Cisco Public 1 Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Managing Network Complexity Through Autonomic Networking Michael Behringer (ed.) Cisco Systems
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 2 In some years, it will not be feasible to directly configure routers
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 3 operator network management physical network The “Complexity Cube”
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 4 operator network management physical network The “Complexity Cube” Goal 1: Minimize human intervention
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 5 The “Complexity Cube” operator network management physical network Goal 2: Reduce dependencies Goal 1: Minimize human intervention Autonomic Networking means: Minimize operator intervention Minimize NMS intervention Autonomic Networking means: Minimize operator intervention Minimize NMS intervention
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 6 History: IBM’s “Autonomic Computing” (2001) Self-Management Self-configuration Self-protection Self-optimization Self-healing Related: “General Autonomic Network Architecture” (GANA) ETSI-WG AFI
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 7 Traditional Configuration Monitoring Reporting Routing Autonomic Intent Feedback loops Reporting Routing Discovery Autonomic interactions
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 8 Device OS
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 9 Device OS NMS Traditional interactions (e.g., routing)
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 10 Device OS Autonomic Process Device OS Autonomic Process Autonomic interactions
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 11 Device OS Autonomic Process Device OS Autonomic Process Traditional interactions (e.g., routing) Autonomic interactions
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 12 Device OS Autonomic Process Device OS Autonomic Process Traditional interactions (e.g., routing) Autonomic interactions Simple Management tools intent reporting intent
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 13 Device OS Autonomic Process Device OS Autonomic Process Traditional interactions (e.g., routing) Autonomic interactions Simple Management tools intent reporting
Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 14 Network Elements manage themselves Administrator interface: Light-weight Abstract Network wide scope Intent Feedback loops Reporting Routing Discovery Autonomic interactions Acknowledgments: This is the work of a large team inside Cisco. Contact: