Users Guide

Network Virtualization Portlets | Virtualization Management
970 OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide
Columns
Other than the general navigation and configuration options, the Virtual Network Function
Records portlet includes the following columns (Table 18-32).
You can view the value for most of the hidden columns by right-clicking a row and selecting
Details. The other option is to add the column by clicking the Settings tool, selecting the Columns
tab, clicking Show for the appropriate column, and the applying the change.
Maintenance Executes the following tasks on the selected VNF record:
• Diagnostics runs the Diagnostics event. The user defines these events.
• Heal runs the Heal event.
• Upgrade runs the Upgrade event to ensure that the latest descriptor is used.
• Disaster Recovery runs the Disaster Recovery event. The user defines these
events.
You can also execute the Vnf Diagnostics, Vnf Heal, Vnf Upgrade, and Vnf
Disaster Recovery actions from the Actions portlet.
Delete Removes the selected VNF record from the system. You can also execute the Vnf
Delete action from the Actions portlet.
Shutdown Gracefully shuts down VNF/VDUs, allowing any current processes to complete. A
confirmation message is displayed. Click Shutdown to continue. The status
remains the same.
You can also execute the Vnf Shutdown action from the Actions portlet.
Audit Trail Opens the Audit Trail Viewer window, which displays a list of actions that
occurred for the selected VNF record. Select an audit record and the job record
displays its status and any other job-related information.
Share with User Opens the Share with User window, where you select a user to which you want to
share the selected asset and then enter a message. You can share with colleagues
existing on your system.
Note: Sharing only handles one item so it uses the first one in the selection
Table 18-32. Virtual Network Function Records Columns (Sheet 1 of 2)
Column Description
UUID A unique 128-bit, system generated value assigned to each VNF record created.
Name A text that identifies the VNF record and its purpose.
Description Details that describe the VNF’s purpose, version, etc.
Vendor The vendor VNF (such as F5, Cisco, etc.) used to generate the VNF descriptor.
Customer The person, group, or organization that requested the VNF.
Status The current record status, such as Normal, Offline, Stopped, Instantiating, etc.
Active Operation The current operation being performed on the VNF. Because VNF operations are
long running, this lets you know when the VNF is ready to receive another
operation. By default, this field is not shown.
Alarm Severity The alarm severity for each record, such as Critical, Major, Minor, Informational,
Normal, Warning. By default, this field is not shown.
Alarm Suppression
Description
A text description of alarm suppression. By default, this field is not shown.
Table 18-31. Virtual Network Function Records Pop-Up Menu Options (Sheet 2 of 2)
Option Description