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This wiki heavily references The ETSI NFV draft specification titled “Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV); Testing; NFVI Compute and Network Metrics Specification” which can be found here: TST008 (please consult the latest version, and leave a comment if this link is broken, ETSI seems to move it frequently).
Table of Contents
Distinction between metrics and events
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Name | Collection location | Parameters | Scope of coverage | Unit(s) of measure | Definition | Method of Measurement | Sources of Error | Comments |
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Total Packets received | see section 7 of TST008 | |||||||
Total Packets transmitted | see section 7 of TST008 | |||||||
Total Octets received | see section 7 of TST008 | |||||||
Total Octets transmitted | see section 7 of TST008 | |||||||
Total Error frames received | see section 7 of TST008 | |||||||
Total Errors when attempting to transmit a frame | see section 7 of TST008 | |||||||
Broadcast Packets | ||||||||
Multicast Packet | ||||||||
Average bitrate | ||||||||
Average latency |
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RX Packets dropped | ||||||||
TX packets dropped |
Where possible the metrics, events and information should be supported for the following Networking MIBs
MIB Name | RFC | Description |
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IF-MIB | RFC2863 | Network interface sub-layers |
EtherLike-MIB | RFC3635 | Ethernet like network interfaces |
IP-MIB | RFC4293 | IP and ICMP without routing info |
IP-FORWARD_MIB | RFC4292 | CIDR multipath IP routes |
TCP-MIB | RFC4022 | TCP stack counters and info |
UDP-MIB | RFC4133 | UDP counters and info |
IPV6 MIBs | RFC2465 RFC2466 RFC2452 RFC2454 | IPv6 equivalents
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SCTP-MIB | RFC3873 | SCTP protocol |
UCD-IPFWACC-MIB |
| IP firewall accounting firewall rules |
Virtual Switch Reporting
Per interface (stats and info mentioned in the tables above) from Open vSwitch/Open vSwitch on DPDK/ VPP should be collected and exposed.
sflow, Netflow/IPFIX flow telemetry should be supported, collected and exposed.
Storage
Disk Utilization
Name | Collection location | Parameters | Scope of coverage | Unit(s) of measure | Definition | Method of Measurement | Sources of Error | Comments |
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