Method and Device for Managing Virtualized Network Function
AssigneeZte Corporation
InventorsDaoli WU, Kang CHEN, Zhengfa SHI
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Abstract
Provided is a method for managing a virtualized network function, comprising: an NFVO initializes a VNFM pool according to configuration information of the VNFM pool, wherein the configuration information includes an initial number of VNFMs managed by the VNFM pool, a maximum number of VNFMs managed by the VNFM pool, and a maximum number of VNFs managed by each VNFM in the VNFM pool; and the NFVO monitors a status of each VNFM in the VNFM pool, and, when an invalid VNFM is monitored, the NFVO ascribes one or more VNFs managed by the invalid VNFM to one or more valid VNFMs in the VNFM pool.
Claims16
A method for managing a virtualized network function, comprising:
- initializing, by a Network Functions Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO), a Virtualized Network Function Manager (VNFM) pool according to configuration information of the VNFM pool, wherein the configuration information comprises an initial number of VNFMs managed by the VNFM pool, a maximum number of VNFMs managed by the VNFM pool, and a maximum number of Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) managed by each VNFM in the VNFM pool;
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- monitoring, by the NFVO, a status of each VNFM in the VNFM pool, and, when an invalid VNFM is monitored, ascribing, by the NFVO, one or more VNFs managed by the invalid VNFM to one or more valid VNFMs in the VNFM pool.
A device for managing a virtualized network function, comprising a configuration component, a monitoring component and a processing component, wherein
- the configuration component is configured to initialize a VNFM pool according to configuration information of the VNFM pool, wherein the configuration information comprises an initial number of VNFMs managed by the VNFM pool, a maximum number of VNFMs managed by the VNFM pool, and a maximum number of VNFs managed by each VNFM in the VNFM pool;
- the monitoring component is configured to monitor a status of each VNFM in the VNFM pool;
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- the processing component is configured to when an invalid VNFM is monitored, ascribe one or more VNFs managed by the invalid VNFM to one or more valid VNFMs in the VNFM pool.
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