Connecting a VNF to a vendor orchestrator

Use Lumen UCPE Management Station to connect a VNF (Virtual Network Function) on an Edge Gateway™ device to the third‑party orchestrator using a Virtual Network Computing (VNC) console. Before making a connection, you must add a VNF to your Edge Gateway device. For VNFs to work correctly, you must connect them the third‑party orchestrator when you add them to your Edge Gateway device. While you can use Lumen UCPE Management Station to manage and configure Edge Gateway devices and their VNFs, you will use the vendor‑specific orchestrator to utilize VNFs. After you make the connection, you do not need to use the VNC console for that VNF again.

To learn more about the third‑party orchestrator, refer to the third‑party documentation.

If you use cloud‑init with your cloud services, you may not need to connect using a VNC console. To learn more, check your cloud‑init configuration and refer to the third‑party documentation.