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Reference Model

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Issue #StatusDeliverableComments
2420Network semantics (FINALISED)

PR#2572 MERGED, linked to RA-2 PR#2573

ISSUE#2420 CLOSED

Priority: To be included in this Release

2314

Multi-Cloud security (FINALISED)

PR# 2616, 2594, 2595, 2596 MERGED

Issue#2314 CLOSED

Policy synchronization, monitoring, automation, access management, alignment with GSMA FS.40

Priority: To be included in this Release

2481

Add requirements to fix vulnerabilities (FINALISED)

PR#2620 MERGED

Issue#2481 CLOSED

Add requirements to fix high severity rating vulnerabilities.
For IaaC, to complement req.sec.run.001
For OSS, to complement and to align with RA1 modifications

Priority: To be included in this Release

2482

Clarify security requirements (FINALISED)

PR#2633 MERGED

ISSUE#2482 CLOSED

Clarify IaaC requirments
req.sec.bld.003: break into 2 requirements
req.sec.del.001: replace "container scanning" by "container image scanning" in example

Priority: To be included in this Release

2540

Add NIST reference for service mesh security (FINALISED)

PR#2655  MERGED

ISSUE#2540 CLOSED

Include NIST SP 800-204B as security reference (7-10) for service mesh security. Develop on service mesh security if necessary.

Priority: To be included in this Release

2541

Security requirements for production and non-production environments (FINALISED)

PR#2658 MERGED #2660 MERGED

ISSUE#2541 CLOSED

Differentiate security requirements for production and non-production environments, especially in logging and monitoring section 7.9.7

Priority: To be included in this Release

2542

Elaborate on SBOM

PR#2657 in Review

Provide guidance on standards for communicating SBOM (Software Bill of Material) information

Priority: To be included in this Release

2056

Storage: enhance content (FINALISED)

PR#2566, 2568 merged

ISSUE#2056 CLOSED

Develop a model that fits all workloads storage requirements. 

Priority: To be included in this Release

2575

Add General Storage Model (FINALISED)

PR#2659 MERGED, PR#2661 MERGED

ISSUE#2575 CLOSED

Add General Storage Model to Storage Chapter 3.6

Priority: To be included in this Release

2576

Align Storage Content (FINALISED)

PR#2671 MERGED

ISSUE#2576 CLOSED

Align Storage content in Chapter 4 with updated storage section (Chapter 3.6)

Priority: To be included in this Release

2577

Align Chapter Storage Content

Align Storage content in Chapter 5 with updated storage section (Chapter 3.6)

Priority: To be included in this Release

2568

Update Ch 8 Multi- and Edge-Cloud (FINALISED)

PR#2629 MERGED

Update focus will be to cover the interactions across federation.
This will cover:

  • Account Management
  • Connectivity Management
  • Resource Management
  • Appls / VNFs Management
  • End User Transaction / Conversation across Cloud

Priority: To be included in this Release

2574

Add Multi-Cloud Interaction Model (FINALISED)

PR#2629 MERGED

ISSUE#2574 CLOSED

Add Multi-Cloud Interactions Model to elaborate on section 8.2 Cloud Services Broker & Cloud Resources Broker which manage interactions across the federation.

Priority: To be included in this Release

2578

Storage for Multi-Cloud

Update Multi-Cloud Section to include Storage section

Priority: To be included in this Release

Hardware acceleration updates (FINALISED)

PR#2592, 2593, 2641 MERGED

ISSUE#2342 CLOSED

Address feedback from LFN D&TF (June 2021) including ORAN WG6 AAL alignment 

Priority: To be included in this Release

PaaS services inclusion  (FINALISED)

PR#2631 MERGED
ISSUE#2567 CLOSED

Anuket and XGVELA alignment, based on the results from the survey

Priority: To be included in this Release

2087Infrastructure LCM Automation (9.5.1)

Initial contents and alignment with ORAN WG6 Infrastructure Services

Priority: Nice to include in this Release– backlog for next release

2589Elaborate on image security (FINALISED)

PR#2633 MERGED

ISSUE#2589 CLOSED

Add requirements and recommendations into chapter 7, section 7.9.5. Develop content for section7.5

Priority: To be included in this Release

2585HW Acceleration/Offload API requirements (FINALISED)

Issue closed by PR#2592

ISSUE#2585 CLOSED

Write more detailed requirements for HW Acceleration/Offload API requirements.

Priority: To be included in this Release

Reference Architecture 1

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Priority: To be included in this Release

Ch01: PR #2634 Merged

Ch02: PR #2635 Merged

Ch03: PR #2636 Merged

Ch04: PR  #2637 Merged

Ch06:  PR #2640 Merged

Ch07: no changes

Ch08: PR #2647

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Priority: To be included in this Release

Include RM updates. Link to RA1 Issue #2239

PR #2648

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Priority: To be included in this Release

Issue #2497

PR #2674

...

Priority: To be included in this Release

Review completed and no changes required/ Issue closed

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Priority: Low Priority for this Release – backlog for next release

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Improve content and align with new RM content

Priority: Nice to include in this Release – backlog for next release

...

Priority: To be included in this Release

PR #2655

2794ClosedHybrid Multi-Cloud
  • Multi-cloud interaction summary table and examples  (Issue#2806 CLOSED) - PR#2824 - approved and merged, closing umbrella  Issue#2794. Chapter 8, Section 8.5.3 "Requirements, Reference Architecture & Industry Standards Intersect"
  • Hybrid / multi-cloud security and regulatory (Issue #2804 BACKLOG), reviewed  Sec 8.5.5 "Aspects of Multi-Cloud Security", and Requirements in Sec 7, no gaps found, review to be continued post Moselle

  • Single pane requirements (a minimum set) (Issue #2797 CLOSED), Chapter 8 in the new Requirements section 8.5.4 - PR#2902; approved and merged
2793ClosedSecurity 
  • Software supply chain security (Issue#2838 CLOSED) - PR#2913 approved and merged into a new section 7.7 'Software Supply Chain Security"

  • Regulatory directives for cybersecurity (Issue#2839 CLOSED) - PR#2981 approved and merged into a new section 7.9 "Cloud Regulatory Compliance"
  • SBOM content added  - PR#2978 approved and merged into section 7.7.3 "Software Bill of Material (SBOM) Security"

  • Add reference to FS.40 v2 which is now a non binding PRD and must be added, Issue #2828 (CLOSED); PR#2982 approved and merged

2795ClosedStorage
  • RST Updates - Virtual Storage - Tenant Reference, storage types, use cases and stereotypes;  PR#2969 approved and merged into Section 3.6.3 "Storage for Tenant Consumption"
2087ClosedInfrastructure LCM Automation 
  • Infrastructure LCM Automation Introduction (Issue#2816 CLOSED) - PR#2851 merged into Section 9.5.2 "Infrastructure LCM Automation"
  • Infrastructure LCM Automation final update includes Introduction, Framework, Best Practice, Principles  (Issues#2816,2848, 2849, 2850 - CLOSED) - PR#2929 merged  into Section 9.5.2 "Infrastructure LCM Automation"
2785ClosedGeneral PaaS Services
  • Load Balancer Requirements, (Issue 2906 CLOSED), PR#2907 approved and merged into Section 5.1.5.1 "Platform Services - Load Balancer Requirements"
  • Logging, (Issue #2960 CLOSED), PR#2961 -  approved and merged into Section 5.1.5.2 "Platform Services - Log Management Services (LMS)"
  • Monitoring (Issue #2957 CLOSED), PR#2958  approved and merged into Section 5.1.5.3 "Platform Services - Monitoring Service Requirement"
2896ClosedMetrics
  • Should we flesh out the specs for infrastructure monitoring from ETSI GS NFV-TST 008 V3.5.1  (question form RA-2); PR#2983 Internal Performance Metrics approved and merged into Section 4.1.3.3 "Internal Performance Measurement Capabilities"


Reference Architecture 1

Issue #StatusDeliverableComments
2776ClosedAutomation 
  • Lifecycle Automation: align with RM development on automation (issue #2238), PR#2971
  • Deployment automation: give more guidance (issue #2776), PR#2971
2784ClosedHybrid and multi cloud
  • Hybrid multi-cloud orchestration, OMNI project (#2784) → OMNI inactive project, issue closed
  • Evaluate other communities: ONAP, GSMA OPG, ...  (#2784) → out of RA1 scope, issue closed
2786BacklogAcceleration
  • Development on acceleration focusing on use cases. Identify the acceleration needs and technologies for workloads hosted in Data Centre and for workloads deployed at the edge (#2786)
2787

2860 Closed 

2861 Backlog

2874 Backlog



Storage
  • Chapter 3 (issue #2860), PR#2986

 Expand the section "Virtual storage" highlighting the storage requirements for workloads and for the infrastructure components. Refer to RM chapter 3.

On the "Cloud Topology" section, describe the differences per hosting environments: large DC to edge infrastructures, in conjunction with RM Chapter 3, 3.6.4. Storage scenarios and architecture fit.

  • Chapter 4 (issue #2861), backlog

Develop on interactions between OpenStack Cinder/Swift and storage backends.

Add examples of backend solutions.

  • Chapter 4 (issue #2874), backlog

In "Edge cloud topology", add a sub section addressing hyperconverged SDS for edge cloud


2500

Closed

Edge
  • Collect requirements and characteristics from existing production deployments ( Chapters 2 & 4) (issue #2500)

Covered in chapter 4, by PR#2964

New issue in backlog to develop associated requirements in chapter 2 during  Nile release (issue #2989)

2775ClosedCloud Topology

Content improvement (issue #2775), PR #2964

  • Chapter 03: Topology overview, make clearer the redundancy models, eventually with high level diagrams
  • Chapter 04: Cloud Topology and Control plane scenarios, in table 4-5,  "*" and "**" need to be defined
2732ProofreadingSpecification references updates 
  • Chapter 2 (issue #2877) - Review all the requirements' tables of chapter 2 and add, when it is missing, a specification reference pointing where the requirement is addressed.

Reference Architecture 2

#StatusDeliverableComments
2511 (pr: 2900)ClosedApplication Packaging specs
  • Add HELM or other CNF packaging specs
  • Clarify relationship with TOSCA and ONAP packaging
2788

Open

Moved to backlog

Monitoring & telemetry
  • Input from Barometer re: metrics and architecture
  • add requirements for monitoring
  • add specs on caas cluster monitoring & telemetry
2790

Open

Moved to backlog

Service Mesh
  • clarify l2/3 vs l7 service mesh
  • add service mesh requirements in ch2
  • add service mesh specs in ch4
2792

Open

Moved to backlog

CaaS Manager interface
  • define API for CaaS manager interface
  • define required CaaS LCM operation through API
  • API to allow flavours and profiles of clusters

2807

2259

2798 (pr: 2945)

2509 (pr: 2910)


2807 - Closed

2259 - Open - Moved to backlog

2798 - Closed

2509 - Closed

Updates & fixes
  • Align with RM
  • Host OS
    • restore host OS requirements
    • refresh host OS and kernel specs for CNF support
  • align ch4 specs and ch2 requirement references
  • K8s 1.23
    • update references to k8s 1.23
    • remove deprecated features and APIs
    • add relevant new features and APIs
    • align conformance testing ref ch6

Reference Architecture 2

#DeliverableComments2509Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.22Priority: To be included in this Release2302Alignment with RM - edge cloudPriority: Nice to include in this Release2189Alignment with RM - SFCPriority: Nice to include in this Release

2483

2337

2301

992

2582

2591

Alignment with RM - securityPriority: To be included in this Release

2440

2341

2371

Explicitly list Kubernetes APIs and Feature support

Priority: To be included in this Release

incl. supported features APIs and objects & Sync SIG Features tables with ch4 specs & add policy (ga and beta, no alpha)

2510

993

2254

1878

Multitenancy, workload isolation and Namespaces

Priority: To be included in this Release

describe how to use what we have already

2253Implementation-agnostic CNI multiplexers (incl. API)

Priority: To be included in this Release

if an implementation-agnostic solution to have generic pod manifests that work with all possible multiplexers can be found, RA2 should mandate it, otherwise state alternative way out (ie operators to pick an implementation)

2511CNF packaging

Priority: Nice to include in this Release

Deployment level - helm etc.

NFVO level - TOSCA / SOL1/SOL4 v4 / ONAP CSAR + ASD ?

2453Add K8s service type specs

Priority: To be included in this Release

For primary interfaces, ServiceTypes/NodePorts/LoadBalancers

2464

2331

Enhance CaaS-on-VM specs

Priority: Nice to include in this Release

hypervisor-layer specs to support caas clusters made with VM-based nodes