1) Development (coding) – for continuous integration with regression testing (hosted by Linux Foundation) 2) NFVI/VIM Testbed – a developer “sandbox” -> THIS IS THE TESTBED THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING 3) Specific VNF/PNF (cable, mobile, wireline, etc.) … carrier labs serve this function 4) Vendor interop of VNF/PNFs … may be temporary (e.g. interop fests)
NFVI/VIM Testbed (from # 2 above) …
1) A “sandbox” for developer testing 2) Provides a documented baseline using release candidates of hw/sw ingredients (will keep in sync with OPNFV published reference architectures) 3) Can host multivendor VNFs (i.e. a combination of VNFs represents a use-case that runs on the test-bed)
We identified the following areas to focus on for now and assigned owners to coordinate input and collate a proposal for each …