle management Template
Developer Guide can be downloaded here. For more information about Nokia
CloudBand visit the Nokia CloudBand website.
Resources:
* Download: VNF lifecycle management Template Developer Guide
* Website: Nokia CloudBand Ecosystem
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