Method for Upgrading Network Functions Virtualization Application, Service Forwarding Method, and Apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US20170187572A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-29

    申请号:US15458358

    申请日:2017-03-14

    发明人: Xin Wu Lei Xu

    IPC分类号: H04L12/24 H04L12/803

    摘要: A method for upgrading a network functions virtualization application includes creating, by a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM), a network resource according to an upgrade plan for the network functions virtualization application; creating, by the VIM, a virtual machine for a new-version virtualized network function (VNF) according to the upgrade plan; configuring, by the VIM, the virtual machine on a test network according to the network resource; performing, by the VIM, upgrade configuration on the virtual machine according to an upgrade configuration script to obtain the new-version VNF; and switching, by an NFV orchestrator, an earlier-version VNF to the new-version VNF after determining that a function test of the new-version VNF on the test network is successful. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, an automated upgrade procedure and upgrade steps for a network functions virtualization application are defined, so that upgrading the network functions virtualization application can be automated.

    Method for upgrading network functions virtualization application, service forwarding method, and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10326653B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15458358

    申请日:2017-03-14

    发明人: Xin Wu Lei Xu

    摘要: A method for upgrading a network functions virtualization application includes creating, by a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM), a network resource according to an upgrade plan for the network functions virtualization application; creating, by the VIM, a virtual machine for a new-version virtualized network function (VNF) according to the upgrade plan; configuring, by the VIM, the virtual machine on a test network according to the network resource; performing, by the VIM, upgrade configuration on the virtual machine according to an upgrade configuration script to obtain the new-version VNF; and switching, by an NFV orchestrator, an earlier-version VNF to the new-version VNF after determining that a function test of the new-version VNF on the test network is successful. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, an automated upgrade procedure and upgrade steps for a network functions virtualization application are defined, so that upgrading the network functions virtualization application can be automated.