What is the role of the Resource Inventory (the one that in a not virtual environment stores physical devices) will be in the future, in a hybrid environment (physical + virtual environment).In other words, some considerations on the topic (Standard Resource Inventory + NFV environment), due to the fact that when CSPs ask us to consolidate their inventories often they contemporary ask also to manage the hybrid environment introducing NFV Orchestration.:· How can be considered the fact that this Virtual Network Element can moving from a data center to another based on what the Orchestrator does ?· How a resource Inventory can manage such changes on VNF (moving Network Elements) considering all the physical and logical resources (inventory objects) that already refer to that moving NE ?· Any recommendation/suggestion/ to approach this topic ?· In your opinion, is the one I described a real situation or only a hypothetical one ?------------------------------
Mauro Scarlata
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
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