Users Guide

Getting Started | Virtualization Management
916 OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide
Depending on your permissions and 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 18-2) 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 18-2. 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
Physical Network
Function Descriptors
View and understand
PNFDs
Maintain PNF
descriptors
Implement physical
network functionality
Physical Network
Function Records
Stage, deploy, and
undeploy (manage)
PNFs
Test new or modified
descriptors
Test implemented PNFs
SDN Controllers View and understand
SDN controllers
Maintain software-
defined network (SDN)
controllers.
Test SDN controllers
Software Images View and understand
software images
Create a software image
descriptor for a snapshot
image, deploy software
images, and edit the VIM
software descriptor
parameters
Create a software image
descriptor for a snapshot
image, deploy software
images, and edit the VIM
software descriptor
parameters
VIM Images View and understand
VIM images
Maintain consistency
across the VIM instances
Test that software images
deployed/undeployed
were added/removed
from the VIM images list
Virtual Network
Function Descriptors
View and understand
VNFDs
Maintain VNF
descriptors
Implement virtualized
network functions
Virtual Network
Function Records
Stage, deploy, and
undeploy (manage)
VNFs
No activity performed by
the administrator
Test an implemented
ne
twork service