Managing virtual network functions

To manage a virtual network function, do one of the following:

• On the administrator portal, go to the Catalog section, and in the Catalog pane, click the virtual network function.
• When creating or editing a network service template in the topology, click the virtual network function.
• When creating or editing a network service in the topology, click the virtual network function.

Virtual network function settings are displayed on the following tabs:

• Flavours contains flavours of the virtual network function.
• Connection points contains external connection points of the virtual network function.
• VNF settings contains basic settings of the virtual network function.
• Placement contains placement settings of the virtual network function. You can place a virtual network function in a data center or on a uCPE device. This tab is displayed if you clicked the virtual network function when creating or editing a network service.

The following tabs are displayed if you clicked the virtual network function in the topology of a deployed network service:

• VDU management is a table of VDUs that are part of the virtual network function. Information about VDUs is displayed in the following columns of the table:
  • Name is the name of the VDU.
  • Instance name is the ID of the VDU instance.
  • Mgmt IP is the IP address that the management subnet has assigned to the VDU.
  • vCPU is the number of virtual CPU cores assigned to the VDU.
  • RAM is the amount of RAM in megabytes assigned to the VDU.
  • Disk is the amount of disk space in gigabytes assigned to the VDU.
  • Status is the status of the VDU:
    • ACTIVE means the VDU is operating normally.
    • ERROR means the VDU encountered an error.
    • HARD_REBOOT means a hard reboot of the VDU is in progress.
    • PAUSED means the VDU is paused.
    • REBOOT means a soft reboot of the VDU is in progress.
    • SHUTOFF means the VDU is stopped.
    • SUSPENDED means The VDU is suspended.
• Monitoring contains monitoring results of the virtual network function.
• Problems contains problems that occurred during the operation of the virtual network function. In case of any problems, a red exclamation mark is displayed next to the tab.

Additionally, the tabs that you specified in the user_configurations section of the VNF descriptor may be displayed.

In this section Selecting the flavour of a virtual network function Configuring external connection points of a virtual network function Basic settings of a virtual network function Hosting the virtual network function in a data center and on a uCPE device Stopping or starting a virtual network function or a VDU that is part of it Pausing or unpausing a virtual network function or a VDU that is part of it Suspending or unsuspending a virtual network function or a VDU that is part of it Soft rebooting a virtual network function or a VDU that is part of it Hard rebooting of a virtual network function or a VDU that is part of it Redeploying a virtual network function or a VDU that is part of it Automatically restoring a virtual network function or a VDU that is part of it Managing VDU snapshots

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