Users Guide

Network Virtualization Portlets | Virtualization Management
966 OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide
Branch VNF Descriptor Window
Use the Branch VNF Descriptor window (Figure 18-29) to create a descriptor with the latest/
improved version.
Access this window by navigating to the Virtual Network Function Descriptors portlet, right-
clicking a descriptor, and then selecting Branch.
Figure 18-29. Branch VNF Descriptor Window
Tenant Name Select the target project. When you select a project, the Servers/Stacks field
populates with available choices.
Servers/Stacks Select which servers/stacks to use. This field name and available choices vary
depending on your Create Using and Tenant Name selection.
Vnf Descriptor Name Enter a name identifier for the new VNF descriptor.
Vnf Descriptor
Description
Enter a detailed description for the new VNF descriptor.
Vnf Descriptor Version Enter a version for the new VNF descriptor.
Vnf Descriptor Vendor Enter the vendor VNF used to generate this descriptor.
Vnf Flavor Name Enter a VNF deployment flavor name or leave the value as default.
Group VDUs By Select whether to group VDUs by Flavor, Image, Name Pattern, or No Grouping.
The default is No Grouping.
Management
Interface Name
Enter the port through which the VDU is managed.
Create External
Connection Points
Select whether to create external connection points. The default is not to create
external connection points (not selected).
Add Schedule Set the following schedule parameters used to automatically execute the Create
VNF Descriptor from OpenStack Artifacts task on the specified target VIM.
• Starting On sets the date and time to execute the task.
• Recurrence sets whether the task executes Only Once, Only at Startup, every X
minutes (Increment), or Every X minutes, hours, days, weekdays, weekend
days, weeks, months, years.
• Stopping On sets when the task stops executing. Valid values are Never, By
Occurrence, or By Date and Time.
Execute Runs the Create VNF Descriptor from OpenStack Artifacts task to create the
selected descriptor on the target VIM.
Save Preserves your create VNF descriptor configuration.
Close Exits the Discover VNF Descriptor window.
Table 18-28. Discover VNF Descriptor Fields/Options (Sheet 2 of 2)
Field/Option Description