Re: [nmrg] Discovery of resources in NFV environments

Hi,

What is the argument for using a low-level mechanism such as ND,
which requires modifications to the basic IPv6 stack?

We have other general discovery mechanisms, such as GRASP for
autonomic scenarios and DNS-SD for more conventional scenarios
(and those can be blended if necessary, draft-eckert-anima-grasp-dnssd)
which don't require low-level stack updates. That would have the advantage
of more flexibility for the option formats, instead of the rigidity
required by RFC4861.

Regards
   Brian

On 2018-10-22 04:22, Carlos Jesús Bernardos Cano wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We are working on a draft that describes mechanisms allowing dynamic
> discovery of virtualization resources and orchestrators in IPv6-based
> networks. The problem of discovery and advertisement of
> functions/resources is somehow generic in network management, though
> for the case of NFV we believe it is more relevant because of the
> dynamic nature of some NFV deployment scenarios (such as the so-called
> fog computing one).
> 
> We started a discussion in the NFVRG, where we presented the problem
> and our ideas a couple of times with good feedback. Since the NFVRG is
> closed, we'd like to continue getting feedback and potential interest
> in working on this ideas in other WGs/RGs. We believe NMRG is a good
> match, and therefore we'd like to ask for some comments, and eventually
> a slot for presentation in Bangkok if possible.
> 
> Our document is the following:
> 
> "IPv6-based discovery and association of Virtualization Infrastructure
>  Manager (VIM) and Network Function Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO)"
> 
> draft-bernardos-intarea-vim-discovery-00
> 
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-bernardos-intarea-vim-discovery/
> 
> Looking forward for your comments!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Carlos
> 
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