Policy Based SLA Management in Enterprise Networks

@incollection{citeulike:2910439, abstract = {The Differentiated Services Architecture defines the mechanisms that are needed to offer multiple classes of services in an IP network. While this model offers significant scaling advantages over the signaling-oriented approach of Integrated Services, the management of a differentiated services network remains a complex problem. Since the operation of a differentiated network involves numerous access routers, core routers and servers, a consistent operation is difficult to achieve by independently configuring each device. In this paper, we explore a scheme to enable a network administrator to manage and configure DiffServ networks from a central location and also abstract away the specific details of device configuration, and allow him/her to express the management of the network in terms of application-oriented performance metrics. This leads to a simplification of network management task, which can be exploited to support business needs of an enterprise network, such as honoring Service Level Agreements provided to its customers.}, author = {Verma, Dinesh and Beigi, Mandis and Jennings, Raymond }, citeulike-article-id = {2910439}, doi = {10.1007/3-540-44569-2\_9}, journal = {Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks}, keywords = {sla\_management}, pages = {137--152}, posted-at = {2008-06-20 13:07:09}, priority = {2}, title = {Policy Based SLA Management in Enterprise Networks}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44569-2\_9}, year = {2001} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:2910439 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2910439 TI - Policy Based SLA Management in Enterprise Networks JF - Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks SP - 137 EP - 152 N2 - The Differentiated Services Architecture defines the mechanisms that are needed to offer multiple classes of services in an IP network. While this model offers significant scaling advantages over the signaling-oriented approach of Integrated Services, the management of a differentiated services network remains a complex problem. Since the operation of a differentiated network involves numerous access routers, core routers and servers, a consistent operation is difficult to achieve by independently configuring each device. In this paper, we explore a scheme to enable a network administrator to manage and configure DiffServ networks from a central location and also abstract away the specific details of device configuration, and allow him/her to express the management of the network in terms of application-oriented performance metrics. This leads to a simplification of network management task, which can be exploited to support business needs of an enterprise network, such as honoring Service Level Agreements provided to its customers. KW - sla_management AU - Verma, Dinesh AU - Beigi, Mandis AU - Jennings, Raymond PY - 2001/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44569-2_9 ER -