Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-network-slice-definition and isolation
"Joel M. Halpern" <jmh@joelhalpern.com> Mon, 09 November 2020 21:45 UTC
Return-Path: <jmh@joelhalpern.com>
X-Original-To: teas@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: teas@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 777813A0E6B; Mon, 9 Nov 2020 13:45:29 -0800 (PST)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -2.099
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.099 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no
Authentication-Results: ietfa.amsl.com (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=joelhalpern.com
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id EBNn7SRdM7dg; Mon, 9 Nov 2020 13:45:27 -0800 (PST)
Received: from mailb2.tigertech.net (mailb2.tigertech.net [208.80.4.154]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D1843A14E7; Mon, 9 Nov 2020 13:45:25 -0800 (PST)
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailb2.tigertech.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CVPg90V8yz1nsSp; Mon, 9 Nov 2020 13:45:25 -0800 (PST)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=joelhalpern.com; s=2.tigertech; t=1604958325; bh=Y/jMNdpuMxhOLG0QeAj8isqKshAH5rQWaTjHQILZdlY=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=m8HociRSzwDe3bbrAGgsuEAj4Rh4CMHpc+liYMQGIeFS9xCe5u5vFd5f5wyLCA6U8 ANnKwHMtcQnOuN8zV7bUGToBJcjED2jiVzVgzWW5knwzjbVcfzaJuG1Zm9KzbT/ONe jAzgBLGxJ/ukMJys5Iv2SKJQjY/WK/lZPFALA6H8=
X-Quarantine-ID: <Axp_j0sFop2C>
X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at b2.tigertech.net
Received: from [192.168.128.43] (unknown [50.225.209.66]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailb2.tigertech.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4CVPg808wYz1nsT7; Mon, 9 Nov 2020 13:45:23 -0800 (PST)
To: adrian@olddog.co.uk, teas@ietf.org
Cc: draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-network-slice-definition@ietf.org
References: <059e01d6b6ce$0f74a830$2e5df890$@olddog.co.uk>
From: "Joel M. Halpern" <jmh@joelhalpern.com>
Message-ID: <9e8170c6-399b-e954-2abb-5e5f425f172a@joelhalpern.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:45:22 -0500
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.4.1
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <059e01d6b6ce$0f74a830$2e5df890$@olddog.co.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format="flowed"
Content-Language: en-US
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Archived-At: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/teas/w5SzaTyTtGSpnAVF-7-jXOaXky4>
Subject: Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-network-slice-definition and isolation
X-BeenThere: teas@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29
Precedence: list
List-Id: Traffic Engineering Architecture and Signaling working group discussion list <teas.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/teas>, <mailto:teas-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/teas/>
List-Post: <mailto:teas@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:teas-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/teas>, <mailto:teas-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2020 21:45:36 -0000
Thank you Adrian. I mostly agree with what you say (retained below.) The only point where I disagree is that the proposed text fro 9.1 still keeps the notion that there may be an Isolation SLO. As far as I can tell, Isolation is a mechanism. It is one of many mechanisms that can be used to meet the SLOs. I have no idea what an Isolation SLO element would be, or why a customer would ask for it. So I would be inclined to go a step further and just get rid of 9.1. Yours, Joel On 11/9/2020 2:25 PM, Adrian Farrel wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure where the right place to discuss this document is. Since it > replaces the previous terminology document, and since that was proposed for > adoption on the TEAS list, I think this is probably the right place (feel > free to redirect me). > > I'd like to focus this email just on Section 9 - the text on isolation. I > suspect that this is the largest remaining obstacle to WG adoption. > > Firstly, we have to recall that this is a terminology document, not a > broader architecture. Therefore we should aim to reduce the text to clear > and simple definitions: further text belongs in some other document such as > the framework draft or a focus-specific document that describes some facet > in detail. So I guess I agree with the Editor's statement at the top of > Section 9... >> Editor's note: This content is a work in progress. The section on >> isolation is too descriptive. > > A way to reduce this would be... > > == Section 9 == > > OLD > An IETF Network Slice consumer may request, that the IETF Network > Slice delivered to them is isolated from any other network slices of > services delivered to any other customers. It is expected that the > changes to the other network slices of services do not have any > negative impact on the delivery of the IETF Network Slice. In a more > general sense, isolation can be classified in the following ways: > > Traffic Separation: Traffic of one network slice should not be > subjected to policies and forwarding rules of other network > slices. > > Interference Avoidance: Changes in other network slices should not > impact to the SLOs of the network slice. Here the changes in > other network slice may include the changes in connectivity, > traffic volume, traffic pattern, etc. > > Service Assurance: In case service degradation is unacceptable due > to unpredictable network situations producing service degradation > (e.g., major congestion events, etc.), explicit reservation of > resources in the network maybe requested for a reduces set IETF > network slices. > NEW > An IETF Network Slice consumer may request, that the IETF Network > Slice delivered to them is isolated from any other network slices of > services delivered to any other customers. It is expected that the > changes to the other network slices of services do not have any > negative impact on the delivery of the IETF Network Slice. > END > > In making this change I'd note that while these three principles are an > important part of the discussion of isolation they are out of context here. > Traffic separation is a feature of how isolation may be achieved, but it is > not something that a consumer can or should specifically ask for: they have > no way of measuring it and, indeed, since they don't know the purpose of > policies and forwarding rules within an operator's network they shouldn't > ask for control over them. Interference avoidance is a fine goal for a > consumer to ask for, but you already have this captured in the preceding > paragraph. Service assurance seems to capture two things: that the consumer > may wish for protection of their service in the event of network failure > (that's not really an isolation thing) and that a way to protect against > failure situations is to reserve resources (that's not necessarily an > isolation thing, and is certainly a question of realisation). > > == Section 9.1 == > > I think that this section is a little over-stated. Maybe: > OLD > Isolation is an important requirement of IETF network slices for > services like critical services, emergencies, etc. A consumer may > express this request through the description of SLOs. > NEW > Isolation may be an important requirement of IETF network slices > for some critical services. A consumer may express this request as > an SLO. > END > > == Section 9.2 == > > While I think there is value in having this section to note that there is a > concept of isolation in the realisation of a network slice, I don't think > you should get into details with examples etc. If you want to talk about how > realisation of network slices works, that should be in another document. > > Thus, I think you could drop the whole of the fist paragraph: it just > duplicates some of the ideas in the second paragraph which says it more > clearly. > > Furthermore, the final paragraph in the section seems to be all about > realisation. I think you should drop it partly because it is technically > suspect (an L3VPN does not achieve traffic separation in the network, that > is exactly the point of an L3VPN), but mainly because it is a discussion of > the details and technologies of realisation. > > == Section 9.3 == > > I tend to think that there will be value in a full and careful discussion of > how IETF network slices meet the requirements of 3GPP transport slices, but > I don't think it should be in this document. Thus, I agree with the editor's > note that the section should be removed. Maybe interested parties could > start a new document "Applicability of IETF Network Slices to 3GPP Transport > Slices." > > > Thanks, > Adrian > > _______________________________________________ > Teas mailing list > Teas@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/teas >
- [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-networ… Adrian Farrel
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Joel M. Halpern
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Adrian Farrel
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Jeff Tantsura
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Jeff Tantsura
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Joel Halpern Direct
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Jeff Tantsura
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Joel Halpern Direct
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Jari Arkko
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Stewart Bryant
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Joel Halpern Direct
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Stewart Bryant
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Joel M. Halpern
- Re: [Teas] Thoughts about draft-nsdt-teas-ietf-ne… Stewart Bryant