From: garciadeblas Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 20:21:45 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Support of high level primitives in SDN plugin model for SDN assist X-Git-Url: https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fchanges%2F53%2F5953%2F2;p=osm%2FFeatures.git Support of high level primitives in SDN plugin model for SDN assist Change-Id: I6840980b2ca78f9000ff780890a6c715a90d2c6f Signed-off-by: garciadeblas --- diff --git a/Release7/Support_of_high_level_primitives_in_SDN_plugin_model_for_SDN_assist.md b/Release7/Support_of_high_level_primitives_in_SDN_plugin_model_for_SDN_assist.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4d84a58 --- /dev/null +++ b/Release7/Support_of_high_level_primitives_in_SDN_plugin_model_for_SDN_assist.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +# Support of high level primitives in SDN plugin model for SDN assist # + +## Proposer ## +- Gerardo Garcia (Telefonica) +- Alfonso Tierno (Telefonica) +- Francisco Javier Ramon (Telefonica) + +## Type ## +**Feature** + +## Target MDG/TF ## +RO + +## Description ## +The SDN plugin model in OSM assumes the existence of a set of calls in the +plugin that allow RO to interact with different but equivalent primitives from +various SDN controllers in an homogeneous fashion. + +The current set of calls assumes the availability of a number of basic +flow-level provided by the SDN Controller, letting the RO assume the logic to +create the various kinds of underlay networks supported by OSM, namely E-Line +and E-LAN types. + +While this model of use might be a reasonable approach for many cases, it might +be suboptimal for modern SDN controllers, which can be already capable of +providing high level API operations to set up E-LAN and/or E-Line connections +(and even prevent the use of flow-level operations. + +This feature proposes to augment the current SDN plugin model to support also +CRUD operations for complete networks, leveraging on existing API calls of +modern SDN controllers. + +## Demo or definition of done ## +Show that it is possible to create, read, update and delete underlay +connections of E-LAN and E-line types with, at least, one of the supported +types of SDN controllers. \ No newline at end of file