Drag and drop each NFV management layer on the left to its matching function on the right.
Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.
Lifecycle management (instantiation, scaling, termination) of a VNF
Orchestration of network services and resource inventory management
Management of NFVI compute, storage, and network resources
Service ordering, billing, and fault management
Element management for a specific VNF type
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
VNFM: Lifecycle management (instantiation, scaling, termination) of a VNF
VNFM manages individual VNFs, NFVO handles orchestration and resource inventory, VIM controls NFVI resources.
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