MANAGING VIRTUAL LINKS IN A NETWORK SERVICE INSTANCE
An apparatus of a Network Manager (NM) comprises one or more processors to send a Network Service (NS) update request to a Network Function Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO) to add external connectivity to a Physical Network Function (PNF) instance or a Virtual Network Function (VNF) instance in an NS instance, to receive an operation result containing a lifecycle operation occurrence identifier from the NFVO, to receive a lifecycle change notification from the NFVO indicating a start of an NS update, and to receive an NS Lifecycle Change notification from the NFVO indicating a result of the NS update. A memory is to store the result of the NS update.
1 . (canceled)
2 . An apparatus of a network manager (NM), comprising:
one or more processors to send a network service (NS) update request to a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO) to add a virtual link to an NS instance, to receive from the NFVO an NM lifecycle operation occurrence identifier, and to receive from the NFVO an NM lifecycle change notification indicating a start of the operation; and
a memory to store the NM lifecycle change notification.
3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors are to receive from the NFVO another NM lifecycle change notification indicating a progress of the operation.
4 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors are to receive from the NFVO another NM lifecycle change notification indicating a result of the operation.
5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the virtual link is added to the NS instance as the result of the operation.
6 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the NM is subscribed to receive NS lifecycle management (LCM) notifications.
7 . An apparatus of a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), comprising:
one or more processors to receive a request from a network manager (NM) to update a network service (NS) to add a virtual link to an NS instance, to send to the NM an NM lifecycle operation occurrence identifier, and to send to the NM an NM lifecycle change notification indicating a start the NS update; and
a memory to store the request.
8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are to send to the NM another NM lifecycle change notification indicating a progress of the operation.
9 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are to send to the NM another NM lifecycle change notification indicating a result of the operation.
10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the virtual link is added to the NS instance as the result of the operation.
11 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are to receive an NS update request from the NM to remove the virtual link from the NS instance.
12 . One or more non-transitory machine readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by an apparatus of a network manager (NM), result in:
sending a network service (NS) update request to a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO) to add a virtual link to an NS instance;
receiving from the NFVO an NM lifecycle operation occurrence identifier for; and
receiving from the NFVO an NM lifecycle change notification indicating a start of the operation.
13 . The one or more non-transitory machine readable media of claim 12 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further result in receiving from the NFVO another NM lifecycle change notification indicating a progress of the operation.
14 . The one or more non-transitory machine readable media of claim 12 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further result in receiving from the NFVO another NM lifecycle change notification indicating a result of the operation.
15 . The one or more non-transitory machine readable media of claim 14 , wherein the virtual link is added to the NS instance as the result of the operation.
16 . The one or more non-transitory machine readable media of claim 12 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further result in sending an NS update request to the NFVO to remove the virtual link from the NS instance.
17 . One or more non-transitory machine readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by an apparatus of a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), result in:
receiving a request from a network manager (NM) to update a network service (NS) to add a virtual link to an NS instance;
sending to the NM an NM lifecycle operation occurrence identifier; and
sending to the NM an NM lifecycle change notification indicating a start the NS update.
18 . The one or more non-transitory machine readable media of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed, result in sending to the NM another NM lifecycle change notification indicating a progress of the operation.
19 . The one or more non-transitory machine readable media of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed, result in sending to the NM another NM lifecycle change notification indicating a result of the operation.
20 . The one or more non-transitory machine readable media of claim 19 , wherein the virtual link is added to the NS instance as the result of the operation.
21 . The one or more non-transitory machine readable media of claim 17 , wherein it is assumed the NM is subscribed to receive NS lifecycle management (LCM) notifications.