{
	"description": "This type represents a VNF instance.\n",
	"type": "object",
	"required": [
		"id",
		"vnfdId",
		"vnfProvider",
		"vnfProductName",
		"vnfSoftwareVersion",
		"vnfdVersion",
		"instantiationState",
		"_links"
	],
	"properties": {
		"id": {
			"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"vnfInstanceName": {
			"description": "Name of the VNF instance. This attribute can be modified with the PATCH method.\n",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"vnfInstanceDescription": {
			"description": "Human-readable description of the VNF instance. This attribute can be modified with the PATCH method.\n",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"vnfdId": {
			"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"vnfProvider": {
			"description": "Provider of the VNF and the VNFD. The value is copied from the VNFD.\n",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"vnfProductName": {
			"description": "Name to identify the VNF Product. The value is copied from the VNFD.\n",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"vnfSoftwareVersion": {
			"description": "A version.\n",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"vnfdVersion": {
			"description": "A version.\n",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"vnfConfigurableProperties": {
			"description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of keyvalue pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 8259. In the following example, a list of key-value pairs with four keys (\"aString\", \"aNumber\", \"anArray\" and \"anObject\") is provided to illustrate that the values associated with different keys can be of different type.\n",
			"type": "object"
		},
		"instantiationState": {
			"description": "The instantiation state of the VNF.\n",
			"type": "string",
			"enum": [
				"NOT_INSTANTIATED",
				"INSTANTIATED"
			]
		},
		"instantiatedVnfInfo": {
			"description": "Information specific to an instantiated VNF instance. This attribute shall be present if the instantiateState attribute value is INSTANTIATED.\n",
			"type": "object",
			"required": [
				"flavourId",
				"vnfState",
				"extCpInfo"
			],
			"properties": {
				"flavourId": {
					"description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
					"type": "string"
				},
				"vnfState": {
					"description": "STARTED: The VNF instance is up and running. STOPPED: The VNF instance has been shut down.\n",
					"type": "string",
					"enum": [
						"STARTED",
						"STOPPED"
					]
				},
				"scaleStatus": {
					"description": "Scale status of the VNF, one entry per aspect. Represents for every scaling aspect how \"big\" the VNF has been scaled w.r.t. that aspect.\n",
					"type": "array",
					"items": {
						"required": [
							"aspectId",
							"scaleLevel"
						],
						"type": "object",
						"properties": {
							"aspectId": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfdId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"scaleLevel": {
								"description": "Indicates the scale level. The minimum value shall be 0 and the maximum value shall be <= maxScaleLevel as described in the VNFD.\n",
								"type": "integer"
							}
						}
					}
				},
				"maxScaleLevels": {
					"description": "Maximum allowed scale levels of the VNF, one entry per aspect. This attribute shall be present if the VNF supports scaling.\n",
					"type": "array",
					"items": {
						"required": [
							"aspectId",
							"scaleLevel"
						],
						"type": "object",
						"properties": {
							"aspectId": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfdId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"scaleLevel": {
								"description": "Indicates the scale level. The minimum value shall be 0 and the maximum value shall be <= maxScaleLevel as described in the VNFD.\n",
								"type": "integer"
							}
						}
					}
				},
				"extCpInfo": {
					"description": "Information about the external CPs exposed by the VNF instance. When trunking is enabled, the list of entries includes both, external CPs corresponding to parent ports of a trunk, and external CPs associated to sub-ports of a trunk.\n",
					"type": "array",
					"minItems": 1,
					"items": {
						"description": "This type represents information about an external CP of a VNF. It shall comply with the provisions defined in table 5.5.3.25 1.\n",
						"type": "object",
						"required": [
							"id",
							"cpdId",
							"cpConfigId",
							"cpProtocolInfo"
						],
						"oneOf": [{
								"required": [
									"associatedVnfcCpId"
								]
							},
							{
								"required": [
									"associatedVnfVirtualLinkId"
								]
							}
						],
						"properties": {
							"id": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"cpdId": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"cpConfigId": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfdId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"cpProtocolInfo": {
								"description": "Network protocol information for this CP.\n",
								"type": "array",
								"items": {
									"description": "This type describes the protocol layer(s) that a CP uses together with protocol-related information, like addresses.\n",
									"type": "object",
									"required": [
										"layerProtocol"
									],
									"properties": {
										"layerProtocol": {
											"description": "The identifier of layer(s) and protocol(s) associated to the network address information. Permitted values: IP_OVER_ETHERNET This attribute allows to signal the addition of further types of layer and protocol in future versions of the present document in a backwards-compatible way. In the current version of the present document, only IP over Ethernet is supported.\n",
											"type": "string",
											"enum": [
												"IP_OVER_ETHERNET"
											]
										},
										"ipOverEthernet": {
											"description": "This type represents information about a network address that has been assigned.\n",
											"type": "object",
											"anyOf": [{
													"required": [
														"macAddress"
													]
												},
												{
													"required": [
														"ipAddresses"
													]
												}
											],
											"oneOf": [{
													"required": [
														"addresses"
													]
												},
												{
													"required": [
														"addressRange"
													]
												}
											],
											"properties": {
												"macAddress": {
													"description": "A MAC address. Representation: string that consists of groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens or colons.\n",
													"type": "string",
													"format": "MAC"
												},
												"segmentationId": {
													"description": "Identification of the network segment to which the Cp instance connects to. If the Cp instance represents a subport in a trunk, segmentationId shall be present.  Otherwise it shall not be present. Depending on the NFVI networking infrastructure, the segmentationId may indicate the actual network segment value (e.g. vlan Id, Vxlan segmentation id, etc.) used in the transport header of the packets or it may be an identifier used between the application and the NFVI networking infrastructure to identify the network sub-interface of the trunk port in question. In the latter case the NFVI infrastructure will map this local segmentationId to whatever segmentationId is actually used by the NFVI’s transport technology.\n",
													"type": "string"
												},
												"ipAddresses": {
													"description": "Addresses assigned to the CP instance. Each entry represents IP addresses assigned by fixed or dynamic IP address assignment per subnet. At least one of \"macAddress\" or \"ipAddresses\" shall be present.\n",
													"type": "array",
													"items": {
														"type": "object",
														"required": [
															"type"
														],
														"properties": {
															"type": {
																"description": "The type of the IP addresses. Permitted values: IPV4, IPV6.\n",
																"type": "string",
																"enum": [
																	"IPV4",
																	"IPV6"
																]
															},
															"addresses": {
																"description": "Fixed addresses assigned (from the subnet defined by \"subnetId\" if provided). Exactly one of \"addresses\" or \"addressRange\" shall be present.\n",
																"type": "array",
																"items": {
																	"description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
																	"type": "string",
																	"format": "IP"
																}
															},
															"isDynamic": {
																"description": "Indicates whether this set of addresses was assigned dynamically (true) or based on address information provided as input from the API consumer (false). Shall be present if \"addresses\" is present and shall be absent otherwise.\n",
																"type": "boolean"
															},
															"addressRange": {
																"description": "An IP address range used, e.g., in case of egress connections. Exactly one of \"addresses\" or \"addressRange\" shall be present.\n",
																"type": "object",
																"required": [
																	"minAddress",
																	"maxAddress"
																],
																"properties": {
																	"minAddress": {
																		"description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
																		"type": "string",
																		"format": "IP"
																	},
																	"maxAddress": {
																		"description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
																		"type": "string",
																		"format": "IP"
																	}
																}
															},
															"subnetId": {
																"description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
																"type": "string"
															}
														}
													}
												}
											}
										}
									}
								}
							},
							"extLinkPortId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"metadata": {
								"description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of keyvalue pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 8259. In the following example, a list of key-value pairs with four keys (\"aString\", \"aNumber\", \"anArray\" and \"anObject\") is provided to illustrate that the values associated with different keys can be of different type.\n",
								"type": "object"
							},
							"associatedVnfcCpId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"associatedVnfVirtualLinkId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							}
						}
					}
				},
				"extVirtualLinkInfo": {
					"description": "Information about the external VLs the VNF instance is connected to.\n",
					"type": "array",
					"items": {
						"type": "object",
						"required": [
							"id",
							"resourceHandle",
							"currentVnfExtCpData"
						],
						"properties": {
							"id": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"resourceHandle": {
								"required": [
									"resourceId"
								],
								"type": "object",
								"description": "This type represents the information that allows addressing a virtualised resource that is used by a VNF instance. Information about the resource is available from the VIM.\n",
								"properties": {
									"vimConnectionId": {
										"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"resourceProviderId": {
										"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"resourceId": {
										"description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"vimLevelResourceType": {
										"description": "The value set of the \"vimLevelResourceType\" attribute is within the scope of the VIM or the resource provider and can be used as information that complements the ResourceHandle. This value set is different from the value set of the \"type\" attribute in the ResourceDefinition (refer to clause 9.5.3.2 in SOL003).\n",
										"type": "string"
									}
								}
							},
							"extLinkPorts": {
								"description": "Link ports of this VL.\n",
								"type": "array",
								"items": {
									"description": "This type represents information about a link port of an external VL, i.e. a port providing connectivity for the VNF to an NS VL.\n",
									"type": "object",
									"required": [
										"id",
										"resourceHandle"
									],
									"properties": {
										"id": {
											"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
											"type": "string"
										},
										"resourceHandle": {
											"required": [
												"resourceId"
											],
											"type": "object",
											"description": "This type represents the information that allows addressing a virtualised resource that is used by a VNF instance. Information about the resource is available from the VIM.\n",
											"properties": {
												"vimConnectionId": {
													"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
													"type": "string"
												},
												"resourceProviderId": {
													"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
													"type": "string"
												},
												"resourceId": {
													"description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
													"type": "string"
												},
												"vimLevelResourceType": {
													"description": "The value set of the \"vimLevelResourceType\" attribute is within the scope of the VIM or the resource provider and can be used as information that complements the ResourceHandle. This value set is different from the value set of the \"type\" attribute in the ResourceDefinition (refer to clause 9.5.3.2 in SOL003).\n",
													"type": "string"
												}
											}
										},
										"cpInstanceId": {
											"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
											"type": "string"
										}
									}
								}
							},
							"currentVnfExtCpData": {
								"description": "Allows the API consumer to read the current CP configuration information for the connection of external CPs to the external virtual link. This attribute reflects the current configuration information that has resulted from merging into this attribute the \"VnfExtCpData\" information which was passed as part of the \"ExtVirtualLinkData\" structure in the input of the most recent VNF LCM operation such as \"InstantiateVnfRequest\", \"ChangeExtVnfConnectivityRequest\", \"ChangeVnfFlavourRequest\" or \"ChangeCurrentVnfPkgRequest\", or has been provided by the NFVO during the granting procedure. If applying such change results in an empty list of \"currentVnfExtCpData\" structure instances, the affected instance of \"ExtVirtualLinkInfo\" shall be removed from its parent data structure.\n",
								"type": "array",
								"items": {
									"description": "This type represents configuration information for external CPs created from a CPD.\n",
									"type": "object",
									"required": [
										"cpdId"
									],
									"properties": {
										"cpdId": {
											"description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
											"type": "string"
										},
										"cpConfig": {
											"description": "Map of instance data that need to be configured on the CP instances created from the respective CPD. The key of the map which identifies the individual VnfExtCpConfig entries is managed by the API consumer. The entries shall be applied by the VNFM according to the rules of JSON Merge Patch (see IETF RFC 7396). Within one VNF instance, all VNFC instances created from a particular VDU have the same external connectivity. Thus, given a particular value of the “cpdId” attribute, there shall be one “cpConfig” entry for each VNFC instance that has been or can be created from a VDU which includes a CPD identified by the “cpdId” attribute. If the cpConfig represents a subport in a trunk, all “cpConfig” entries in this list shall have the same segmentationId, which means they are connected to the same set of external VLs via the trunk. The map entry value shall be set to \"null\" in order to delete a \"VnfExtCpConfig\" entry identified by a particular key value from the map, i.e. for the disconnection of an existing external CP instance addressed by cpInstanceId in the deleted map entry from a particular external virtual link, and deletion of that instance in case it represents a subport. Deleting the last key from the map removes the affected instance of the \"VnfExtCpData\" structure from its parent data structure.\n",
											"type": "object",
											"additionalProperties": {
												"description": "This type represents an externally provided link port or network address information per instance of an external connection point. In case a link port is provided, the VNFM shall use that link port when connecting the external CP to the external VL. In a link port is not provided, the VNFM shall create a link port on the external VL, and use that link port to connect the external CP to the external VL.\n",
												"anyOf": [{
														"required": [
															"linkPortId"
														]
													},
													{
														"required": [
															"cpProtocolData"
														]
													}
												],
												"type": "object",
												"properties": {
													"parentCpConfigId": {
														"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
														"type": "string"
													},
													"linkPortId": {
														"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
														"type": "string"
													},
													"cpProtocolData": {
														"description": "Parameters for configuring the network protocols on the link port that connects the CP to a VL. The following conditions apply to the attributes \"linkPortId\" and \"cpProtocolData\": 1) Void 2) At least one of the \"linkPortId\" and \"cpProtocolData\" attributes \n   shall be present for an external CP instance representing a subport \n   that is to be created, or an external CP instance that is to be created \n   by creating the corresponding VNFC or VNF instance during the current or \n   a subsequent LCM operation, or for an existing external CP instance \n   that is to be re-configured or added to a particular external virtual link.\n3) If the \"linkPortId\" attribute is absent, the VNFM shall create a\n   link port.\n4) If the \"cpProtocolData\" attribute is absent, the \"linkPortId\"\n   attribute shall be provided referencing a pre-created link port,\n   and the VNFM can use means outside the scope of the present\n   document to obtain the pre-configured address information for the\n   connection point from the resource representing the link port.\n5) If both \"cpProtocolData\" and \"linkportId\" are provided, the API\n   consumer shall ensure that the cpProtocolData can be used with the\n   pre-created link port referenced by \"linkPortId\".\n",
														"type": "array",
														"items": {
															"description": "This type represents network protocol data.\n",
															"type": "object",
															"required": [
																"layerProtocol"
															],
															"properties": {
																"layerProtocol": {
																	"description": "Identifier of layer(s) and protocol(s). This attribute allows to signal the addition of further types of layer and protocol in future versions of the present document in a backwards-compatible way. In the current version of the present document, only IP over Ethernet is supported.\n",
																	"type": "string",
																	"enum": [
																		"IP_OVER_ETHERNET"
																	]
																},
																"ipOverEthernet": {
																	"description": "This type represents network address data for IP over Ethernet.\n",
																	"type": "object",
																	"anyOf": [{
																			"required": [
																				"macAddress"
																			]
																		},
																		{
																			"required": [
																				"ipAddresses"
																			]
																		}
																	],
																	"oneOf": [{
																			"required": [
																				"fixedAddresses"
																			]
																		},
																		{
																			"required": [
																				"numDynamicAddresses"
																			]
																		},
																		{
																			"required": [
																				"ipAddressRange"
																			]
																		}
																	],
																	"properties": {
																		"macAddress": {
																			"description": "A MAC address. Representation: string that consists of groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens or colons.\n",
																			"type": "string",
																			"format": "MAC"
																		},
																		"segmentationId": {
																			"description": "Identification of the network segment to which the Cp instance connects to. If the Cp instance represents a subport in a trunk, segmentationId shall be present. Otherwise it shall not be present. Depending on the NFVI networking infrastructure, the segmentationId may indicate the actual network segment value (e.g. vlan Id, Vxlan segmentation id, etc.) used in the transport header of the packets or it may be an identifier used between the application and the NFVI networking infrastructure to identify the network sub-interface of the trunk port in question. In the latter case the NFVI infrastructure will map this local segmentationId to whatever segmentationId is actually used by the NFVI’s transport technology.\n",
																			"type": "string"
																		},
																		"ipAddresses": {
																			"description": "List of IP addresses to assign to the CP instance. Each entry represents IP address data for fixed or dynamic IP address assignment per subnet. If this attribute is not present, no IP address shall be assigned.\n",
																			"type": "array",
																			"items": {
																				"type": "object",
																				"required": [
																					"type"
																				],
																				"properties": {
																					"type": {
																						"description": "The type of the IP addresses. Permitted values: IPV4, IPV6.\n",
																						"type": "string",
																						"enum": [
																							"IPV4",
																							"IPV6"
																						]
																					},
																					"fixedAddresses": {
																						"description": "Fixed addresses to assign (from the subnet defined by \"subnetId\" if provided). Exactly one of \"fixedAddresses\", \"numDynamicAddresses\" or \"ipAddressRange\" shall be present.\n",
																						"type": "array",
																						"items": {
																							"description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
																							"type": "string",
																							"format": "IP"
																						}
																					},
																					"numDynamicAddresses": {
																						"description": "Number of dynamic addresses to assign (from the subnet defined by \"subnetId\" if provided). Exactly one of \"fixedAddresses\", \"numDynamicAddresses\" or \"ipAddressRange\" shall be present.\n",
																						"type": "integer"
																					},
																					"addressRange": {
																						"description": "An IP address range to be used, e.g. in case of egress connections. In case this attribute is present, IP addresses from the range will be used.\n",
																						"type": "object",
																						"required": [
																							"minAddress",
																							"maxAddress"
																						],
																						"properties": {
																							"minAddress": {
																								"description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
																								"type": "string",
																								"format": "IP"
																							},
																							"maxAddress": {
																								"description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
																								"type": "string",
																								"format": "IP"
																							}
																						}
																					},
																					"subnetId": {
																						"description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
																						"type": "string"
																					}
																				}
																			}
																		}
																	}
																}
															}
														}
													}
												}
											}
										}
									}
								}
							}
						}
					}
				},
				"extManagedVirtualLinkInfo": {
					"description": "External virtual links the VNF instance is connected to. It is possible to have several ExtManagedVirtualLinkInfo for the same VNF internal VL in case of a multi-site VNF spanning several VIMs. The set of ExtManagedVirtualLinkInfo corresponding to the same VNF internal VL shall indicate so by referencing to the same VnfVirtualLinkDesc and externally-managed multi-site VL instance (refer to clause 5.5.3.5).\n",
					"type": "array",
					"items": {
						"type": "object",
						"required": [
							"id",
							"vnfVirtualLinkDescId",
							"networkResource"
						],
						"properties": {
							"id": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfVirtualLinkDescId": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfdId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"networkResource": {
								"required": [
									"resourceId"
								],
								"type": "object",
								"description": "This type represents the information that allows addressing a virtualised resource that is used by a VNF instance. Information about the resource is available from the VIM.\n",
								"properties": {
									"vimConnectionId": {
										"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"resourceProviderId": {
										"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"resourceId": {
										"description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"vimLevelResourceType": {
										"description": "The value set of the \"vimLevelResourceType\" attribute is within the scope of the VIM or the resource provider and can be used as information that complements the ResourceHandle. This value set is different from the value set of the \"type\" attribute in the ResourceDefinition (refer to clause 9.5.3.2 in SOL003).\n",
										"type": "string"
									}
								}
							},
							"vnfLinkPorts": {
								"description": "Link ports of this VL.\n",
								"type": "array",
								"items": {
									"type": "object",
									"required": [
										"id",
										"resourceHandle"
									],
									"properties": {
										"id": {
											"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
											"type": "string"
										},
										"resourceHandle": {
											"required": [
												"resourceId"
											],
											"type": "object",
											"description": "This type represents the information that allows addressing a virtualised resource that is used by a VNF instance. Information about the resource is available from the VIM.\n",
											"properties": {
												"vimConnectionId": {
													"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
													"type": "string"
												},
												"resourceProviderId": {
													"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
													"type": "string"
												},
												"resourceId": {
													"description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
													"type": "string"
												},
												"vimLevelResourceType": {
													"description": "The value set of the \"vimLevelResourceType\" attribute is within the scope of the VIM or the resource provider and can be used as information that complements the ResourceHandle. This value set is different from the value set of the \"type\" attribute in the ResourceDefinition (refer to clause 9.5.3.2 in SOL003).\n",
													"type": "string"
												}
											}
										},
										"cpInstanceId": {
											"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
											"type": "string"
										},
										"cpInstanceType": {
											"description": "Type of the CP instance that is identified by cpInstanceId. Shall be present if \"cpInstanceId\" is present, and shall be absent otherwise. Permitted values: VNFC_CP: The link port is connected to a VNFC CP EXT_CP: The link port is associated to an external CP.\n",
											"type": "string",
											"enum": [
												"VNFC_CP",
												"EXT_CP"
											]
										}
									}
								}
							}
						}
					}
				},
				"monitoringParameters": {
					"description": "Active monitoring parameters.\n",
					"type": "array",
					"items": {
						"type": "object",
						"required": [
							"id",
							"performanceMetric"
						],
						"properties": {
							"id": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfdId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"name": {
								"description": "Human readable name of the monitoring parameter, as defined in the VNFD.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"performanceMetric": {
								"description": "Performance metric that is monitored. This attribute shall contain the related \"Measurement Name\" value as defined in clause 7.2 of ETSI GS NFV-IFA 027.\n",
								"type": "string"
							}
						}
					}
				},
				"localizationLanguage": {
					"description": "Information about localization language of the VNF (includes e.g. strings in the VNFD). The localization languages supported by a VNF can be declared in the VNFD, and localization language selection can take place at instantiation time. The value shall comply with the format defined in IETF RFC 5646.\n",
					"type": "string"
				},
				"vnfcResourceInfo": {
					"description": "Information about the virtualised compute and storage resources used by the VNFCs of the VNF instance.\n",
					"type": "array",
					"items": {
						"description": "This type represents the information on virtualised compute and storage resources used by a VNFC in a VNF instance.\n",
						"type": "object",
						"required": [
							"id",
							"vduId",
							"computeResource",
							"vnfcCpInfo"
						],
						"properties": {
							"id": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vduId": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfdId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"computeResource": {
								"required": [
									"resourceId"
								],
								"type": "object",
								"description": "This type represents the information that allows addressing a virtualised resource that is used by a VNF instance. Information about the resource is available from the VIM.\n",
								"properties": {
									"vimConnectionId": {
										"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"resourceProviderId": {
										"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"resourceId": {
										"description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"vimLevelResourceType": {
										"description": "The value set of the \"vimLevelResourceType\" attribute is within the scope of the VIM or the resource provider and can be used as information that complements the ResourceHandle. This value set is different from the value set of the \"type\" attribute in the ResourceDefinition (refer to clause 9.5.3.2 in SOL003).\n",
										"type": "string"
									}
								}
							},
							"storageResourceIds": {
								"description": "References to the VirtualStorage resources. The value refers to a VirtualStorageResourceInfo item in the VnfInstance.\n",
								"type": "array",
								"items": {
									"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
									"type": "string"
								}
							},
							"reservationId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfcCpInfo": {
								"description": "All the CPs of the VNFC instance. Shall be present when that particular CP of the VNFC instance is exposed as an external CP of the VNF instance or is connected to an external CP of the VNF instance. A VNFC CP is \"connected to\" an external CP if the VNFC CP is connected to an internal VL that exposes an external CP. A VNFC CP is \"exposed as\" an external CP if it is connected directly to an external VL. May be present otherwise.\n",
								"type": "array",
								"items": {
									"type": "object",
									"required": [
										"id",
										"cpdId"
									],
									"properties": {
										"id": {
											"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
											"type": "string"
										},
										"cpdId": {
											"description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
											"type": "string"
										},
										"vnfExtCpId": {
											"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
											"type": "string"
										},
										"cpProtocolInfo": {
											"description": "Network protocol information for this CP. May be omitted if the VNFC CP is exposed as an external CP. The information can be omitted because it is already available as part of the external CP information.\n",
											"type": "array",
											"items": {
												"description": "This type describes the protocol layer(s) that a CP uses together with protocol-related information, like addresses.\n",
												"type": "object",
												"required": [
													"layerProtocol"
												],
												"properties": {
													"layerProtocol": {
														"description": "The identifier of layer(s) and protocol(s) associated to the network address information. Permitted values: IP_OVER_ETHERNET This attribute allows to signal the addition of further types of layer and protocol in future versions of the present document in a backwards-compatible way. In the current version of the present document, only IP over Ethernet is supported.\n",
														"type": "string",
														"enum": [
															"IP_OVER_ETHERNET"
														]
													},
													"ipOverEthernet": {
														"description": "This type represents information about a network address that has been assigned.\n",
														"type": "object",
														"anyOf": [{
																"required": [
																	"macAddress"
																]
															},
															{
																"required": [
																	"ipAddresses"
																]
															}
														],
														"oneOf": [{
																"required": [
																	"addresses"
																]
															},
															{
																"required": [
																	"addressRange"
																]
															}
														],
														"properties": {
															"macAddress": {
																"description": "A MAC address. Representation: string that consists of groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens or colons.\n",
																"type": "string",
																"format": "MAC"
															},
															"segmentationId": {
																"description": "Identification of the network segment to which the Cp instance connects to. If the Cp instance represents a subport in a trunk, segmentationId shall be present.  Otherwise it shall not be present. Depending on the NFVI networking infrastructure, the segmentationId may indicate the actual network segment value (e.g. vlan Id, Vxlan segmentation id, etc.) used in the transport header of the packets or it may be an identifier used between the application and the NFVI networking infrastructure to identify the network sub-interface of the trunk port in question. In the latter case the NFVI infrastructure will map this local segmentationId to whatever segmentationId is actually used by the NFVI’s transport technology.\n",
																"type": "string"
															},
															"ipAddresses": {
																"description": "Addresses assigned to the CP instance. Each entry represents IP addresses assigned by fixed or dynamic IP address assignment per subnet. At least one of \"macAddress\" or \"ipAddresses\" shall be present.\n",
																"type": "array",
																"items": {
																	"type": "object",
																	"required": [
																		"type"
																	],
																	"properties": {
																		"type": {
																			"description": "The type of the IP addresses. Permitted values: IPV4, IPV6.\n",
																			"type": "string",
																			"enum": [
																				"IPV4",
																				"IPV6"
																			]
																		},
																		"addresses": {
																			"description": "Fixed addresses assigned (from the subnet defined by \"subnetId\" if provided). Exactly one of \"addresses\" or \"addressRange\" shall be present.\n",
																			"type": "array",
																			"items": {
																				"description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
																				"type": "string",
																				"format": "IP"
																			}
																		},
																		"isDynamic": {
																			"description": "Indicates whether this set of addresses was assigned dynamically (true) or based on address information provided as input from the API consumer (false). Shall be present if \"addresses\" is present and shall be absent otherwise.\n",
																			"type": "boolean"
																		},
																		"addressRange": {
																			"description": "An IP address range used, e.g., in case of egress connections. Exactly one of \"addresses\" or \"addressRange\" shall be present.\n",
																			"type": "object",
																			"required": [
																				"minAddress",
																				"maxAddress"
																			],
																			"properties": {
																				"minAddress": {
																					"description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
																					"type": "string",
																					"format": "IP"
																				},
																				"maxAddress": {
																					"description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
																					"type": "string",
																					"format": "IP"
																				}
																			}
																		},
																		"subnetId": {
																			"description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
																			"type": "string"
																		}
																	}
																}
															}
														}
													}
												}
											}
										},
										"vnfLinkPortId": {
											"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
											"type": "string"
										},
										"metadata": {
											"description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of keyvalue pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 8259. In the following example, a list of key-value pairs with four keys (\"aString\", \"aNumber\", \"anArray\" and \"anObject\") is provided to illustrate that the values associated with different keys can be of different type.\n",
											"type": "object"
										}
									}
								}
							},
							"metadata": {
								"description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of keyvalue pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 8259. In the following example, a list of key-value pairs with four keys (\"aString\", \"aNumber\", \"anArray\" and \"anObject\") is provided to illustrate that the values associated with different keys can be of different type.\n",
								"type": "object"
							}
						}
					}
				},
				"vnfVirtualLinkResourceInfo": {
					"description": "Information about the virtualised network resources used by the VLs of the VNF instance.\n",
					"type": "array",
					"items": {
						"description": "This type represents the information that allows addressing a virtualised resource that is used by an internal VL instance in a VNF instance.\n",
						"type": "object",
						"required": [
							"id",
							"vnfVirtualLinkDescId",
							"networkResource",
							"vnfLinkPorts"
						],
						"properties": {
							"id": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfVirtualLinkDescId": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfdId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"networkResource": {
								"required": [
									"resourceId"
								],
								"type": "object",
								"description": "This type represents the information that allows addressing a virtualised resource that is used by a VNF instance. Information about the resource is available from the VIM.\n",
								"properties": {
									"vimConnectionId": {
										"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"resourceProviderId": {
										"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"resourceId": {
										"description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"vimLevelResourceType": {
										"description": "The value set of the \"vimLevelResourceType\" attribute is within the scope of the VIM or the resource provider and can be used as information that complements the ResourceHandle. This value set is different from the value set of the \"type\" attribute in the ResourceDefinition (refer to clause 9.5.3.2 in SOL003).\n",
										"type": "string"
									}
								}
							},
							"reservationId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfLinkPorts": {
								"description": "Links ports of this VL. Shall be present when the linkPort is used for external connectivity by the VNF (refer to VnfLinkPortInfo). May be present otherwise.\n",
								"type": "array",
								"items": {
									"type": "object",
									"required": [
										"id",
										"resourceHandle"
									],
									"properties": {
										"id": {
											"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
											"type": "string"
										},
										"resourceHandle": {
											"required": [
												"resourceId"
											],
											"type": "object",
											"description": "This type represents the information that allows addressing a virtualised resource that is used by a VNF instance. Information about the resource is available from the VIM.\n",
											"properties": {
												"vimConnectionId": {
													"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
													"type": "string"
												},
												"resourceProviderId": {
													"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
													"type": "string"
												},
												"resourceId": {
													"description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
													"type": "string"
												},
												"vimLevelResourceType": {
													"description": "The value set of the \"vimLevelResourceType\" attribute is within the scope of the VIM or the resource provider and can be used as information that complements the ResourceHandle. This value set is different from the value set of the \"type\" attribute in the ResourceDefinition (refer to clause 9.5.3.2 in SOL003).\n",
													"type": "string"
												}
											}
										},
										"cpInstanceId": {
											"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
											"type": "string"
										},
										"cpInstanceType": {
											"description": "Type of the CP instance that is identified by cpInstanceId. Shall be present if \"cpInstanceId\" is present, and shall be absent otherwise. Permitted values: VNFC_CP: The link port is connected to a VNFC CP EXT_CP: The link port is associated to an external CP.\n",
											"type": "string",
											"enum": [
												"VNFC_CP",
												"EXT_CP"
											]
										}
									}
								}
							},
							"metadata": {
								"description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of keyvalue pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 8259. In the following example, a list of key-value pairs with four keys (\"aString\", \"aNumber\", \"anArray\" and \"anObject\") is provided to illustrate that the values associated with different keys can be of different type.\n",
								"type": "object"
							}
						}
					}
				},
				"vnfVirtualStorageResourceInfo": {
					"description": "Information on the virtualised storage resource(s) used as storage for the VNF instance.\n",
					"type": "array",
					"items": {
						"description": "This type represents the information that allows addressing a virtualised resource that is used by a VNF instance.\n",
						"type": "object",
						"required": [
							"id",
							"virtualStorageDescId",
							"storageResource"
						],
						"properties": {
							"id": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"virtualStorageDescId": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfdId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"storageResource": {
								"required": [
									"resourceId"
								],
								"type": "object",
								"description": "This type represents the information that allows addressing a virtualised resource that is used by a VNF instance. Information about the resource is available from the VIM.\n",
								"properties": {
									"vimConnectionId": {
										"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"resourceProviderId": {
										"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"resourceId": {
										"description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
										"type": "string"
									},
									"vimLevelResourceType": {
										"description": "The value set of the \"vimLevelResourceType\" attribute is within the scope of the VIM or the resource provider and can be used as information that complements the ResourceHandle. This value set is different from the value set of the \"type\" attribute in the ResourceDefinition (refer to clause 9.5.3.2 in SOL003).\n",
										"type": "string"
									}
								}
							},
							"reservationId": {
								"description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"metadata": {
								"description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of keyvalue pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 8259. In the following example, a list of key-value pairs with four keys (\"aString\", \"aNumber\", \"anArray\" and \"anObject\") is provided to illustrate that the values associated with different keys can be of different type.\n",
								"type": "object"
							}
						}
					}
				},
				"vnfcInfo": {
					"description": "Information about the VNFC instances.\n",
					"type": "array",
					"items": {
						"description": "This type represents the information about a VNFC instance that is part of a VNF instance. It shall comply with the provisions defined in table 5.5.3.23-1.\n",
						"type": "object",
						"required": [
							"id",
							"vduId",
							"vnfcState"
						],
						"properties": {
							"id": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vduId": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfcResourceInfoId": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfcState": {
								"description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
								"type": "string"
							},
							"vnfcConfigurableProperties": {
								"description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of keyvalue pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 8259. In the following example, a list of key-value pairs with four keys (\"aString\", \"aNumber\", \"anArray\" and \"anObject\") is provided to illustrate that the values associated with different keys can be of different type.\n",
								"type": "object"
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		},
		"metadata": {
			"description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of keyvalue pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 8259. In the following example, a list of key-value pairs with four keys (\"aString\", \"aNumber\", \"anArray\" and \"anObject\") is provided to illustrate that the values associated with different keys can be of different type.\n",
			"type": "object"
		},
		"extensions": {
			"description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of keyvalue pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 8259. In the following example, a list of key-value pairs with four keys (\"aString\", \"aNumber\", \"anArray\" and \"anObject\") is provided to illustrate that the values associated with different keys can be of different type.\n",
			"type": "object"
		},
		"_links": {
			"description": "Links to resources related to this resource.\n",
			"type": "object",
			"required": [
				"self"
			],
			"properties": {
				"self": {
					"description": "This type represents a link to a resource using an absolute URI.\n",
					"type": "object",
					"required": [
						"href"
					],
					"properties": {
						"href": {
							"description": "String formatted according to IETF RFC 3986.\n",
							"type": "string"
						}
					}
				},
				"indicators": {
					"description": "This type represents a link to a resource using an absolute URI.\n",
					"type": "object",
					"required": [
						"href"
					],
					"properties": {
						"href": {
							"description": "String formatted according to IETF RFC 3986.\n",
							"type": "string"
						}
					}
				},
				"instantiate": {
					"description": "This type represents a link to a resource using an absolute URI.\n",
					"type": "object",
					"required": [
						"href"
					],
					"properties": {
						"href": {
							"description": "String formatted according to IETF RFC 3986.\n",
							"type": "string"
						}
					}
				},
				"terminate": {
					"description": "This type represents a link to a resource using an absolute URI.\n",
					"type": "object",
					"required": [
						"href"
					],
					"properties": {
						"href": {
							"description": "String formatted according to IETF RFC 3986.\n",
							"type": "string"
						}
					}
				},
				"scale": {
					"description": "This type represents a link to a resource using an absolute URI.\n",
					"type": "object",
					"required": [
						"href"
					],
					"properties": {
						"href": {
							"description": "String formatted according to IETF RFC 3986.\n",
							"type": "string"
						}
					}
				},
				"scaleToLevel": {
					"description": "This type represents a link to a resource using an absolute URI.\n",
					"type": "object",
					"required": [
						"href"
					],
					"properties": {
						"href": {
							"description": "String formatted according to IETF RFC 3986.\n",
							"type": "string"
						}
					}
				},
				"changeFlavour": {
					"description": "This type represents a link to a resource using an absolute URI.\n",
					"type": "object",
					"required": [
						"href"
					],
					"properties": {
						"href": {
							"description": "String formatted according to IETF RFC 3986.\n",
							"type": "string"
						}
					}
				},
				"heal": {
					"description": "This type represents a link to a resource using an absolute URI.\n",
					"type": "object",
					"required": [
						"href"
					],
					"properties": {
						"href": {
							"description": "String formatted according to IETF RFC 3986.\n",
							"type": "string"
						}
					}
				},
				"operate": {
					"description": "This type represents a link to a resource using an absolute URI.\n",
					"type": "object",
					"required": [
						"href"
					],
					"properties": {
						"href": {
							"description": "String formatted according to IETF RFC 3986.\n",
							"type": "string"
						}
					}
				},
				"changeExtConn": {
					"description": "This type represents a link to a resource using an absolute URI.\n",
					"type": "object",
					"required": [
						"href"
					],
					"properties": {
						"href": {
							"description": "String formatted according to IETF RFC 3986.\n",
							"type": "string"
						}
					}
				},
				"createSnapshot": {
					"description": "This type represents a link to a resource using an absolute URI.\n",
					"type": "object",
					"required": [
						"href"
					],
					"properties": {
						"href": {
							"description": "String formatted according to IETF RFC 3986.\n",
							"type": "string"
						}
					}
				},
				"revertToSnapshot": {
					"description": "This type represents a link to a resource using an absolute URI.\n",
					"type": "object",
					"required": [
						"href"
					],
					"properties": {
						"href": {
							"description": "String formatted according to IETF RFC 3986.\n",
							"type": "string"
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}