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GROUP SPECIFICATION
Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Release 3;
Management and Orchestration;
Network Service Templates Specification
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The present document has been produced and approved by the Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) ETSI Industry
Specification Group (ISG) and represents the views of those members who participated in this ISG.
It does not necessarily represent the views of the entire ETSI membership.
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Reference
RGS/NFV-IFA014ed311
Keywords
MANO, network, NFV, service, virtualisation
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 6
Foreword . 6
Modal verbs terminology . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Definitions . 8
3.2 Abbreviations . 8
4 Overview . 8
4.1 Network Service Descriptions . 8
4.2 Relation to other ETSI NFV Group Specifications . 10
4.3 Conventions . 10
5 Functional requirements . 11
5.1 Void . 11
5.2 Network Service Descriptor . 11
5.3 Network Service Deployment Flavour . 12
5.4 VNF Forwarding Graph Descriptor . 13
5.5 Virtual Link Descriptor . 13
5.6 Physical Network Function Descriptor. 13
6 Descriptors formats and contents . 14
6.1 Void . 14
6.2 Information elements related to the Network Service Descriptor . 14
6.2.1 Introduction. 14
6.2.2 Network Service Descriptor information element . 14
6.2.2.1 Description . 14
6.2.2.2 Attributes . 14
6.2.3 Sapd information element . 15
6.2.3.1 Description . 15
6.2.3.2 Attributes . 15
6.2.4 Void . 16
6.2.5 SecurityParameters information element . 16
6.2.5.1 Description . 16
6.2.5.2 Attributes . 16
6.2.6 MonitoredData . 16
6.2.6.1 Description . 16
6.2.6.2 Attributes . 17
6.2.7 VnfIndicatorData . 17
6.2.7.1 Description . 17
6.2.7.2 Attributes . 17
6.2.8 MonitoringParameter . 17
6.2.8.1 Description . 17
6.2.8.2 Attributes . 17
6.2.9 LifeCycleManagementScript . 18
6.2.9.1 Description . 18
6.2.9.2 Attributes . 18
6.3 Information elements related to the Network Service Deployment Flavour . 18
6.3.1 Introduction. 18
6.3.2 NsDf information element . 18
6.3.2.1 Description . 18
6.3.2.2 Attributes . 19
6.3.3 VnfProfile information element . 19
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6.3.3.1 Description . 19
6.3.3.2 Attributes . 20
6.3.4 VirtualLinkProfile information element . 20
6.3.4.1 Description . 20
6.3.4.2 Attributes . 20
6.3.5 AffinityOrAntiAffinityGroup information element . 21
6.3.5.1 Description . 21
6.3.5.2 Attributes . 21
6.3.6 PnfProfile information element . 22
6.3.6.1 Description . 22
6.3.6.2 Attributes . 22
6.3.7 NsVirtualLinkConnectivity information element . 22
6.3.7.1 Description . 22
6.3.7.2 Attributes . 22
6.3.8 LocalAffinityOrAntiAffinityRule information element. 23
6.3.8.1 Description . 23
6.3.8.2 Attributes . 23
6.3.9 NsLevel information element . 23
6.3.9.1 Description . 23
6.3.9.2 Attributes . 23
6.3.10 NsScaleInfo information element . 24
6.3.10.1 Description . 24
6.3.10.2 Attributes . 24
6.3.11 NsProfile information element . 24
6.3.11.1 Description . 24
6.3.11.2 Attributes . 24
6.3.12 Dependencies information element . 25
6.3.12.1 Description . 25
6.3.12.2 Attributes . 25
6.4 Information elements related to the VNF Forwarding Graph Descriptor . 26
6.4.1 Introduction. 26
6.4.2 Vnffgd information element . 26
6.4.2.1 Description . 26
6.4.2.2 Attributes . 26
6.4.3 Nfpd information element . 26
6.4.3.1 Description . 26
6.4.3.2 Attributes . 26
6.4.4 CpdPool information element . 27
6.4.4.1 Description . 27
6.4.4.2 Attributes . 27
6.4.5 NfpPositionDesc information element . 27
6.4.5.1 Description . 27
6.4.5.2 Attributes . 27
6.4.6 CpProfile information element . 28
6.4.6.1 Description . 28
6.4.6.2 Attributes . 28
6.5 Information elements related to the Network Service Virtual Link Descriptor . 29
6.5.1 Introduction. 29
6.5.2 NsVirtualLinkDesc information element . 29
6.5.2.1 Description . 29
6.5.2.2 Attributes . 29
6.5.3 ConnectivityType information element . 30
6.5.3.1 Description . 30
6.5.3.2 Attributes . 30
6.5.4 VirtualLinkDf information element . 30
6.5.4.1 Description . 30
6.5.4.2 Attributes . 30
6.5.5 LinkBitrateRequirements information element. 31
6.5.5.1 Description . 31
6.5.5.2 Attributes . 31
6.5.6 QoS information element . 31
6.5.6.1 Description . 31
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6.5.6.2 Attributes . 31
6.6 Information elements related to the PNFD . 32
6.6.1 Introduction. 32
6.6.2 Pnfd information element . 32
6.6.2.1 Description . 32
6.6.2.2 Attributes . 32
6.6.3 Cpd information element . 32
6.6.3.1 Description . 32
6.6.3.2 Attributes . 32
6.6.4 PnfExtCpd information element . 33
6.6.4.1 Description . 33
6.6.4.2 Attributes . 33
6.7 Information elements related to scaling. 33
6.7.1 Introduction. 33
6.7.2 NsScalingAspect information element. 34
6.7.2.1 Description . 34
6.7.2.2 Attributes . 34
6.7.3 Void . 34
6.7.4 VnfToLevelMapping information element . 34
6.7.4.1 Description . 34
6.7.4.2 Attributes . 34
6.7.5 VirtualLinkToLevelMapping information element . 35
6.7.5.1 Description . 35
6.7.5.2 Attributes . 35
6.7.6 NsToLevelMapping information element . 35
6.7.6.1 Description . 35
6.7.6.2 Attributes . 36
Annex A (informative): Support of service function chaining. 37
A.1 Introduction . 37
A.2 IETF SFC concepts . 37
A.3 Use of the NFP Management interface . 38
A.4 Mapping . 38
Annex B (informative): Authors & contributors . 41
Annex C (informative): Change History . 43
History . 44
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Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
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Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
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Foreword
This Group Specification (GS) has been produced by ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) Network Functions
Virtualisation (NFV).
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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1 Scope
The present document specifies requirements and templates for describing Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV)
Network Services (NSs) in the form of meta-data.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, E
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