Cisco® Network Services Orchestrator enabled by Tail-f provides the platform to make end-to-end service orchestration a reality. This paper describes:
• The four critical characteristics that a service orchestrator must have to automate full lifecycle services in modern operator networks
• The Cisco Network Services Orchestrator reference architecture, with details on how it puts these principles into practice
• A use case illustration that demonstrates the full lifecycle orchestration of a real- world service
