Virtual network element automatic loading method and system and virtual machine IP (Internet Protocol) address acquisition method and system

Abstract

The present invention discloses a virtual network element automatic loading method, including: a network function virtualization orchestrator, in accordance with an operator's hardware resource plans for the network element, submits, to a cloud management system, an application to create virtual machine resources for the network element; the cloud management system activates the virtual machine of the application; a network element management system or the network element virtualization orchestrator, in accordance with virtual machine resource information derived as a result of the application, generates a virtual network element description for the network element, and sends, to a virtual machine which is in a list of virtual machines and which is playing the role of a network element operation management unit, the virtual network element description of each network element; the virtual network element description includes at least the following: the list of virtual machines and the role corresponding to each virtual machine as contained in the virtual network element; the network element operation management unit, in accordance with the virtual network element description, configures a self-governing virtual machine. The present invention additionally discloses a virtual machine IP address acquisition method, and a virtual network element automatic loading and virtual machine IP address acquisition system. The use of the present invention lowers the production and maintenance costs associated with a network element in a communications network.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to cloud computing technology, in particular to a virtual network element automatic loading method and system, and a virtual machine IP address acquisition method and system. Background technique [0002] There are a large number of various proprietary hardware devices that are still growing intensively in the network of telecom operators. The launch of a new network service often requires the addition of more new dedicated hardware devices. The space for placing these devices and their Providing power is becoming increasingly difficult, with attendant difficulties accompanied by exacerbated rising energy costs, capital investment challenges and a lack of necessary design skills to integrate and operate increasingly complex hardware devices. [0003] In addition, the life cycle of hardware devices is very short, which requires a lot of repetition of procurement-design-integration-deployment, which is almost unprofitable fo...

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[0015] The application scope of the current network virtualization architecture is relatively narrow, such as in general cloud computing scenarios, and

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