Technical Overview: Agile Intent-based Resource Management (Orchestration) in Hybrid Environments with ETSI MANO exemplar (IG1161C)

Describes how moving to an IT platforms automation approach based on Service Oriented Architecture/ microservices can be adapted to hybrid networks comprising legacy and virtualized infrastructure solutions. The key features are:

1. Adoption of an intent based management approach that creates modularity, reduces complexity and dependencies among OSS/BSS platform solutions which simplifies automation of zero touch flow through orchestration, and increases agility at lower integration cost.  An exemplar shows how intent based management and HIP can augment a combination of legacy Element Management and ETSI MANO virtualization management.
2. Catalog driven Intent based management API specifications that ensure interoperability whilst allowing vendor implementation innovation behind the APIs – such as policy-enabled, autonomic distributed management including use of big data AI/ML and other technologies, rather than traditional complex and brittle TMN design focused methods.

See also:

1. A two page flyer IG1161A Flyer: Agile Intent-based Resource Management (Orchestration) in Hybrid Environments with ETSI MANO exemplar which summarizes goals/benefits, principles and key points (for Yinchuan).
2. A Business Overview IG1161B Business Overview: Agile Intent-based Resource Management (Orchestration) in Hybrid Environments with ETSI MANO exemplar that describes the key business drivers and the key benefits of the TM Forum Hybrid Infrastructure Platform (HIP) approach. The main drivers are to increase Operations and OSS/BSS agility through automation – especially time to market (lifecycle management) – and support zero touch customer self-provision processes, whilst simultaneously lowering costs especially the integration cost of new resource infrastructure technologies.