Re: [Openv6] Comments on draft-karagiannis-aponf-problem-statement-02

[Tom Taylor <[e-mail]>]

OK, I see I read too much into the APONF problem statement. Part of the 
problem is that I assumed at the back of my mind that the upper-most box 
in the figure was a management application, whereas AECON for sure 
assumes it is an user application. Since the APONF problem statement is 
talking about service development, I would modify the figure to show two 
top boxes:

End User Application, joined to devices with AECON input.

Service Development Application, joined to Network Management 
Application as already shown, but without AECON mediation.

I'm not quite happy with this because it isn't clear exactly how SFC 
fits in with AECON. draft-conet-aeon-problem-statement-01 says:
      "Flow characteristics communicated via AEON could be
       used as input into an SFC classifier and it could be transported
       as SFC metadata."
Does that mean SFC templates would go directly to devices?

Tom Taylor

On 09/07/2014 1:36 PM, Charles Eckel (eckelcu) wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> If I understand the diagram correctly, it would be more accurate to show
> AECON for a line from the "end user application" to ³individual devices²,
> assuming individual devices are network elements (e.g. routers, switches,
> firewalls, etc.). AECON would not be used for end user application to
> network management application communication, at least not directly.
>
> Cheers,
> Charles
>
> On 7/8/14, 6:49 PM, "Tom Taylor" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>> The APONF problem statement is definitely shaping up, although I think
>> there are still some extraneous elements that were pasted in from the
>> draft charter but don't really belong in the draft. I complained about
>> the presence of architectural descriptions in earlier versions, but I
>> suggest a summary figure showing the high-level architecture would be
>> helpful in the description of the different aspects of total problem as
>> they relate to different WGs. Here is the figure I have in mind, based
>> on my reading of the problem statement:
>>
>>                      ---------------
>>                      |  End user   |
>>                      | application |
>>                      ---------------
>>                             |
>>                             |
>>                             |
>>                   AECON-developed interface
>>                     SFC-developed model
>>                    ---------------------
>>                    | Network management |
>>                    |   application      |
>>                    ----------------------
>>                             |
>>                             |     APONF
>>                             |   transport
>>                             |
>>                             | (SFC-developed
>>                             |  templates?)
>>                             |
>>                    ----------------------
>>                    | Network management |
>>                    |      control       |
>>                    | ... and then a     |
>>                    | miracle happens :) |
>>                    |   APONF-developed  |
>>                    |     mapping?       |
>>                    ----------------------
>>                             |
>>                             |
>>                    To individual devices
>>
...