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Tiphon 16 Network Management Session Meeting Notes. Wed, Dec 8 1999 REF: 16TD139.ppt. Attendees. Frank Peeters, Chair of ETSI TC-TMN - Alcatel Geoff Caryer - British Telecom Peter Fellows - Certis Ltd. Linfu Cheng & Jean-François Mulé - Clarent Corp. Hans van der Veer - Lucent
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Tiphon 16 Network Management SessionMeeting Notes Wed, Dec 8 1999 REF: 16TD139.ppt
Attendees • Frank Peeters, Chair of ETSI TC-TMN - Alcatel • Geoff Caryer - British Telecom • Peter Fellows - Certis Ltd. • Linfu Cheng & Jean-François Mulé - Clarent Corp. • Hans van der Veer - Lucent • Hal Folts - National Communications • Juha Korpi - Siemens AG • Mikael Åhman - Telia
Purpose of the Network Management Session • Network Management Project • Agree on Scope [includes current Tiphon WI] • Agree on Priorities • Define goal [Management Plane] • Methodology • What do we want to do? • What information? • What interfaces? • Roadmap • Communication
Value Test for Network Management Work • Large amount of work • Need for selection of high value items for Tiphon • Our test of high value • Is it ESSENTIAL to deliver Tiphon services? • Is it DIFFERENT from existing network management because of IP Telephony?
ManagementDomain B 2 1B 1C 1A SCNPlane IPTPlane IP Plane Problem Decomposition • Requirements and Specifications • Include Multi-vendor • Cover intra-management domain and inter-management domain Management Domain A Priorities
Methodology WG1 Service Description WG3(Protocol and interfaces) Requirements Information Models Managed Objects Structure (static) & Behavior (dynamic)
Needs for formal modeling language • Everyone agrees there is a need • But compromise between rigor and speed • Candidates • UML: consensus that UML = strong candidate • Implementation: ASN.1 notation/SNMP, GMDO/CMIP, …
Areas and Priorities Service Assurance • Fault Management • Performance Management • QoS and Traffic Management Service Provisioning & Configuration Accounting • Charging, billing, audit Security Management Planning and Build • Inventory, Routing management
Roadmap Phase 4 4 • Implementations with TIPHON Fault, Performance, Config and Security Management • ETSI Tiphon / IMTC SuperOP on Network Management • Focus on Inter Domain Management Interface 3 Phase 3 2 • Accounting Management, Planning and Build • Implementations with TIPHON Fault, Performance, Config and Security Management • ETSI Tiphon / IMTC SuperOP on Network Management Phase 2 4 Phases 1 • Processes for TIPHON Scenarios • Additional requirements & information models for • Performance: Traffic and QoS Mgmt • Configuration, Security Management • Focus on IP and SCN functional areas Phase 1 • General Requirements - Service and Network Requirements; Generic Framework Requirements • - Framework: modeling languages, information models • - Inter Domain Service Management interface • Fault Management • - From requirements & information models to implementation of Fault Mmt MIBs • Focus on IP Telephony functional area & Intra Management Domain WGs Approval Publications V1 V2 Proposed TIMELINE: TO BE AGREED April 99 August 99 October 99 December 99 Feb 2000 June 2000 Nov 2000 Feb 2001
Collaboration with ITU, IETF, other ETSI groups • Relevant groups • ETSI TC-TMN, 3GPP • ITU-T Q25/4 (SG 4), Q4/2 (SG2), SG16 (H.341) • IETF - network mgmt frameworks, Megaco, ... • Coordination: • Network Management Liaisons: Frank Peeters - Alcatel (chairman of ETSI TC-TMN)
ETSI / IMTC Interop and Testing Events • Test and validate implementations • Eurescom example to investigate • Network Management testing • Intra-Domain and Inter-Domain (e.g. trouble ticketing) • Network element ?
TIPHON 16 Action Items • Compare priorities with WG1 service descriptions • Continue working on existing Work Item • Service and Network Management FrameworkWI 101303 • 1 day workshop on Network Management • 1/2 day Tiphon working session @TIPHON 17 • Debrief on 1-day workshop • Decide on which work items are needed in Tiphon
1 Day Network Management Workshop • Objectives • Have one group of relevant experts work on the same topic • Identify existing relevant work • When? Parallel session with TIPHON 17 • Workshop Coordination • Agenda, presentations discussion sessions • Hans van der Veer & Jean-François Mulé • Input from all experts: TMN, ITU, IETF • Frank Peters to coordinate with experts • Official note to TC-TMN list • Liaison to Q25 and T1M1 chairs