Foundation (part of first release)
Basic use case definition
Repository of essential NFV Benchmarks
NFV Policy Use Cases, Intent Interface
User / Developer Documentation
Maintenance Requirement Project
VIM abstraction interface to be cloud asset agnostic
ARM Platform Reference project
Preconfigured virtualized developer platform
OpenStack Engagement
OpenStack, OpenDaylight, Open vSwitch, KVM
SDW controller and dataplane
Dataplane acceleration
Datapath - DPDK+OVS/DPDK+Environment - BKM, Tuning, Performance for VNFs
Fault Management
Realtime for Wireless
Test Bed Sandbox
CI / CD
Deployment Tooling - Linux, KVM, OpenStack, OpenDaylight, OVS + DPDK
Performance Test Infrastructure
NFV Performance Profiles
Basic Integration / OPNFV Distribution / Automatic Deployment / Provisioning
Step 2 (Mid-term: >6 months)
IPv6 support
IPv6 external: direct to VM/VIA L3 agent/stateful DHCP
Proactive deployment policy assurance
VIM → MANO: ETSI reference interface reconciliation & testing
Storage & HW provisioning
Guaranteed data plane for NFV
Real-time optimization in KVM
APIs for common connectivity services (e.g. metro ethernet)
Performance profiles for sample VNFs: vCPE, vEPC, FW
Datapath offload/acceleration, API convergence, control/status convergence
Controller/VIM service chaining
Resource reservation
Dataplan service assurance: KPI monitors, enforcement, physical interface fault management
Performance tester tools
Test: OPNFV specific use cases automation
Step 3 (Longer-term: 18 months)
CPE/BG/FW
Virtual Links
Tests: overlay mechanism to cross platform tests