US 11,886,904 B2
Virtual network function VNF deployment method and apparatus
Zexu Huang, Dongguan (CN); Xianjie Meng, Shenzhen (CN); Shubing Zhang, Dongguan (CN); Ridong Xu, Dongguan (CN); Deming Yu, Shenzhen (CN); and Peili Han, Xi'an (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/137,004.
Application 17/137,004 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2019/092587, filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201810713513.5 (CN), filed on Jun. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0117225 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 9/5083 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A virtual network function deployment method, comprising:
obtaining a virtual network function descriptor (VNFD), wherein the VNFD comprises input parameter information, input adaptation information, and virtual network function (VNF) descriptor information, and wherein the input parameter information comprises N pieces of management unit information and each piece of management unit information is used to describe an attribute of a management unit, and wherein the attribute of the management unit comprises a type and a name of the management unit, and wherein the input adaptation information is used to indicate a mapping relationship between the management unit and a logical management unit, and wherein the VNF descriptor information is used to indicate to deploy a VNF on N logical management units and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2;
obtaining N management unit identifiers, wherein a capacity of a management unit corresponding to a management unit identifier is the same as a capacity of a fault domain corresponding to the management unit;
mapping management units corresponding to the N management unit identifiers to the N logical management units based on the input adaptation information; and
creating the VNF on the N logical management units based on the VNF descriptor information.