1. Open Source Tools for layers of the
NFV Architecture Framework
Neelima Sharma

2. Agenda
 Open Source Tools
 Listing the tools for realization of various layers of NFV
architecture
 Note
 All the content written in red color indicate the name of
the OSS software which can be used to implement
these layers/Components

3. NFV Architecture Framework
Service, VNF and Infrastructure
Description
EMS 1 EMS 2 EMS 3
Virtual
Computing
Computing
Hardware
OSS/BSS
Vn-Nf
Virtual Storage Virtual
Storage
Hardware
Network
Hardware resources
Network
Hardware
Virtualisation Layer
Orchestrator
Or-Vnfm
VNF
Manager(s)
Vi-Vnfm
Virtualised
Infrastructure
Manager(s)
VNF 2
NFVI
VNF 1 VNF 3
Or-Vi
Os-Ma
Se-Ma
Ve-Vnfm
Nf-Vi
Vl-Ha
Execution reference points Other reference points Main NFV reference points

4. Network Function Virtualisation Infrastructure
 Virtualisation layer is the key component
 Various Open Source tool to realize these components
 This layer abstracts and logically partition physical H/W resources
and anchors them between VNF and the virtualized infrastructure
Computing
Hardware
Opendaylight , ONOS, ONF, OpenContrail
Storage
Hardware
Hardware resources
Network
Hardware
KVM, XEN, LXC, Bhyve, DPDK (Intel), Open dataplane ( Linaro)
OpenVZ, User-Mode linux (UML), Bochs, Linux-Vserver, Virtual Box, ProxMox, OpenNode
Virtualisation Layer
NFVI
Virtual
Computing Virtual Storage
Virtual
Network
Vl-Ha
INTEL , DELL

5. Management and Orchestration Layer
 This layer is to address following
challenges
End-to-End service to End-to-End
network mapping
VNF Instantiation
H/W resource allocation and scaling to
VNF
Tracking of VNF instance location
Fault determination and correlating them
for successful recovery over N/W
Integration of MANO layer with existing
OSS/BSS tools
Openstack, cloudstack,
Eucalyptus,
Nimbus,OpenNebula,Open
Virtualization Alliance,
Reservoir
Orchestrator
Or-Vnfm
Openstack, cloudstack,
Ovirt, OpenNebula, VM
Turbo,Convirtue,
OpenNode
VNF
Manager(s)
Openstack, cloudstack,
Eucalyptus,
Nimbus,OpenNebula,Open
Virtualization Alliance,
Reservoir
Virtualised
Infrastructure
Manager(s)
Or-Vi
Or-Vnfm
Vi-Vnfm

6. Management and Orchestration Layer
 This layer is to address following
challenges
End-to-End service to End-to-End
network mapping
VNF Instantiation
H/W resource allocation and scaling to
VNF
Tracking of VNF instance location
Fault determination and correlating them
for successful recovery over N/W
Integration of MANO layer with existing
OSS/BSS tools
Openstack, cloudstack,
Eucalyptus,
Nimbus,OpenNebula,Open
Virtualization Alliance,
Reservoir
Orchestrator
Or-Vnfm
Openstack, cloudstack,
Ovirt, OpenNebula, VM
Turbo,Convirtue,
OpenNode
VNF
Manager(s)
Openstack, cloudstack,
Eucalyptus,
Nimbus,OpenNebula,Open
Virtualization Alliance,
Reservoir
Virtualised
Infrastructure
Manager(s)
Or-Vi
Or-Vnfm
Vi-Vnfm