The following acronyms and abbreviations are used throughout this documentation.

CDS

Configuration Data Store

Database used to store configuration data for the VMs.

CSAR

Cloud Service ARchive

File type used by the SIMPL VM.

Deployment ID

Uniquely identifies a deployment, which can consist of many sites, each with many groups of VMs

MDM

Metaswitch Deployment Manager

Virtual appliance compatible with many Metaswitch products, that co-ordinates deployment, scale and healing of product nodes, and provides DNS and NTP services.

MOP

Method Of Procedure

A set of instructions for a specific operation.

OCSS7

Metaswitch stack for SS7.

OVA

Open Virtual Appliance

File type used by VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud.

OVF

Open Virtualization Format

File type used by VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud.

QCOW2

QEMU Copy on Write 2

File type used by OpenStack.

QSG

Quicksilver Secrets Gateway

A secure database on the SIMPL VM for storing secrets.

RVT

Rhino VoLTE TAS

SAS

Service Assurance Server

SDF

Solution Definition File

Describes the deployment, for consumption by the SIMPL VM.

SGC

Signaling Gateway Client

Both used as name of the OCSS7 SGC application, as well as the SGC node type hosting said application.

SIMPL VM

ServiceIQ Management Platform VM

This VM has tools for deploying and upgrading a deployment.

Site ID

Uniquely identifies one site within the deployment, normally a geographic site (e.g. one data center)

SLEE

Service Logic Execution Environment

An environment that is used for developing and deploying network services in telecommunications (JSLEE Guide). For more information on how to manage the SLEE, see SLEE Management.

TAS

Telecom Application Server

VM

Virtual Machine

YAML

Yet Another Markup Language

Data serialisation language used in the Rhino VM Automation solution for writing configuration files.

YANG

Yet Another Next Generation

Schemas used for verifying YAML files.

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