Introduction
The workshop gathered several NRENs to discuss common challenges and opportunities in monitoring, network operations, NAC, and IoT. There was strong interest in shared solutions and practical collaboration, especially around Argus, NAV, NOC practices, and iotroam.
Maurice van den Akker of SURF had some slides as introduction and to show the situation at SURF.
Vidar Stokke continued for the situation at SIKT
Key outcomes presentation of Vidar Stokke Sikt
Monitoring (Argus / NAV)
- Strong interest in Argus for log aggregation.
- Requests for demos and better setup documentation.
- Need for better support for “glue services”, especially event correlation across systems (e.g. Mist, NAV, Aruba UXI).
- Surf noted that SNMP for stats polling does not scale for some use cases and recommended streaming telemetry. A number of open source telemetry collectors already exist, so it would likely make more sense to integrate an existing one with NAV, than to implement another collector from scratch.
NOC
- Large differences in NOC models across NRENs.
- Key success factors:
- Good documentation
- Standardization
- Automation
- Effective monitoring
- Low alarm noise
- Linking procedures directly from alarms
- Surf’s Network Dashboard (multi-source KPI view) raised strong interest.
NAC: presentation of Jeroen van Ingen Schenau (Univ. Twente)
- Clear need for NAC across several NRENs.
- Large variation in the use of NAC at different NRENs.
- Challenges:
- High cost of ClearPass and ISE
- Weak usability of FreeRADIUS
- Important with a way for users to register their devices themselves.
- Interest in cooperation on RADIUS as a Service (RaaS) and best practices
IoT / iotroam (see presentation of Sven de Ridder)
- Very strong interest.
- CSC is in process with Surf for a pilot
- Sikt has been contacted by several Norwegian customers to know more about iotroam.
- Seen as a potential national service.
- Business model not yet clear
- As a part of the cost for the CNaaS service?
- As a part of the cost for eduroam?
- As a standalone subscription?
- Interest in pilots and VM-based deployment.
- OpenSAML / federated login support coming soon.
- Costs mainly for extended functionality.
Overall
- High engagement and constructive discussions.
- Clear value in joint development and shared services (Argus, iotroam).
- Collaboration requires prioritization and concrete commitments.
Way forward
Planned actions
- Argus / NAV: joint demos and alignment between Sikt and Surf. Owner: Sikt
- IoT / iotroam: demo and discussion of deployment model and pilots. Owner: Surf
- NOC: session on organization, tools and best practices. Owner: Sunet
Concrete objective
The shared goal is to achieve tangible, practical collaboration results (e.g. pilots, shared tooling, or joint processes) that can be presented at the TNC BOF meeting in June.
This requires clear ownership, allocation of time and resources, and a commitment to move from discussion to implementation.
Action points / Next steps
- Argus demo (log aggregation)
Description: Technical demo of Argus, including architecture, main use cases, and operational experience.
Owner: Sikt
Participants: Interested NRENs
Proposed timeframe: 3.march 10-12 CET
To join the demo online, please contact Einar/Maurice for an invitation.
- NAV + telemetry demo
Description:
- Demo of current NAV setup
- Overview of possible streaming telemetry solutions and integration with NAV
- Discussion of “glue services” and cross-system event correlation
Owner: Sikt / Surf (joint)
Proposed timeframe: Week 11–12
- iotroam demo and pilot discussion
Description:
- Functional demo of iotroam
- Walk-through of VM-based deployment model
- Discussion of pilot setup and possible operational and business models
Owner: Surf
Participants: Sikt, CSC, other interested NRENs
Proposed timeframe: 10.march 14-16 CET
To join the demo online, please contact Einar/Maurice for an invitation
- NOC session – organisation and best practices & the development of a NAC
Description: Experience sharing on:
- NOC organisation models
- Tools and platforms
- Alarm handling and noise reduction
- Procedures and documentation
- KPI and dashboard usage
Owner: Sunet
Proposed timeframe: Week 15–16
- Consolidation towards TNC BOF
Description:
- Select concrete outcomes to present at TNC BOF
- Confirm ownership and delivery plans
- Agree on 2–3 tangible deliverables (pilots, tools, documentation, or processes)
Owner: SIG-CNaaS coordination / Sikt
Proposed timeframe: Week 18–19