Netmon: network management for the SARAS softswitch

Author

Virmani, Aashu ; Lobo, Jorge ; Kohli, Madhur

Author_Institution

Network Comput. Res. Dept., AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

6/22/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

803

Lastpage

816

Abstract

We present the design and implementation of the network management layer (Netmon) of the SARAS softswitch developed at Bell Laboratories. The key distinguishing feature of the Netmon subsystem is that the “logic” governing the management is tailored on a per-customer basis by crafting a set of policies appropriate for the customer, and enforcing them via the system. Most such policies can be formulated as sets of low-level rules that describe how to (re)configure a device or how to manipulate the different network elements under different conditions. The system has been currently deployed to do operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning (OAM&P) in carrier-grade communication networks

Keywords

maintenance engineering; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; telecommunication switching; Bell Laboratories; Netmon subsystem; OAM&P; SARAS softswitch; carrier-grade communication networks; customer policies; device reconfiguration; low-level rules; network element manipulation; network management; operations administration maintenance and provisioning; Application software; Communication networks; Computer network management; Computer networks; Costs; Logic; Modems; Software systems; Switches; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network Operations and Management Symposium, 2000. NOMS 2000. 2000 IEEE/IFIP

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5928-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NOMS.2000.830430

Filename

830430