Users Guide

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Virtualization Management
As virtualized network functionality becomes central to a service provider's business model, key
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) capabilities need to be brought under management.
With the Dell EMC OpenManage Network Manager NFV applications and the third-party
OpenStack
®
operating system, service providers can quickly bring virtual network functions
(VNFs) under full resource management.
This section is intended for operations technicians, system administrators, network administrators,
or any one else using the OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) and OpenStack infrastructure
to perform daily operations, such as stage, deploy, and undeploy virtual network functions (VNFs).
This section covers the following topics related to the OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM)
Virtualized Network Function (VNF) daily operations, such as stage, deploy, and undeploy:
Getting Started – 914
Network Virtualization Portlets – 926
Managing Virtualized Network Functions – 989