Description of Use Case / Requirement:

In Rel 6 (REQ-84) and Rel 7 (REQ-324), PNF sw upgrade requirement in ONAP has progressed covering both with/without schema updates.

A schema update in relation to a xNF software upgrades is a routine for network upgrade to support new xNF features, improve efficiency or increase xNF capacity on the field, and to  eliminate bugs.  This use case provides to ONAP an advantage in orchestrating and managing the Life Cycle of a Network Services in-line with business and service objectives. In Rel 8, the feature will be enhanced with PNF sw version management during sw upgrade procedure.

Link to HLD/LLD (if any):

Support xNF Software Upgrade in association to schema updates

Dependency Relationships with Other Projects:

N/A

Project Impact (Test Only (TO), Code (C)):

SDC (C):

  - PNF software version updated (Ericsson),

SO (C):

  - Adding PNF software version into PNFcustomization table (Ericsson),

  - Adding Update Notification to Dmaap AAI-EVENT topic (Ericsson)

Support Status for each Affected Project (Supported (S); Partially Supported (P); Not Supported (N)):

 SDC (S): Ericsson

SO (S): Ericsson

Integration Leads:

ejamcud (Ericsson) 

Company Engagement:

Ericsson