Deploying Virtual Network Functions on Multiple VIMs

Deploying Virtual Network Functions on Multiple VIMs

This section describes deployment scenarios for Elastic Services Controller (ESC) and the procedure to deploy different types of VIMs, like OpenStack, Cisco Cloud Services Platform (CSP), and vCloud Director (vCD).


Note

  • ESC tenant is required for multi VIM type deployment.

  • Deployments from same inter-deployment anti-affinity must be deployed in the same VIM in all the vm_groups.

The following table shows ESC VM and VNF deployment VIM type supported matrix:

Table 1. ESC VM and VNF deployment VIM type Support Matrix

ESC VM Installed On

OpenStack

vCloud Director

Cisco Cloud Services Platform

OpenStack

Supported

Supported

Supported

VMware vCenter

Supported

Supported

Supported

Sample Deployment Model


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<esc_datamodel xmlns="http://www.cisco.com/esc/esc">
  <tenants>
    <tenant>
      <name>VCDNCTestMVTypeDeployment-Tenant</name>
      <vim_mapping>false</vim_mapping>
      <deployments>
        <deployment>
          <name>VCDNCTestMVTypeDeployment-Dep</name>
          <vm_group>
            <name>VCDNCTestMVTypeDeployment-VCD-Group</name>
            <vim_vm_name>jenkins-VCDNCTestMVTypeDeployment-VCD-VM</vim_vm_name>
            <locator>
              <!-- vCD vim connector id -->
              <vim_id>VCD1</vim_id>
              <!-- vCD orgnization -->
              <vim_project>VAR{CFG{TARGET_LAB_0}:VCD_ORG1}</vim_project>
              <!-- vDC name -->
              <vim_vdc>VAR{CFG{TARGET_LAB_0}:VCD_ORG1_VDC1}</vim_vdc>
            </locator>
            <interfaces>
              <interface>
                <nicid>0</nicid>
                <network>VAR{CFG{TARGET_LAB_0}:VCD_MGT_NETWORK}</network>
                <ip_address>VAR{CFG{TARGET_LAB_0}:VCD_MGT_NETWORK_IP_BASE}.VAR{CFG{TARGET_LAB_0}:STATIC_IP_RANGE}.0.2</ip_address>
              </interface>
            </interfaces>
          </vm_group>
          <vm_group>
            <name>VCDNCTestMVTypeDeployment-OS-Group</name>
            <vim_vm_name>jenkins-VCDNCTestMVTypeDeployment-OS-VM</vim_vm_name>
            <locator>
              <vim_id>Openstack1</vim_id>
              <!-- VIM Project = OOB Tenant -->
              <vim_project>REPLACE_WITH_GENERATED_OOB_PROJECT_NAME_FOR_CFG{TARGET_LAB_1}</vim_project>
            </locator>          
            <interfaces>
              <interface>
                <nicid>0</nicid>
                <network>VAR{CFG{TARGET_LAB_1}:MANAGEMENT_NETWORK}</network>
              </interface>
              <interface>
                <nicid>1</nicid>
                <network>VCDNCTestMVTypeDeployment-Net-2</network>
              </interface>
            </interfaces>
          </vm_group>
        </deployment>
      </deployments>
    </tenant>
  </tenants>
</esc_datamodel>

Supported Features in Multi VIM deployment

The following tables lists all the supported features in multi VIM deployment enviroment:

Table 2. Supported Features in Multi VIM deployment

Features

OpenStack

Cisco Cloud Services Platform

vCloud Director

Deployment with multiple VM group

Supported

Supported

Supported

Multiple Deployment with single VM group

Supported

Supported

Supported

Deployment scaling

Supported

Supported

Supported

Deployment Update

Supported

Supported

Supported

VIM Locators for ephemeral networks

Supported

Supported

Supported

Recovery

Supported

Supported

Supported

LCS Notification

Supported

Supported

Supported

VM Operations start/stop/reboot/disable_monitor/enable_monitor

Supported

Supported

Supported

ESC on OpenStack with/without default VIM

Supported

Supported

Supported