scope:

The present document specifies methodologies of conformance test including Test Descriptions for NFV implementations with interfaces specified in NFV specifications: ETSI GS NFV-SOL 002 [2] for the Ve-Vnfm reference point, ETSI GS NFV-SOL 003 [1] for the Or-Vnfm reference point and ETSI GS NFV-SOL 005 [3] for the Os-Ma-Nfvo reference point. Furthermore, the following specifications are also supported for conformance: ETSI GS NFV-SOL 009 [7] for the management of NFV-MANO, ETSI GS NFV-SOL 011 [8] for the Or-Or reference point, and ETSI GS NFV-SOL 012 [9] for the policy management interface.

Each ETSI NFV SOL deliverable specifies a set of interfaces built on the RESTful approach and meant to be used over the HTTP protocol. The aim of the present document is to define the methodologies and the procedures with Test Descriptions to test conformance of the exchanged HTTP payloads and the implementation of required actions for one or more of the available interfaces within a reference point.

Since the targets of the testing are functionality (semantic checks) and the HTTP payloads (syntax checks), methodologies, including test suite(s) and/or any technologies from any organizations (in particular Open Source Initiatives) that can improve or help the (automated) test execution are also considered as being in the scope of the present document.