Interworking of legacy appliances in virtualized networks

One or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable mediums having stored thereon instructions for providing an interworking broker function (IBF) comprising a translation driver (TD), the IBF configured to:

• associate the TD with a legacy network appliance lacking native interoperability with an orchestrator;
• receive from the orchestrator a network function provisioning or configuration command for the legacy network appliance;
• operate the TD to translate the command to a format consumable by the legacy network appliance;
• and
• forward the command to the legacy network appliance.

A computer-implemented method of providing an interworking broker function (IBF) comprising a translation driver (TD), comprising:

• associating the TD with a legacy network appliance lacking native interoperability with an orchestrator;
• receiving from the orchestrator a network function provisioning or configuration command for the legacy network appliance;
• operating the TD to translate the command to a format consumable by the legacy network appliance;
• and
• forwarding the command to the legacy network appliance.