5th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities

Research Article

Scenario-based Configuration Management for Flexible Experimentation Infrastructures

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976228,
        author={Fermın Galan and Jorge E.  Lopez de Vergara and David Fernandez and Raul Munoz},
        title={Scenario-based Configuration Management for Flexible Experimentation Infrastructures},
        proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and  Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
        year={2009},
        month={5},
        keywords={Common Information Model  Networking testbed  configuration management  model-driven management  scenario deployment},
        doi={10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976228}
    }
    
  • Fermın Galan
    Jorge E. Lopez de Vergara
    David Fernandez
    Raul Munoz
    Year: 2009
    Scenario-based Configuration Management for Flexible Experimentation Infrastructures
    TRIDENTCOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976228
Fermın Galan1,*, Jorge E. Lopez de Vergara2,*, David Fernandez3,*, Raul Munoz4,*
  • 1: Telefonica I+D Emilio Vargas 6, 28043 Madrid, Spain
  • 2: Departamento de Ingenierıa Informatica Escuela Politecnica Superior, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Av. Francisco Tom´as y Valiente 11, 28049 Madrid, Spain
  • 3: Departamento de Ingenierıa de Sistemas Telem´aticos Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicacion, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Av. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
  • 4: Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya Av. Canal Olımpic s/n, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
*Contact email: fermin@tid.es, jorge.lopez_vergara@uam.es, david@dit.upm.es, raul.munoz@cttc.es

Abstract

Configuration management is a key issue in flexible networking experimentation infrastructures (i.e., testbeds). However, manual procedures have several drawbacks (such as high time consumption in tedious and mechanic operations or the probability of introducing human errors). Moreover, inter-testbed scenario reutilization (i.e., the same network configuration replicated from one testbed to another) is difficult to achieve. In order to solve this limitations, automatic mechanisms are desirable in order to make testbeds profitable tools for their users. Our work describes one of such approaches, defining a model-driven methodology for automatic testbed reconfiguration. It is based in a high-level testbed-independent model (thus being applicable to any testbed in general) which is used to describe desired experimentation scenarios. Those scenarios are then particularized to testbed-specific models for automatic deployment and management by model-based tools. The paper also provides practical use cases applying the methodology in two different situations (VNUML-based virtual testbeds and the GMPLS-enabled optical networking ADRENALINE testbedreg) thus assessing the feasibility and generality of our solution.