Users Guide

Overview | Configuring Virtualization
772 OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide
Overview
Service providers need to accelerate the deployment of new network services to support their
revenue and growth objectives. The OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) Network Functions
Virtualization (NFV) feature and its ability to utilize the OpenStack operating system
(Figure 17-1) to bring a Virtualized Network Function (VNF) under management gives service
providers what they need to:
• Reduce hardware and support costs
• Minimize installation costs
• Optimize scaling and usage
•Enable innovation
• Simplify network services rollout and management
• Reduce risks associated with rolling out new services
• Improve return on investment of new services
• Support NFV packaging of virtual functions and infrastructure resource management
Figure 17-1. OMNM and OpenStack Interaction
Virtualized
Infrastructure
Managers
Orchestrator
VNF
Managers
NFV Management and
Orchestration
Or-Vnfm
Vi-Vnfm
Or-Vi
Computing
Hardware
Storage Hardware
Network Hardware
Hardware Resources
Virtual Computing Virtual
Storage
Virtual
Network
Virtualization Layer
Execution Reference Points
VI-Ha
NFVI
VNF 1
VNF 2
VNF 3
EMS 1
EMS 2
EMS 3
Vn-Nf
Other Reference Points
Main NFV Reference Points
Service, VNF and Infrastructure
Description
OSS/BSS
Os-Ma
Se-Ma
Ve-Vnfm
Nf-Vi
OpenStack
OS
OpenStack Environment Cloud OMNM NFVO