Autonomic Networking: Definitions and Design Goals
RFC 7575
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RFC - Informational
(June 2015; No errata)
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| Last updated | 2018-12-20 | ||
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Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) M. Behringer
Request for Comments: 7575 M. Pritikin
Category: Informational S. Bjarnason
ISSN: 2070-1721 A. Clemm
Cisco Systems
B. Carpenter
Univ. of Auckland
S. Jiang
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
L. Ciavaglia
Alcatel Lucent
June 2015
Autonomic Networking: Definitions and Design Goals
Abstract
Autonomic systems were first described in 2001. The fundamental goal
is self-management, including self-configuration, self-optimization,
self-healing, and self-protection. This is achieved by an autonomic
function having minimal dependencies on human administrators or
centralized management systems. It usually implies distribution
across network elements.
This document defines common language and outlines design goals (and
what are not design goals) for autonomic functions. A high-level
reference model illustrates how functional elements in an Autonomic
Network interact. This document is a product of the IRTF's Network
Management Research Group.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Research Task Force
(IRTF). The IRTF publishes the results of Internet-related research
and development activities. These results might not be suitable for
deployment. This RFC represents the consensus of the Network
Management Research Group of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF).
Documents approved for publication by the IRSG are not a candidate
for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
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http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7575.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Autonomic Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Design Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. Self-Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. Coexistence with Traditional Management . . . . . . . . . 6
3.3. Secure by Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.4. Decentralization and Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.5. Simplification of Autonomic Node Northbound Interfaces . 8
3.6. Abstraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.7. Autonomic Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.8. Common Autonomic Networking Infrastructure . . . . . . . 9
3.9. Independence of Function and Layer . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.10. Full Life-Cycle Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. Not among the Design Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1. Eliminate Human Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2. Eliminate Emergency Fixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.3. Eliminate Central Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5. An Autonomic Reference Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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1. Introduction to Autonomic Networking
Autonomic systems were first described in a manifesto by IBM in 2001
[Kephart]. The fundamental concept involves eliminating external
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