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#opnfv-meeting: Weekly Technical Discussion
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Meeting started by bh526r at 14:01:44 UTC.  The full logs are available
at
http://ircbot.wl.linuxfoundation.org/meetings/opnfv-meeting/2017/opnfv-meeting.2017-03-09-14.01.log.html
.



Meeting summary
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* Roll Call  (bh526r, 14:02:01)
  * Bin Hu  (bh526r, 14:02:06)
  * radez  (radez, 14:02:27)
  * Uli  (uli-k, 14:02:29)
  * Jack Morgan  (jmorgan1, 14:02:34)
  * Randy Levensalor  (RandyLevensalor, 14:02:35)

* New Project Proposal "Sample VNF"  (bh526r, 14:04:17)
  * LINK:
    https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/PROJ/Project+Proposal%3A+samplevnf
    (bh526r, 14:04:35)
  * Kannan introduced the project proposal  (bh526r, 14:05:00)
  * The key is that not only the VNF catalog and VNF, but also the
    source code of VNFs  (bh526r, 14:09:15)
  * Uli said that it is very important to have VNFs for our testing
    (bh526r, 14:09:39)
  * What is the difference between commercial VNF and sample VNF/testing
    VNF  (bh526r, 14:10:10)
  * Kannan responded that commercial VNF has production quality, but
    sample/testing VNF has feature-complete, but may not be production
    quality  (bh526r, 14:11:00)
  * So we focus on feature-complete, not on production quality  (bh526r,
    14:11:50)
  * Brian gave an example - data plane complete, but may not complete in
    control plane such as HA  (bh526r, 14:14:06)
  * Uli suggested to clarify it in the project proposal in wiki, ie.
    feature complete in data plane, but may not complete in control
    plane  (bh526r, 14:14:59)
  * Kannan will add a sentence in wiki "VNF may not be deployable in
    real network environment"  (bh526r, 14:16:04)
  * I think we can be feature complete on data plane, have a good
    coverage even on user plane, but for control plane and management
    plane, we will implement only a minimum of features.  (bh526r,
    14:17:25)
  * plan is for the license to be Apache or BSD  (bjskerry, 14:18:54)
  * will need to comply with OPNFV guidance  (bjskerry, 14:19:44)
  * currently the VNFs are Apache 2.0  (bjskerry, 14:20:13)
  * will be hosting complete source code  (bjskerry, 14:20:38)
  * Julien  (Julien-z_, 14:22:27)
  * Bryan wanted to clarify that we don't intend to test the VNF itself
    for its real conformance, e.g. with any standards.  (bh526r,
    14:26:22)
  * Kannan said performance testing is our of scope.  (bh526r, 14:28:16)
  * example of vPE, we won't test conformance to the standard, but could
    use them for end to end testing, including SFC if applicable
    (bjskerry, 14:28:30)
  * Dave said it is very vital project, and key to moving forward to
    next stage  (bh526r, 14:30:09)
  * add two sentences (1) no conformance testing (2) no field deployment
    (bh526r, 14:32:02)
  * Morgan wanted more community support from other companies and other
    contributors  (bh526r, 14:35:02)
  * People are encouraged to join the project  (bh526r, 14:35:30)
  * Group achieved consensus to recommend for TSC creation review by
    addressing 3 issues (1) clarify feature-completeness v.s. production
    quality, and for testing purpose instead of commerical purpose (2)
    no conformance testing (3) no field deployment  (bh526r, 14:39:02)
  * Apache License will be used.  (bh526r, 14:40:10)
  * Kannan clarified that it is not limited to DPDK. Initial
    implementation is based on DPDK. But other contributions without
    DPDK is very welcome  (bh526r, 14:41:49)
  * And of course, it includes vIMS. And contributions are very welcome.
    (bh526r, 14:42:16)
  * Code for SampleVNFs does not have to be hosted by OPNFV, ie if
    source code is available elswhere it could be used  (bjskerry,
    14:45:22)

* MANO WG Update  (bh526r, 14:48:48)
  * rprakash  (rprakash, 14:50:53)
  * LINK: https://wiki.opnfv.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=6827111
    (rprakash, 14:51:22)
  * LINK: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/mano/MANO+Group+Home  (bh526r,
    14:51:38)
  * MANO WG has done a great job, performed its operation regularly, and
    set a series of action items to address scenarios, use cases, etc.
    (bh526r, 14:59:47)



Meeting ended at 15:01:10 UTC.



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