Task Force Members,
A summary and actions from today’s call are provided below. Key Update: A draft Reference Implementation for CNTT Project Proposal has been created and submitted to OPNFV TSC. You still have the opportunity to provide input. Please review & give feedback. Send comments to Fu Qiao & Mike Fix by end of day 9/8. A final discussion will then be held to cleanup and complete this major milestone – see details below.
Attendees
Rabi Abdel (Vodafone), Heather Kirksey (LFN), Pankaj Goyal (AT&T), Vincent Danno (Orange), Peter Woerndle (Ericsson), Ian Gardner (Vodafone), Mark Shostak (AT&T), Mike Bustamente (AT&T), Mike Fix (AT&T), Fu Qiao (China Mobile), Rick Tennant (AT&T), Pierre Bichon (Juniper), Toshi Wakayama (KDDI), Jim Baker (LFN), Zhi-Qiang Yu (China Mobile), Joerg Aelken (Ericsson), Jonne Soininen (Nokia), Gergely Csatari (Nokia), Jonathan Beltran (AT&T)
Summary
- Housekeeping Items
- Technology Update
- Reference Model
- 6 WIP PRs with additional PRs planned
- Issues are being prioritized for Antwerp
- Issues are being created by Chapter Leads (captured in GitHub Issues)
- Reference Architecture
- Contacts: Rabi Abdel / Walter Kozlowski (Co-Leads)
- Test & Certification
- CNTT Reference Implementation Project was reviewed (content found in attached PDF)
- Community review & feedback is encouraged – must be completed by EOD 9/8
- Fu Qiao to present latest in OPNFV Tech Discussion call on 9/9
- Call will be hosted the week of 9/9 to aggregate & align on comments | feedback | input into the CNTT RI proposal
- PTL nominations are open for the CNTT RI project proposal - Mike Fix (AT&T) has volunteered, pending collection of all nominations, review a& elections.
- Targeted OPNFV TSC Vote / Approval: 9/17/19
- Open Item: OPNFV Installers – which ones (Airship, XCI, etc.) will be used in support of Reference Architecture # 1 – discussion will occur once RA # 1 is defined.
- Open Item: What is the relationship between CNTT & external upstream / downstream community projects such as Akraino, ONAP, OpenStack, etc.? There will be a sidebar discussion in the next week on community engagements & establishing constructs.
- Contacts: Fu Qiao / Mike Fix / Kyle Greenwell (Co-Leads)
- Release Management
- No objections to approach, next steps, and Ch. 10 items directionally
- 3 month major release cycle
- 4 week sprints
- Include ‘maintenance support’ approach
- Sidebar working group - discussions and analysis on framework & approach will continue
- Goal is to move to a continuous delivery | Agile model which would represent change for OPNFV
- Must address support issues | time requirements to integrate OpenStack releases with Installers
- Need alignment with OPNFV on a mutually agreed upon structure & cadence
- CNTT will develop an approach to present to OPNFV, including artifacts
- CNTT community needs to define Operator requirements to feed into OPNFV on LCM, release longevity, upstream | downstream dependencies, etc.
- An integrated release flow is important
- Fido project is potential example to emulate
- Contacts: Jim Baker / Jonathan Beltran / Rick Tennant (Co-Leads)
- Communications Management
- Zoom IDs are available to Chapter Leads
- Meetings using community Zoom bridges will need to be added to the community calendar (currently under development)
- Contact Jim Baker to request Zoom administrative access
- Active artifact repositories: Common NFVI Governance , Technology, & Implementation
- Contacts: Jim Baker / Jonathan Beltran / Rick Tennant (Co-Leads)
- Antwerp Face to Face (9/26-9/27)
- Registration is open for the CNTT 3rd F2F Working Group Session in Antwerp Belgium – REGISTER HERE
- Antwerp Agenda Reviewed (content found in attached PDF)
- Suggestion (Jim Baker) – Realign breakout sessions to allow essential contributors to attend both session tracks
- RA # 2 | Reference Implementation will be grouped
- RA # 3 | Test & Certification will be grouped
- Suggestion (Jim Baker) – Make breakout sessions back to back to limit in-flight room configuration changes
- Sidebar discussion scheduled for Friday morning to breakdown session areas into to detail (topics, time allotments, speakers)
- Detailed agenda will be reviewed on next week’s governance call
- Antwerp Logistics
- Legal | Contractual requirements have been met
- LFN (Heather) getting the word out for CNTT F2F Workshop in same channels as for ONS promotion
- social media, newsletters, Linux events, etc.
- GitHub has been updated with license & code of conduct information
- CNTT F2F Working Group Session will be co-located with the ONAP & Open Daylight community meetings
- Request from those communities to have a joint discussion in their session(s) on 9/26 PM
- Open Item: Topic, Timeframe, Who would cover from CNTT (Jonathan to discuss with Mark)
- Community Social – Nothing planned or sponsored at this time. Informal gatherings may occur.
- Contacts: Mark Cottrell / Rabi, Abdel / Beth Cohen (Co-Leads)
Actions
- All – Review & provide input, comments, feedback on CNTT Reference Implementation Proposal
- Fu Qiao / Mike – Set up call the week of 9/9 to review & align on CNTT FI Proposal
- Jonathan – Get with Mark on ONAP / Open Daylight request for CNTT time in their sessions
- Jonathan – Follow up w/Michele Zarri re: GSMA artifact lifecycle
- Rick – Modify agenda to Jim Baker’s suggestions
- Jim – Create / post community meeting calendar
What’s next?
- Fall 2019 CNTT F2F Working Group Session - Detailed Agenda
- Finalize CNTT Reference Implementation Proposal | Review with OPNFV TSC
- Identify and assess key open source communities for engagement with CNTT
- Increase Operator | Vendor engagement in all things CNTT
PS….
Mailing Lists Reminder: Stay informed of the latest artifact updates, announcements, call logistics, meeting minutes, and all other working group activities by signing up for any of the following CNTT emails lists: Reference Model, Reference Architecture, Governance, and Technical Steering.
