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The following information is provided in this packet to help you get on boarded to CNTT as a contributing member.
How long will it take to review the info packet?
The basic on-boarding info packet review will take approximately 1 hours of your time, initially. After that, your consistent engagement and contributions are based on your own commitment.
What will I learn about during on-boarding process?
You’ll get an overview of the scope of CNTT and the underlying technologies, solutions, development status and roadmaps. Additionally, you’ll be made aware of participant responsibilities and legal obligations. Finally, you’ll be provided with support and logistical information you’ll need to get fully engaged with the CNTT developer community.
What help will I get throughout the on-boarding process?
During the on-boarding process members are supported by the CNTT on-boarding team members: (see Slide 19) indicated in your “Getting Started” email. On-boarding members are welcomed to reach out for assistance any time during the on-boarding process.
What happens once I get on-boarded?
Once you have reviewed the CNTT on-boarding information and have agreed to the perquisite terms and agreements associated with participating and contributing to the Task Force, and you have completed on-boarding and now it will be your opportunity to join desired work streams. For an initial period after on-boarding, you will be assigned a volunteer mentor from the Task Force to help you get up to speed and contributing quickly.
Global operators and suppliers are joining forces to:
Reduce fragmentation of the NFVI architectures in use by Telco’s in order to accelerate innovation, time to market, & lower VNF | CNF on-boarding costs
Develop an NFVI Reference Model as a framework to enable the delivery of VNFs | CNFs for next generation cloud native services
Define a simplified & finite set NFVI Reference Architectures for VNFs | CNFs based on a common Reference Model
Establish an implementation & verification ecosystem for VNFs | CNFs as it relates to NFVI, leveraging the Linux Foundation Verification Programs
Global NFVI Lifecycle Framework
Establish an open-sourced end-to-end ecosystem to deliver, maintain & continually improve the cloud infrastructure delivery lifecycle
Reference Model (RM)
Develop a framework to drive continuity of Reference Architectures for NFVI
Reference Architectures (e.g. RA1, RA2, etc.)
Design number of discrete NFVI specifications based on the Reference Model
Reference Implementations (e.g. RI1, RI2, etc.)
Implement & deploy based on the design & configurations of each Reference Architecture
Reference Conformance (e.g. RC1, RC2, etc.)
Deliver community verified NFVI | VNFs | CNFs to the Service Provider Marketplace
To understand the work being done to lead the industry to adopt Common NFVI standard Reference Model and Reference Architectures, one needs to first understand the two core tenets underlying all efforts to develop the Reference Model and Reference Architectures. That is…
Therefore, the entire CNTT approach is rooted in and built upon these tenets as core beliefs.
“…CNTT is open to participation by any individual or organization that agrees to comply with these ToR(each such participant, a “Participant”)…Only individuals that are self-employed may participate as a Participant (in the case of an employed individual, their employer will need to agree to be a Participant)…”
– CNTT Terms of Reference
Legal Terms and Conditions CNTT Members need to abide by:
Linux Foundation Networking (LFN)
GSMA
The following links include all the contacts and information you’ll need to signup for workstreams, email distribution lists, find and schedule meetings, register for events, and use the CNTT tools for community engagement.
Here is a recommended checklist of items participants should have completed to join the community.
Start engaging!
Thanks for engaging with CNTT. For further support and ongoing engagement information, you may reach out to the following folks for further administrative help any time:
Jim Baker, jbaker@linuxfoundation.org
Jonathan Beltran, jonathan.beltran@att.com
Scot Steele, scotsteele@att.com