Table of Contents - Y.3557 (08/2025) - Cloud computing – Functional requirements for the management of virtual machine and container integration

1	Scope
2	References
3	Definitions
	3.1	Terms defined elsewhere
	3.2	Terms defined in this Recommendation
4	Abbreviations and acronyms
5	Conventions
6	Concept of management for virtual machine and container integration
7	Models for VM and container integration
	7.1	Methods for integrating VMs and containers
	7.2	Operational models for managing VM and container integration
8	Infrastructure resource management for VM and container integration
	8.1	Network management
	8.2 	Storage management
9	Functional requirements for integration management
	9.1	Integration management requirements for service interface and provisioning
	9.2	Integration management requirements for virtualization execution environments
	9.3	Integration management requirements for resource and performance
	9.4	Integration management requirements for network and connectivity
	9.5	Integration management requirements for multi-cluster integration
	9.6	Integration management requirements for image generation and deployment
	9.7	Integration management requirements for automation and scalability
	9.8	Relationship with other ITU-T Recommendations
10	Security considerations
Appendix I – Use cases for management of VM and container integration
	I.1 	Use case for network management for VM and container integration in single physical machine
	I.2	Use case for hybrid integration model for cluster environment
	I.3	Use case for the specialized large language model service with VM and container integration in distributed cloud
	I.4	Use case of building VM-container images using CI/CD
	I.5	Use case of backup and recovery in VM and container integration environment
Appendix II – Analysis of requirements in Recommendations ITU-T Y.3557, ITU-T Y.3510, ITU-T Y.3513 and ITU-T Y.3535
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