Re: [Openv6] new APONF goals based on APONF bar BOF meeting

[Tom Taylor <[e-mail]>]

Follow-up below, expressing my understanding of further details agreed 
last night.


On 14-07-22 05:13 PM, [e-mail] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> To be informed!
>
> Please note that this version is modified based on the comments that we
> received yesterday during the bar BOF meeting.
>
...

Procedurally: when a new service is defined, the Network Management (NM) 
Application function downloads an initial network service graph to the 
NM Control function. The data includes triggers for NM Control to feed 
back updates to the graph. When one of these triggers is engaged, NM 
Control sends back a refreshed network service graph.

Discussion Point 1: I am trying to relate this to SFC as a service. The 
starting point is the Service Function Chain. This has to be translated 
into one or more instances of a Service Function Path, which get passed 
to the Service Classifier. Path derivation is logically something NM 
Control would be responsible for. Which APONF function would be 
responsible for distributing the path information to the Classifier(s)?

Discussion Point 2: to do its mapping between information gathered from 
Network Elements (NE) and the network service graphs, NM Control needs a 
database associating NE-provided attributes with service-specific 
labels. Would downloading of such a dictionary be part of APONF 
responsibilities, or would we leave creation of the database to be an 
operator-specific matter?

I stand to be corrected on my basic understanding of APONF operation,
and welcome comments on the discussion points.

Tom Taylor