Multi-site NS

Signed-off-by: garciadeblas <gerardo.garciadeblas@telefonica.com>

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+# Multi-site NS - support of NS instances with VNFs running in different datacenters#
+
+## Proposer ##
+**EUAG**
+
+## Type ##
+**Feature**
+
+## Target MDG/TF ##
+UI, RO, SO
+
+## Description ##
+This feature request is about supporting NS instances with VNFs running in different datacenters.
+
+This feature assumes that the networks interconnecting several datacenters are pre-preprovisioned
+(this pre-provision is out of the scope of this feature request).
+
+Current implementation in Release 0 allowed the deployment of a Network Service instance in the
+datacenter chosen by the user. Specifically the MWC demo covered 4 deployments and the user decided
+for every deployment the datacenter where to deploy.
+
+However, it is not possible to span an NS instance across different datacenters on a single
+scenario (e.g. with some VNFs running in datacenter A and others in datacenter B). The workaround
+of splitting the NS descriptor and deploy at different datacenters is not valid as it does not
+allow to have common NS service primitives.
+
+There are several use cases where a multi-site NS applies, e.g.:
+
+- The deployment of a full core network with several PEs in different datacenters.
+- The deployment of VoIP network where some elements are centralized in a datacenter while others
+are distributed (e.g. SBC).
+
+In order to have this feature implemented, the following changes are devised:
+
+- In the UI:
+    - The end user should have the possibility to select for each VNF the specific datacenter where
+    it will be instantiated.
+    - If required, the end user should be able to select for each network in the NS the specific
+    datacenter where it will be instantiated.
+    - In case of networks spanning across several datacenters (e.g. an E-Line connecting a VNF in a
+    datacenter to another VNF in a different datacenter), the end user must select for each network
+    edge which one of the existing datacenter networks has to be used.
+- In the RO:
+    - NS data models should differentiate between the data model for instances and the data model
+    for templates. The NS instance should allow to specify instance-related parameters for VNFs (in
+    this case, destination datacenter, but others can be added in the future, e.g. VNF instance
+    name). Additionally, the NS instance should allow to specify instance-related information for
+    networks:
+        - If the network is a single-DC network, i.e. it connects VNFs from the same datacenter,
+        there is no need to indicate the datacenter where the network will be deployed, since it
+        will be implicit from the VNFs.
+        - If the network is an inter-DC network, i.e. it connects VNFs from different datacenters,
+        the instance related information will include, for each network edge, the existing
+        datacenter network to be used.
+    - Database changes to annotate instance-related information, in this case the datacenter (or
+    datacenters) where it was deployed.
+    - Changes in northbound API to allow that information
+- In the SO:
+    - NS data models should incorporate a data model for instances, different than the NS data
+    model for templates, where it should be possible to specify VNF instance-related parameters (in
+    this case, destination datacenter, but others can be added in the future, e.g. VNF instance
+    name).
+    - Connection to RO must be modified accordingly to the changes in RO northbound API.
+    - Database changes to annotate instance-related information, in this case the datacenter where
+    it was deployed.
+
+Specs for each module are to be written. For instance, in RO the spec is expected to include the
+following devised changes:
+
+- openmano\_schemas.py: changes in schema "instance\_scenario\_create\_schema" to support the
+specification of instance-related information per VNF and network.
+- nfvo.py: changes in function "create\_instance" to support the new schema and take the actions
+accordingly, including the appropriate calls to nfvo\_db functions.
+- MySQL DB: changes in "instance\_scenarios", "instance\_vnfs", "instance\_vms" and
+"instance\_nets" tables are required. Further investigation is required.
+- nfvo\_db: changes in functions to update the previous tables accordingly.
+- http\_server.py: changes in http\_post\_instances to take into account the changes in schemas,
+nfvo functions and nfvo\_db functions.
+
+## Demo or definition of done ##
+A test case consisting of the deployment of an NS instance with 2 interconnected VNFs (A and B) is
+suggested. As a pre-requirement, there must be 2 datacenters (DC1, DC2) interconnected through a
+pre-provisioned network visible at RO. As a convention, the network in DC1 will be named
+DC1-interDC-net and the network in DC2 will be named DC2-interDC-net.
+
+At instantiation time, in a single transaction (e.g. launched from the GUI or the CLI), the NS
+instance must be deployed specifying that VNF A is deployed in DC1 and VNF B in DC2, VNF A is
+attached to DC1-interDC-net, and VNF B is attached to DC2-interDC-net.
+
+Information in both RO and SO should be read after the deployment to check validity of the test.