Re: [vnfpool] FW: New Version Notification for draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-02.txt

[Zongning <[e-mail]>]

Hi, Lingli,

Thanks for your suggestion.

Yes, as part of the function like choosing standby instance(s), VNF pool manager need to be aware of the related information and make such decision.

I will add a sentence to adopt this statement.

-Ning

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 邓灵莉/Lingli Deng [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 1:44 PM
> To: Zongning; [e-mail]
> Subject: 答复: [vnfpool] FW: New Version Notification for
> draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-02.txt
> 
> Hi Ning,
> 
> Thanks a lot for providing such a great document. I am happy to see that it
> includes placement policy issue we have discussed earlier.
> However, I am not convinced that the following statement grasp the whole
> implication of this problem.
> 
>    VNF pool manager may also communicate with the pool user to
>    obtain the policies influencing the appropriate placement of VNFs.
>    When needed, VNF pool manager may interface with ALTO, I2RS to
>    collect information from the underlying network.
> 
> In the above description, the VNF pool manager collects from both upper and
> lower layers the information that would help to make an appropriate
> placement decision.
> It seems to me that the VNF pool manager would be the one who make the
> placement decision. Am I right?
> If this to be the case, I'd suggest state it clearly as a function of VNF
> pool manager.
> Otherwise, I think it would help to add an interface on VNF pool manager to
> a "virtualization manager" who does the physical-virtual mapping
> management.
> 
> BR
> Lingli
> 
> -----邮件原件-----
> 发件人: vnfpool [mailto:[e-mail]] 代表 Zongning
> 发送时间: 2014年1月14日 9:25
> 收件人: [e-mail]
> 主题: [vnfpool] FW: New Version Notification for
> draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-02.txt
> 
> Hi, folks,
> 
> Happy new year!
> 
> We made a new revision of VNF Pool Problem Statement. Please see the below
> abstract and links:
> 
> Abstract:
>    There is a trend to implement network services by using a group of
>    Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) called a VNF set.  A VNF set can
>    offer benefits like flexible service provisioning.  A VNF set also
>    introduces additional points of failure, and therefore poses
>    additional challenges on reliability.
> 
>    This document overviews the problems related to the reliability of a
>    VNF set.  A VNF pooling architecture is also briefly introduced as
>    candidate solution to address the problems.
> 
> URL:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-02.
> txt
> Htmlized:
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-02
> 
> 
> Other related drafts including VNF Pool Use Cases, VNF Pooling Architecture
> are under development and will be available soon in this month...
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Ning
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:18 AM
> > To: Zongning; Linda Dunbar; Melinda Shore; Linda Dunbar; Melinda Shore;
> > Diego Lopez; Diego R. Lopez; Zongning
> > Subject: New Version Notification for
> > draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-02.txt
> >
> >
> > A new version of I-D, draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-02.txt
> > has been successfully submitted by Ning Zong and posted to the
> > IETF repository.
> >
> > Name:		draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement
> > Revision:	02
> > Title:		Virtualized Network Function (VNF) Pool Problem
> Statement
> > Document date:	2014-01-14
> > Group:		Individual Submission
> > Pages:		10
> > URL:
> >
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-02.
> > txt
> > Status:
> > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement/
> > Htmlized:
> > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-02
> > Diff:
> > http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-02
> >
> > Abstract:
> >    There is a trend to implement network services by using a group of
> >    Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) called a VNF set.  A VNF set can
> >    offer benefits like flexible service provisioning.  A VNF set also
> >    introduces additional points of failure, and therefore poses
> >    additional challenges on reliability.
> >
> >    This document overviews the problems related to the reliability of a
> >    VNF set.  A VNF pooling architecture is also briefly introduced as
> >    candidate solution to address the problems.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of
> submission
> > until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.
> >
> > The IETF Secretariat
> 
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