Title of the feature

[gerrit filter: https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/q/topic:cool-topic]

Brief introduction of the feature.

Problem description

Detailed description of the problem being solved by this feature

Use Cases

Use cases addressed by this feature.

Proposed change

Details of the proposed change.

Pipeline changes

Any changes to pipeline must be captured explicitly in this section.

Yang changes

This should detail any changes to yang models.

example.yang
 module example {
     namespace "urn:opendaylight:sfc:example";
     prefix "example";

     import ietf-yang-types {prefix yang; revision-date "2013-07-15";}

     description "An example YANG model.";

     revision 2017-02-14 { description "Initial revision"; }
 }

Configuration impact

Any configuration parameters being added/deprecated for this feature? What will be defaults for these? How will it impact existing deployments?

Note that outright deletion/modification of existing configuration is not allowed due to backward compatibility. They can only be deprecated and deleted in later release(s).

Clustering considerations

This should capture how clustering will be supported. This can include but not limited to use of CDTCL, EOS, Cluster Singleton etc.

Other Infra considerations

This should capture impact from/to different infra components like MDSAL Datastore, karaf, AAA etc.

Security considerations

Document any security related issues impacted by this feature.

Scale and Performance Impact

What are the potential scale and performance impacts of this change? Does it help improve scale and performance or make it worse?

Targeted Release

What release is this feature targeted for?

Alternatives

Alternatives considered and why they were not selected.

Usage

How will end user use this feature? Primary focus here is how this feature will be used in an actual deployment.

This section will be primary input for Test and Documentation teams. Along with above this should also capture REST API and CLI.

Features to Install

odl-sfc-openflow-renderer

Identify existing karaf feature to which this change applies and/or new karaf features being introduced. These can be user facing features which are added to integration/distribution or internal features to be used by other projects.

REST API

Sample JSONS/URIs. These will be an offshoot of yang changes. Capture these for User Guide, CSIT, etc.

CLI

Any CLI if being added.

Implementation

Assignee(s)

Who is implementing this feature? In case of multiple authors, designate a primary assignee and other contributors.

Primary assignee:
<developer-a>, <irc nick>, <email>
Other contributors:
<developer-b>, <irc nick>, <email> <developer-c>, <irc nick>, <email>

Work Items

Break up work into individual items. This should be a checklist on a Trello card for this feature. Provide the link to the trello card or duplicate it.

Dependencies

Any dependencies being added/removed? Dependencies here refers to internal [other ODL projects] as well as external [OVS, karaf, JDK etc]. This should also capture specific versions if any of these dependencies. e.g. OVS version, Linux kernel version, JDK etc.

This should also capture impacts on existing projects that depend on SFC.

Following projects currently depend on SFC:
GBP Netvirt

Testing

Capture details of testing that will need to be added.

Documentation Impact

What is the impact on documentation for this change? If documentation changes are needed call out one of the <contributors> who will work with the Project Documentation Lead to get the changes done.

Don’t repeat details already discussed but do reference and call them out.

References

Add any useful references. Some examples:

  • Links to Summit presentation, discussion etc.
  • Links to mail list discussions
  • Links to patches in other projects
  • Links to external documentation

[1] OpenDaylight Documentation Guide

[2] https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/nova-specs/specs/kilo/template.html

Note

This template was derived from [2], and has been modified to support our project.

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