CPC G06F 9/542 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A hardware-implemented Virtual Network Function Manager (VNFM) configured to:
in response to a request to instantiate a VNF Instance (VNFI), retrieve, from a VNF catalog, a VNF Descriptor (VNFD), the VNFD comprising one or more VNF Components Instances (VNFCIs), each VNFCI comprising a plurality of independently manageable VNFC software modules;
retrieve, from the VNF catalog, a software image including the plurality of independently manageable VNFC software modules based on a corresponding VNFC module descriptor in the VNFD;
instantiate each VNFCI, wherein, when the VNFM instantiates each VNFCI, the VNFM is for each VNFCI, to:
start a VM/container that includes the software image,
install the plurality of independently manageable VNFCI software modules in the VM/container, and
start the plurality of independently manageable VNFCI software modules in the VM/container; and
send a notification indicating that the VNFI is instantiated.
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