I volunteer you. We need to do this.
-Sebastien On 5 Nov 2013, at 20:28, Chiradeep Vittal <chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com> wrote: > Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) is an effort to utilize server > virtualization in conjunction with industry standard servers, network > hardware switches and storage hardware to achieve significant time and > costs reductions in the Telecommunication industry. ETSI [1] has a group > (NFV ISG [2]) that is trying to develop guidelines and frameworks around > NFV (note: not standards). They have published a White Paper [3] which > makes very interesting reading. > > > Among other things, the group identifies > > "The NFVI (Network Functions Virtualisation Infrastructure), which > provides the virtual > resources required to support the execution of the Virtualised Network > Functions. It includes > Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) hardware, accelerator components where > necessary, and > a software layer which virtualises and abstracts the underlying hardware." > > This software layer is assumed to be a form of IAAS software. Currently > the group members use OpenStack as an example, but it should be our (the > CloudStack community) goal to popularize and encourage the adoption of > CloudStack as well. > > The white paper [3] also goes on to say: > " > We are interested to ensure that the Open Source > community actively > engages in NFV to help create > virtualised network capabilitiesŠ > > > > > > > > > > ...we intend to actively collaborate with existing reference > open-source initiatives in the areas relevant to NFV, as well as to > encourage and support new ones > aligned with the NFV goals, especially when addressing new issues > identified by the NFV community." > > One way to improve visibility and collaborate actively with this community > is to have a liaison with the ISG. > The liaison can contribute to the activities of the various working groups > (e.g., Management and Orchestration MANO WG) and convey the activities > and requirements of the NFV ISG back to the CloudStack community. > > If the community is OK with the Liaison idea, then we could solicit > volunteers on this list to act as the Liaison(s) > > Comments? > > > > > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETSI > [2] http://www.etsi.org/technologies-clusters/technologies/nfv > [3] http://portal.etsi.org/NFV/NFV_White_Paper2.pdf >
