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Hello Folks, welcome back to Learnizo Global. In our previous articles, we discussed the basics of NFV and NFV MANO. Going further, in this article we shall have an insight on NFV Cloud and OPNFV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is NFV Cloud?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A network functions virtualization (NFV) cloud is a data center and network built to host, deploy, and service virtual network functions (VNFs) using a cloud network.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cloud NFV is an organized effort to provide an open management architecture for deploying NFV in a cloud environment using open standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CloudNFV and Lifecycle Service Orchestration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CloudNFV is one of several efforts to create a more robust management and orchestration ecosystem for delivering NFV technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the ETSI MANO architecture has been very influential in how NFV clouds are built, many analysts and critics have pointed out that additional orchestration and management functions are needed. NFV requires orchestration software to set up VNF services, as well as management and operations software that can monitor them, repair problems, and bill for the services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizations, such as the MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum), have been building their own framework and set of orchestration standards. MEF introduced the term LSO and has been developing specifications for standardized LSO services. The MEF calls its framework \u201cThird Network\u201d initiative, designed to help operators build more dynamic and automated services. Lifecycle Services Orchestration (LSO) is a developing market that consists of orchestration, management, and integrated OSS functions that can be integrated with SDN and NFV standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Active Virtualization<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CloudNFV, in its initial white paper, described how NFV cloud be integrated into existing Operations Support Systems (OSS) and Billing Support Systems (BSS) and management systems in existing operator environments. This paper describes an \u201cActive Virtualization\u201d model consisting of Active Contracts and Active Resources, elements that could be built to help service providers deploy Virtual Network Functions. Active Contracts would consist of standardized service templates for particular VNFs, while Active Resources uses policy rules to designate the best hardware and infrastructure to be used to deliver these VNFs. Active resources could utilize other NFV standards to coordinate infrastructure elements, including OpenStack and Neutron networking Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea behind the CloudNFV architecture was that Active Contracts and Active Resources components could optimize, orchestrate and manage the NFV services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open Platform for Network Function Virtualization (OPNFV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2014, the Linux Foundation announced an open-source reference platform, the Open Platform for NFV Project (OPNFV), which aims to be an integrated platform that introduces new products and services to the industry quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January 2018, the governance of OPNFV moved to the LF (Linux Foundation) Networking Fund, which is an entity that governs multiple projects. OPNFV also works closely with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and others to press for consistent implementation of open standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Linux Foundation began the OpenDaylight Project in April 2013 to advance software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV). The project provides the SDN-based Control for OPNFV. Like OPNFV, it was created as a community-led and industry-supported open-source framework. SDN and NFV together are part of the industry\u2019s transition toward the virtualization of networks and applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OPNFV promotes an open-source network that brings companies together to accelerate innovation, as well as market new technologies. OPNFV brings together service providers, cloud and infrastructure vendors, developers, and customers to create an open-source platform to speed up the development and deployment of NFV for both enterprise and service provider networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Open Platform for NFV Project Goals and Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from NFV capabilities, OPNFV also provides consistency and interoperability. Since many NFV foundational elements already are in use, the organization assists with upstream projects to manage continuous integration and testing, as well as address any voids in development. The organization focuses its efforts on five goals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Develop an open-source platform that can be used to increase NFV functionality, bringing new products and services to the market faster.<\/li>
  2. Involve top companies that use NFV so OPNFV meets the standards they will need.<\/li>
  3. Contribute to and be a part of open source projects that will likely become integrated with the OPNFV platform for an overall consistency and interoperability between components.<\/li>
  4. Establish an ecosystem where NFV products are based on open standards and software to meet needs.<\/li>
  5. Promote OPNFV as the go-to for open source NFV.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    OPNFV Software<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    OPNFV\u2019s seventh NFV integration, testing, and deployment release named the Gambia, \u201crepresents the first step towards continuous delivery (CD) and deepens work in cloud-native, while also advancing core capabilities in testing and integration, and the development of carrier-grade features by working upstream,\u201d according to the open-source group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Gambia release contains the following components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. The use of continuous delivery of scenario and feature project artifacts containing the latest upstream code.<\/li>
    2. The addition of container support to seven of the projects within Gambia, OPNFV projects that already had containers now have more cloud native functionality.<\/li>
    3. The introduction of two OPNFV installers that now support deployment of a containerized version of OpenStack.<\/li>
    4. The improvement of monitoring and service assurance.<\/li>
    5. The integration of Gambia with upstream projects like OpenStack Queens, OpenDaylight Oxygen\/Fluorine, and Kubernetes.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Subsequent releases include Hunter, Iruya and the latest one is Anuket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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