Method, Apparatus, and System for Displaying Virtual Machine Name

A method for displaying a virtual machine name in a network function virtualization (NFV) system, comprising:

• sending, by a first virtual machine management device of virtual machine management devices, a name request message to a virtual machine name management apparatus, wherein the name request message is used to generate, according to a virtual machine naming convention for each virtual machine management device and for a virtual machine creation device, a formal name corresponding to the virtual machine creation device and an alias corresponding to each of the virtual machine management devices, and wherein the alias is displayed on each of the virtual machine management devices corresponding to the alias;
• receiving, by the first virtual machine management device, the formal name and the alias of the virtual machine management device from the virtual machine name management apparatus;
• sending a virtual machine creation instruction to the virtual machine creation device for creating a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine creation instruction comprises the formal name and comprises instructions for configuring the formal name for the created virtual machine;
• and
• displaying the alias of the virtual machine management device.

A virtual machine management device in a network function virtualization (NFV) system, comprising:

• a transmitter coupled to a processor and configured to send a name request message to a virtual machine name management apparatus, wherein the virtual machine name management apparatus comprises a virtual machine naming convention for a virtual machine management device and for a virtual machine creation device, and wherein the name request message is used to generate, according to the virtual machine naming convention, a formal name corresponding to the virtual machine creation device and an alias corresponding to the virtual machine management device, and wherein the alias is displayed on the virtual machine management device corresponding to the alias;
• a receiver coupled to the processor and configured to receive the formal name and the alias of the virtual machine management device from the virtual machine name management apparatus, wherein the transmitter is further configured to send a virtual machine creation instruction to the virtual machine creation device, and wherein the virtual machine creation instruction comprises the formal name and comprises instructions for creating a virtual machine and for configuring the formal name for the created virtual machine;
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• the processor configured to display the alias of the virtual machine management device.

A network function virtualization (NFV) system, comprising:

• a processor;
• at least one virtual machine management device coupled to the processor;
• a virtual machine creation device coupled to the processor;
• and
• a virtual machine name management apparatus coupled to the processor, wherein the virtual machine name management apparatus configures a virtual machine naming convention for each virtual machine management device and for the virtual machine creation device, and wherein the virtual machine name management apparatus is configured to:
• receive a virtual machine name request message from a first virtual machine management device;
• generate, according to the virtual machine name request message and each naming convention, a formal name corresponding to the virtual machine creation device and an alias corresponding to each of the virtual machine management devices;
• send the alias corresponding to each of the virtual machine management devices to each of the virtual machine management devices;
• and
• send the formal name to the first virtual machine management device, wherein the formal name is used to create a virtual machine and configure the formal name for the created virtual machine when the virtual machine creation device receives a virtual machine creation instruction, and wherein the alias is used for controlling by each of the virtual machine management devices corresponding to the alias the created virtual machine according to the alias;
• and wherein the virtual machine management device is configured to:
• receive the formal name and the alias of each of the virtual machine management devices;
• send the virtual machine creation instruction to the virtual machine creation device, wherein the virtual machine creation instruction comprises the formal name and comprises instructions for configuring the formal name for the created virtual machine;
• and
• display the alias of the virtual machine management device.