CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [G06F 8/61 (2013.01); H04L 41/069 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45591 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system, comprising:
at least one physical computer node further comprising a processor coupled to a memory, and operationally configured to provide a virtualization environment comprising:
a virtual network function component instance (VNFCI) comprising a plurality of independently manageable VNFC modules, wherein the VNFC modules map to both a virtual machine and an operating system container and wherein the VNFCI includes a custom life cycle management (LCM) script;
a management element in communication with the VNFCI; and
a Virtual Network Function Manager (VNFM) configured to receive, from the management element, a request to create a virtual network function component (VNFC} monitor, and in response to the request and the custom LCM script, to:
create a VNFC monitor, and
send one or more state change notifications of logical and physical elements associated with the VNFCI to the management element via a VNFM cache, the one or more state change notifications including a status of one or more of the plurality of independently manageable VNFC modules.
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