Beginning with SBC Core release 12.0, the SBC interoperates with the Ribbon Application Management Platform (RAMP), replacing the Insight EMS.
However, the EMA, CLI and API will continue to include EMS-labeled parameters and screens to facilitate SBC migrations from older releases. Accordingly, any references to "EMS" in this documentation apply to the RAMP platform.
In this section:
The Ribbon Virtual Network Function Manager (VNFM) is an ETSI standards-aligned virtualized application you can use to orchestrate and manage the lifecycle of SBC SWe deployments in an OpenStack cloud environment. VNFM provides an alternative to the use of Heat templates to deploy different types of Virtual Machine (VM) nodes and clusters.
The VNFM processes a VNF Descriptor (VNFD) file to define the main properties and resources required to deploy a VNF. You "onboard" a VNFD file into VNFM for your deployment type as part of a Cloud Service Archive (CSAR) package file.
(SR-IOV only) - additional prerequisites and configuration steps required for SR-IOV deployment are preceded with this notation. If you are implementing SR-IOV interfaces, be sure to complete these steps.
Orchestration using VNFM does not support implementing a second management port for the SBC.
Prior to using VNFM to instantiate SBC Virtual Network Functions. Make sure to:
Due to a current issue with RHEL 7.5, the following procedure must be run once on any compute hosts where SWe instances which require multi-queue virtio interfaces will be deployed. These steps enable such instances to spawn. The procedure confirms that the failure to spawn is due to the underlying RHEL 7.5 issue and then provides steps to work around this issue.
/var/log/audit
audit.log
file and confirm that the following denial is reported by SELinux:avc: denied { attach_queue }
audit2allow -a -M attach_queue
semodule -i attach_queue.pp
The CSAR file you created for your deployment must be onboarded on VNFM before you can orchestrate a new SBC cluster. Make sure the CSAR file is in a location accessible from VNFM. Refer to Performing Onboarding Through the UI for instructions (VNFM documentation).
After the CSAR file is onboarded, the SBC VNF can be deployed. Note that you must have previously created an OpenStack Glance image using the SBC application software .qcow2 file. Refer to Creating a Glance Image within the pre-instantiation requirements for OpenStack.
Click VNF Catalog. The VNF Catalog window opens showing the list of onboarded VNFs.
VNF Catalog
In the Select Action menu for the VNF you want to deploy, select Instantiate. The Instantiate VNF panel appears. The initial panel is shown in the following figure. The VNF Information section is expanded by default. Click the arrows adjacent to each heading to expand the section and configure its options, as appropriate.
Instantiate VNF Panel
Use the following table to populate or edit the fields. Editing a value overrides the default value in the VNFD file, allowing you to specify the values appropriate for your deployment. Interface values (IF0 to IF3) can be edited, for example, if you need to specify VLAN IDs for your deployment. Take care to use the correct parameter names and maintain the syntax as shown. Refer to the Interface Definition Parameters Table for more information on the parameters that can be used to define the properties of an interface.
Instantiate VNF Parameters
Field | Description |
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VNF Information - Use this section to enter general information about your deployment. | |
VNF Name | Enter a unique name to represent the VNF instance. The name chosen is used throughout the VNFM UI to identify the VNF instance for viewing or performing lifecycle actions. If you do not specify a name for the VNF instance, a name is generated. |
Cloud Name | Select a cloud from the Cloud Name drop-down list. |
Tenant Name | Select a tenant for the instance in the Tenant Name drop-down list. |
Zone | Optional. To specify a specific zone for the instance, choose a zone from the list.The list is populated with the Openstack Availability Zones accessible to the tenant. If you do not select a value, the default zone "nova" is selected. |
Continuity Plan | Select a VNFM continuity plan from the drop-down list. See VNFM documentation for information on Preparing a Continuity Plan. |
Network - Use this section to select the networks to use within the deployment. | |
Required VNF Networks | Using the drop-down lists under Available Networks, select the names of the networks that you want to use for the cluster. The lists contain the names of the existing networks in your environment. Refer to Creating Tenant Networks for more information on creating the prerequisite networks. If you are deploying OAM nodes as part of an SBC N:1 HA deployment, by default four network fields appear: three for the SBC nodes (mgt0, pkt0, pkt1) and one for the OAM nodes (mgt0). However, additional fields can appear based on what you specified when you generated your CSAR package file. Refer to Creating a CSAR Package File for more information on these parameters. (SR-IOV only) If you are implementing SR-IOV interfaces, make sure the signaling/media networks you select (pkt0 and pkt1) support SR-IOV. |
Address / Port - Use this section to manually configure IP addresses and ports for the VNFC interfaces. | |
Reuse Pre-allocated IPs | To reuse the IPV4 pre-allocated IPs addresses that were manually tagged or created during a previous orchestration, click this check box. In the Network section, ensure that the network configuration assigned to the VNF matches the network of the reserved floating IPs. See Using the Pre-allocated IP VNFM Feature. |
VNFC | This column lists each VNFC type and instance number (for example, ssbc1) for which you can configure an IP address and port. |
Interface | This column contains a description of each network interface from the VNFD file (for example, pkt0). |
IP Index | If a VM interface is defined with multiple subnets, this column lists an incremental value to associated with each subnet. The default is zero (0) to indicate a single IP address per VM port. |
Address or Port | Using the drop-down list in the Address or Port column, select the type of value you want to configure for each VNFC / Interface:
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Selection | Use the field in the Selection column to enter an address or select a port. |
Flavor - Use this section to specify a flavor type to use when instantiating a specific VNFC type. | |
Required VNF Flavors | Optional. For each VNFC type listed in the Required VNF column, select a specific flavor from the Available Flavors drop-down list to use when instantiating VMs of that type. The list contains flavors which meet, or exceed, the flavor constraints defined in the VNFD for that VM type. If no flavor is selected, a flavor is auto-selected. |
Storage Volumes - Use this section to optionally specify Cinder storage volume configuration. | |
Storage Volume | Optional. If your VNFD file specifies to include a Cinder storage volume in the deployment, use this configuration to attach an existing storage volume. Specify the UUID of a volume on your cloud server. If you do not specify a storage volume, one is automatically created and attached to the instance during instantiation as specified in the VNFD file (refer to Creating a CSAR Package File for information on how to specify a storage volume). If the VNFD file does not specify to include a Cinder storage volume in the deployment, a message appears stating that storage volume configuration is not required. Note: |
VNF Specific - Use this section to verify settings and provide information that is specific to an SBC deployment. | |
VNFC Type: oam SBC:SYSTEMNAME | User-assigned name for the OAM instances. You must enter a name. This field is visible only if you are deploying OAM nodes. |
SOL001 Custom Parameters | Used to dynamically add VNF-specific data to a VNF without requiring a VNFD change. This field is not currently used by the SBC. |
VNFC Type: isbc, ssbc or msbc SBC:SYSTEMNAME | User-assigned name for the SBC instances. You must enter a name. |
SBC Personality | Specifies an integrated (isbc), signaling (ssbc), media (msbc), or other SBC deployment personality. This value cannot be changed. |
The HA model selected in the VNFD file | Specifies an active_standby HA deployment or an N:1 HA (n_1_ha) deployment. This value cannot be changed. |
The number of SBC VMs to create | Specifies the number of SBC VMs to create. For example, a 4:1 HA pair requires 5 VMs. |
The number of OAM VMs to create | Specifies the number of OAM VMs to create. For example, a 1:1 HA pair requires 2 VMs. This field is visible only if you are deploying OAM nodes. |
Properties of IF0 | Parameters associated with IF0. By default IF0 is configured as the management interface. |
Properties of IF1 | Parameters associated with IF1. By default IF1 is configured as the HA interface. |
Properties of IF2 | Parameters associated with IF2. By default IF2 is configured as the Pkt0 interface. |
Properties of IF3 | Parameters associated with IF3. By default IF3 is configured as the Pkt1 interface. (SR-IOV only) Edit the “PrefixVn:” and "VLANId:" parameters (shown above) to the appropriate values for your interface. Take care to only add the values and do not add additional characters or empty space. |
EMS Username | Enter the username credentials to use when registering with the Unable to show "metadata-from": No such page "_space_variables" , if applicable. |
EMS Password | Enter the password to use when registering with Unable to show "metadata-from": No such page "_space_variables" , if applicable. |
EMS IP[0] | Enter the IP address of the EMS-0 (primary) instance, if applicable. |
EMS IP[1] | Enter the IP address of the EMS-1 instance, if applicable. |
SD:SERVICEREGISTRY | Registry server(s) used for service discovery (optional). Example: |
SBC:EMSFQDN | Unable to show "metadata-from": No such page "_space_variables" Fully Qualified Domain Name (if applicable).Example: |
EmsDownloadConfig | Beginning with release 8.0 this option is no longer needed and the value is ignored. |
EmsPrivateNodeParameters. cluster_id | Enter the value you want to use as the EMS cluster ID for the VNF, if applicable. |
Ema Core Component | Enable or disable the Core EMA component. |
Ema REST Component | Enable or disable the |
Ema Troubleshooting | Enable or disable the Troubleshooting component of the EMA. |
Cloud Config Init Data | Replace the default public key with the public key of your own self-generated ssh key pair to be used for logging into SBC. To generate the key, you can use the ssh-keygen command and use the contents of the id_rsa.pub file that it generates in your /home/<user>/.ssh directory to replace the default. Refer to man ssh-keygen for more information. You also have the option to enter passwords for the user accounts defined in this section. Take care to maintain the formatting of this section when you replace the default content. The data must be provided in a proper YAML format. |
Click Instantiate. VNFM begins the process of orchestrating the SBC VNFs. When the process is complete the VNF status changes to Ready.
If you are deploying an N:1 M-SBC, the newly orchestrated VNF remains in a “degraded” state until you configure a Load Balancing Service (LBS). An alarm saying that the VNF cannot connect to VNFM may be triggered. However, once LBS is configured, the active and standby roles for the VMs are determined and the VNF registers successfully with VNFM. Configuring LBS is a part of the initial configuration of an M-SBC. Refer to M-SBC Cluster Configuration using SBC Configuration Manager.
If VNFM shows the SBC status as "Ready," but
By default, during orchestration VNFM creates basic security rules and a security group. These basic rules do not restrict access to and from the SBC nodes. If you have not already created the specific security rules required for your deployment, refer to the following page for the list of rules you should create: Creating Security Group Rules. Alternatively you can enable an option when you create your CSAR package file that creates the recommended security rules automatically. Refer to the "–security_restrict" option described on Creating a CSAR Package File.
After orchestration, the SBC nodes are created but have no associated configuration. Refer to Basic SBC SWe Configuration using SBC Configuration Manager for procedures to configure the SBC.