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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Peter Michael Bruun, Rungsted Kyst, DK;
Thomas Mortensen, Alleroed, DK;
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of managing virtual network functions for a network, the method including providing a virtual network function (VNF) including a number of virtual network function components (VNFCs) of a number of different types, each VNFC comprising a virtual machine (VM) executing application software. The method further includes creating for up to all VNFC types a number of deactivated VMs having application software, monitoring at least one performance level of the VNF, and scaling-out the VNF by activating a number of deactivated VMs of a number of VNFC types when the at least one performance level reaches a scale-out threshold.