Deployment Parameters
A VNF deployment is initiated as a service request through the northbound interface or the ESC portal. The service request comprises of templates that consist of XML payloads and deployment parameters. Deployment parameters are rules, policies or day 0 configuration that determine properties of the VNF and its lifecycle. The table below lists the complete list of deployment parameters and how they interoperate on OpenStack or VMware vCenter:
Deployment Parameters |
OpenStack |
VMware vCenter |
VMware vCloud Director |
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Day 0 Configuration |
Day 0 configuration is done in one of the following ways:
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Day 0 configuration is done in one of the following ways:
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Deploying VNFs |
Configuration of Individual and Composite VNFs is done in one of the following ways:
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Configuration of Individual and Composite VNFs is done in one of the following ways:
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Configuration of Individual and Composite VNFs is done in one of the following ways:
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Undeploy Virtual Network Functions |
Undeploying is done in one of the following ways:
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Undeploying VNFs is done in one of the following ways:
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Undeploying VNFs is done in one of the following ways:
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Affinity and anti-affinity Rule |
Creating and deleting affinity and anti-affinity rule definitions is done in one of the following ways:
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Creating and deleting affinity rule definition in one of the following ways:
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Creating and deleting affinity and anti-affinity rule definitions is done in one of the following ways:
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VNF Operations |
VNF Operations are done in one of the following ways:
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VNF Operations are done in one of the following ways:
For more information, see the Elastic Services Controller Portal. |
VNF Operations are done in one of the following ways:
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Multi Cluster |
Not applicable |
Multi Cluster configuration is done in one of the following ways:
For more information, see the Deploying VNFs on VMware vCenter using ESC Portal. |
Not applicable |
Multiple Virtual Datacenter (Multi VDC) |
Not applicable |
Multiple Virtual Datacenter selection is done in one of the following ways:
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Not applicable |
Hardware Acceleration |
Hardware Acceleration is supported in one of the following ways:
For more information, see the Hardware Acceleration Support (OpenStack Only) in the Cisco Elastic Services Controller Administration Guide. |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Single Root I/O Virtualization |
Configuration of Single Root I/O Virtualization is done in one of the following ways:
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Configuration of Single Root I/O Virtualization is done in one of the following ways:
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Not applicable |
This chapter describes the procedures to configure the deployment customization. For more information on VNF deployment, see Deploying Virtual Network Functions on OpenStack.