Users Guide

Preparing to Configure NFV Infrastructure | Configuring Virtualization
OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide 787
Which portlets you need, depends on your role (Table 17-2) in the management of your virtualized
network environment and the deployment of network services and virtualized network functions
(VNFs).
Depending on how your company wants to define the work environment for all users, you have the
option to add the Network Virtualization applications (portlets) to existing OMNM pages or create
pages and add portlets more appropriately for each users work environment. Once the pages/
portlets setup is complete, verify this setup.
Here is a list of NFV portlets (Table 17-3) and how each portlet is used by the different user roles.
For a detailed description of these portlets, see
Network Virtualization Portlets on page 926. If any
of these portlets are not available, a message is displayed when you try to add it to a page.
Table 17-2. User Roles and Tasks
Role Tasks
Administrator Bringing VIM under management
Setting up the OpenStack environment (uploading vendor base images to the
OpenStack controller, modifying resource flavors, creating VIM snapshots)
Preparing vendor-supplied images from OMNM (creating and editing VIM
images)
Maintaining the VIMs under NFV resource management, descriptors, virtual
reservations, and virtual requirements
Network Designer/
Engineer
Defining descriptors
Implementing virtual reservations
Monitoring virtual requirements
Operator Instantiating VNFs (stage, deploy)
Monitoring virtual requirements
Performing other daily operations, such as undeploying, scaling, monitoring
system health, resolving issues found, etc.
Table 17-3. NFV Portlets (Sheet 1 of 2)
Portlet Operator Administrator Network Designer
License Accounts Maintain a list of
licensed accounts
Maintain a list of
licensed accounts
Maintain a list of
licensed accounts
License Descriptors View and understand
license descriptors
Maintain available
license descriptors
Define licensing
integration and
characteristics
License Records View and understand
license records
View and understand
license records
View and understand
license records
NFV Monitoring
Attributes
View and understand
NFV monitoring
attributes
Maintain monitoring
attributes
Maintain monitoring
attributes
Network Service
Descriptors
View and understand
NSDs
Maintain network service
descriptors
Define monitoring
attribute characteristics
Network Service Records Stage, deploy, and
undeploy (manage)
network services
No activity performed by
the administrator
Test an implemented
network service
OSS Instance View and understand
OSS instances
Implement OSS
instances
No activity performed by
the network designer