Clearly, the availability of a Layer 2 ACP would enable a community of people who would like to experiment or develop, but who do not have access to 1000+ processors.
Also, it seems to me that the "initial conditions" for a Layer 2 solution (preconfigured VLAN ID, password, etc.) are likely to be the same as those for a geographically-distributed overlay solution. Development of a Layer 2 solution could help/encourage the development of an "overlay ACP", which could ease the development of new Autonomic Functions. So, given that I am a university professor with limited resources, I think that this proposal is a *very* good idea. Bill On 07/04/2019 4:46 p.m., Brian E Carpenter wrote: > Hi, > > Since there was no time for the presentation in Prague, I'd like to start > a discussion here about the idea of a Layer 2 ACP. In terms of the new > charter, > this idea fits into "Works extending ANI, including variation of ANI > deployment". > > The draft is at > https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-carpenter-anima-l2acp-scenarios . > The slides are at > https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/104/materials/slides-104-anima-scenarios-and-requirements-for-layer-2-autonomic-control-planes-00 > . > > The basic argument is that GRASP must run over a secure ACP substrate, > but the regular Layer 3 ACP is complex and aimed at large networks. > A simpler Layer 2 solution would be good for a small enterprise or > for an enterprise that prefers to segment its network into small units > for management. > > One important difference from the regular ACP is that the nodes will need > to be preconfigured before deployment with a VLAN ID, and a password or > encryption key if necessary. Whether this can be automated is for further > study (but Kent Watsen's suggestion for draft-ietf-netconf-zerotouch > might help with this). > > Please have a look at the draft and comment on whether this is a good > idea and whether you'd like to contribute. > > Regards > Brian Carpenter > > _______________________________________________ > Anima mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/anima > -- Dr. J.W. Atwood, Eng. tel: +1 (514) 848-2424 x3046 Distinguished Professor Emeritus fax: +1 (514) 848-2830 Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering Concordia University EV 3.185 email:[email protected] 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~bill Montreal, Quebec Canada H3G 1M8 _______________________________________________ Anima mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/anima
