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NSI Implementation Task Force GL IF T ec hnic al Wor king Gr oup Meeting Winter 2012 Baton Rouge, L A Inde r Mong a John Ma c Aule y 26/ 01/ 2012 1

GOAL OGF NSI Standards Best Practices/Impl. Agree. GL IF Prototype/Interop (AutoGOLE) Produc tion de ployme nt of NSI protoc ols 26/ 01/ 2012 2

Standards define a protocol Spe c ifie s the fo rma t o f tha t info rma tio n • Ca rrie s a lo t o f info rma tio n • Guide s b e ha vio r o f the imple me nta tio n • 26/ 01/ 2012 3

Standards do not define… Pro pe r pro c e ss and pro c e d ure s • Ne two rk E ng ine e rs Ho w to d e bug an inte ro pe rability issue ? • T o o ls? NSI I mple me nte rs Ho w d o yo u maintain and spe c ify the • T ask F o rc e info rmatio n ne e de d? De ve lo pe rs What po lic ie s make se nse fo r se c urity? • What to d o whe n info rmatio n is missing ? • What info rmatio n is d isc o ve re d ve rsus • c o nfig ure d ? Standards Gro up … • Implementation agreements, Best Practices, Operational Guidelines are needed to bridge the gap between standards and production deployment 26/ 01/ 2012 4

What is the output? • GL IF Be st Pra c tic e s do c ume nts o On to pic s that ne e d similar se rvic e unde rstanding to wo rk, like se c urity pro file s o T o aid ne w R&E o pe rato rs to unde rstand the pe riphe ral te c hno lo g ie s ne e de d to run a se rvic e o T o he lp use rs to wo rk with GL IF using the NSI pro to c o l • Re c o mme nda tio ns to OGF Sta nda rd s g ro up o Pro to c o l e xte nsio ns will be submitte d as GL IF c o ntributio ns to the OGF • Imple me nta tio n Ag re e me nts o Se rvic e De finitio ns (L 2 E the rne t Se rvic e ) to pro vide a c o nsiste nt GL IF se rvic e ac ro ss o pe rato rs o f GOL E S/ partic ipating ne two rks 26/ 01/ 2012 5

Process Ide ntify e xisting g a ps b e twe e n sta nda rd • spe c ific a tio ns a nd re q uire me nts o f a pro d uc tio n se rvic e Do c ume nt a nd prio ritize the list o f g a ps • Input from R&E Ne twork E ng ine e rs pa rtic ipa ting in the GL IF Input from pote ntia l use rs of the NSI se rvic e 26/ 01/ 2012 6

Process Fo rm sma ll te a ms o f vo lunte e rs to ma ke • re c o mme nda tio ns o Disc ussio n within mailing list o f GL IF o T ig e r te ams o n to pic s o f inte re st S  E o NO BROAD C AL L MAIL DISC U SSIONS e nc o urag e d Wo rk with NSI imple me nte rs in the GL IF / Auto ma te d • GOL E g ro up to ve t a nd pro to type so lutio ns Publish agr eements in doc uments 26/ 01/ 2012 7

Network Services Framework • Co mmunity drive n c o lla b o ra tio n e ffo rt • De fine d c o nc e pt o f Ne two rk Se rvic e Pla ne • Simple te c hno lo g y a g no stic vie w o f the ne two rk 26/ 01/ 2012 8

NSI Connection Service Protocol • NSI-CS ke y de live ra b le o f wo rking g ro up • Va lida te d in 2011 thro ug h pro to type a c tivitie s a nd inte ro pe ra b ility de mo nstra tio ns (AG OL E) • Disc o ve re d issue s with the b a se pro to c o l • Ope ra tio na l issue s we re a lso ide ntifie d 26/ 01/ 2012 9

Strategy Ide ntify so lutio ns to • simila r pro b le ms Unde rsta nd c o mmo n • de sig n pa tte rns/ b e st pra c tic e s E va lua te a pplic a b ility • to ne w pro b le m b a se d o n ne w g o a ls a nd re q uire me nts 26/ 01/ 2012 10

Topology Da ta pla ne to po lo g y • a nd disc o ve ry Sig na ling pla ne to po lo g y • a nd disc o ve ry 26/ 01/ 2012 11

Security Sig na ling pla ne se c urity (NSA-to -NSA) • E nd use r a uthe ntic a tio n a nd a utho riza tio n (c lie nt- • to -NSA) Multi-do ma in po lic y e nfo rc e me nt • Pro te c tio n o f ne two rk re so urc e s fro m una utho rize d • a c c e ss Pro te c t inte g rity o f da ta pla ne • 26/ 01/ 2012 12

Protocol Enhancements Inte ra c tio n with Da ta Pla ne e rro rs • Co nne c tio n pro te c tio n/ re sto ra tio n • T ra ffic e ng ine e ring • Pro to c o l e xte nsio ns • Pro to c o l c a pa b ilitie s a nd ve rsio n disc o ve ry • 26/ 01/ 2012 13

User Network Interface NSI-CS is e q uiva le nt to E -NNI (ne two rk-to -ne two rk) • pro to c o l de finitio n UNI is a de ma rc a tio n po int b e twe e n ne two rk • se rvic e pro vide r a nd the sub sc rib e r o r e nd use r Ne e d to c o nside r a lig ht-we ig ht pro to c o l de finitio n • fo r e nd use rs (sig na ling , ne two rk utiliza tio n, ma na g e me nt, a uthe ntic a tio n, a nd a utho riza tio n) 26/ 01/ 2012 14

Management and Administration Mo nito r he a lth o f NSI se rvic e pla ne • T ro ub le sho o ting (fa ult iso la tio n a nd de b ug ) • Ope ra tio na l me a sure me nts • Co nfig ura tio n • Supp o rt fo r “ve rifia b le ” a nd “b illa b le ” se rvic e s • 26/ 01/ 2012 15

Additional Information Building a Pro duc tio n Co nne c tio n Se rvic e using NSI- • CS pro to c o l http:/ / c o de .g o o g le .c o m/ p/ o g f-nsi- o pro je c t/ do wnlo ads/ de tail? name =T NC12-o pe ratio na liza tio n.p df 26/ 01/ 2012 16

Questions? 26/ 01/ 2012 17