Managing virtual network functions in the topology

To manage a virtual network function, click it in the topology when performing the following actions:

• When creating or editing a network service template
• When creating or editing a network service

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 assigned to the VDU.
  • Disk is the amount of disk space assigned to the VDU.
• 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.

Additional tabs may be displayed if you specified any in the VNF descriptor in the user_configurations block.