NeTS-FIND: Collaborative Research: Towards Complexity-Oblivious Network Management

NetS-FIND：协作研究：迈向复杂性忽略的网络管理

• 批准号: 0627086
• 负责人: John Regehr
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Utah
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0627086&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NeTS; FIND; Collaborative; Research; Towards

Proposal Number: 0626978PI: Paul T FrancisInstitution: Cornell UniversityProposal Number: 0627086PI: Jay LepreauInstitution: University of UtahTitle: NeTS-FIND: Collaborative Research: Towards Complexity-Oblivious Network ManagementAbstractNetwork management is costly and error prone. At best, this imposes a tremendous cost on industry. Worse, it compromises critical infrastructure that increasingly relies on the Internet, such as power and emergency services. The difficulty of network management derives from the fact that the Internet was invented without a network management architecture. Rather, there are a plethora of after-the-fact management tools and objects.This project is a ground-up redesign of network management based on three core concepts. First is a low-level, self-configuring communication channel that allows software network managers to discover devices and other managers. This channel allows the management system to function even when higher level protocols do not. Second is an abstract interface that allows network modules to represent themselves in simple ways. This abstraction allows management systems to understand the network without understanding the details of protocol operation. Third is a declarative configuration language that allows human managers to specify network operation in goal-oriented terms. This language allows managers to focus on what the network is supposed to accomplish, instead of how.This research will reduce the manpower and expertise needed to manage networks, increase their reliability, and ultimately lead towards largely self-managing networks.This research will be tested and deployed in Emulab, a large network testbed used by thousands of researchers. Methods hardened in Emulab can serve as the basis for management of the GENI infrastructure, where the ideas can be further tested and refined. GENI in turn will serve as a proof-of-concept for industry adoption.

提案号：0626978PI: Paul T FrancisInstitution: Cornell University提案号：0627086PI: Jay LepreauInstitution: University of utah标题：NeTS-FIND：协作研究：迈向复杂性无关的网络管理摘要网络管理成本高且容易出错。往好了说，这给工业带来了巨大的成本。更糟糕的是，它危及越来越依赖互联网的关键基础设施，如电力和应急服务。网络管理的困难源于Internet的发明没有网络管理体系结构这一事实。相反，有大量的事后管理工具和对象。这个项目是基于三个核心概念对网络管理的重新设计。首先是一个低级的、自配置的通信通道，它允许软件网络管理器发现设备和其他管理器。该通道允许管理系统在更高级别的协议无法正常工作时也能正常工作。第二个是抽象接口，它允许网络模块以简单的方式表示自己。这种抽象允许管理系统在不了解协议操作细节的情况下了解网络。第三种是声明性配置语言，它允许管理员以面向目标的方式指定网络操作。这种语言允许管理者关注网络应该完成什么，而不是如何完成。这项研究将减少管理网络所需的人力和专业知识，提高其可靠性，并最终实现很大程度上的自我管理网络。这项研究将在Emulab中进行测试和部署，这是一个由数千名研究人员使用的大型网络测试平台。在Emulab中加固的方法可以作为GENI基础设施管理的基础，在那里可以进一步测试和改进思想。反过来，GENI将作为行业采用的概念验证。