Introduction
Welcome to the open GÉANT project wiki area for orchestration, automation and virtualisation (OAV).
This area will be used for knowledge sharing and exchange between GÉANT, NRENs, and organisations interested in applying OAV principles to their network operations. It is also intended to serve as a platform to discuss strategies, common use cases and ideas related to network and service orchestration, automation and virtualisation in our GÉANT community and beyond.
More material will be added on a continuous basis.
Current focus
OAV TerminologyIt became evident during a number of discussions with the NREN community that there were different usages and understanding of various terms in the context Campus Network Management-as-a-Service (CNaaS) As managing campus networks requires repeatedly updating and configuring many devices remotely, the use of orchestration, automation and virtualisation (OAV) techniques is key for the success of campus network management services. In order to facilitate such service, a CNaaS Service Definition Template/Checklist was developed and is now available for interested NRENs (pdf) / (docx). . As a result, a Focus Group (FG) on ‘Terminology’ was established in GN4-3/WP6 to identify a list of relevant OAV terms and acronyms and provide short definitions for these terms. It was agreed that the definitions should be based on documents of standardisation bodies whenever possible. In all other cases the FG provided definitions based on internal discussions and surveys within the WP6-T2 consensus building team. The work was concluded with a document (pdf) that can serve as a guideline to members of the community in the ongoing effort to find commonalities and strategic visions for further OAV-work in GÉANT. All terms can also be found at OAV Terminology & Glossary. |
For more information see also Deliverable D6.4: Campus Network Management.
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Important Links and Information
- OAV Community Portal - OAV examples by country
- OAV Architectures - overview of common OAV architectures (work in progress)
- OAV Terminology & Glossary - frequently used terms and abbreviations of OAV
- OAV Literature - references to OAV related literature
- Dissemination Documents - presentations and deliverables
- Standardisation Bodies - useful links to standardization bodies and specific OAV material
- Highlights - focus areas in OAV
Contact Us
We are very interested to hear from members of the community working on OAV, whether you wish to share your knowledge or find out more about OAV yourselves. You can email the GN4-3 WP6 OAV team at:
Upcoming Events
- 11th SIG-NOC Meeting - extraordinary edition via VC, March 25, 14:00-16:00 CET, https://geant.zoom.us/j/859919062.
- 12th SIG-NOC Meeting, Cambridge, UK
- TNC20, Brighton, UK, June 8-12, 2020
Webinars
GÉANT GN4-3 WP6 Infoshare: Overview of the WP6 activity on Network Technologies and Services Development for the General Assembly Members, October 29, 2019, 14:00 CEST
Past Events
- 19th STF (Service & Technology Forum) Meeting, Zagreb, Croatia, Mar. 3-4th, 2020
- GÉANT Project Symposium (link requires eduGAIN login), Ljubljana, February 4-5, 2020 (agenda) (slides)
- 4th SIG-NGN (Next Generation Networking for Science) Meeting, Cern, Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 15-16th, 2020
- Internet2 Technology Exchange 2019 (TechEx 2019), New Orleans, LA, USA, Dec. 9-12, 2019, I. Golub, Automation, Orchestration and Virtualisation in European NRENs
- 10th SIG-NOC meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, Nov. 13-14, 2019
- Workshop on Network Management and Monitoring (NEMMO), Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 21-22, 2019
OAV Side Meeting (BoF), TNC19, Tallinn, Estonia, 9.00am - 12.30pm, 20 June 2019
GN4-3 Future Service Strategy Workshop on 9th May 2019 in Amsterdam