Summary

Recommendation ITU-T Q.4043 specifies virtual switch (vswitch) interoperability testing requirements. This Recommendation introduces an overview of a vswitch and vswitch interoperability testing . This includes, but is not limited to, the definition, characteristics and general capabilities of vswitches, as well as an overview of interoperability testing of vswitches. The description of cloud-related use cases of vswitches, given in the appendix, describes the related interaction processes. Based on an analysis of involved vswitch capabilities in cloud-related use cases, the corresponding derived requirements of a vswitch's interoperability testing are introduced.