Active network monitoring and control: the SENCOMM architecture and implementation
- 25 June 2003
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Abstract
We present the architecture, design, and implementa- tion of a Smart Environment for Network Control, Monitor- ing and Management (SENCOMM). SENCOMM uses ac- tive network technology to comprise a Management Execu- tion Environment (SMEE), which coexists with other execu- tion environments (EEs). Management applications, called smart probes, run in the SMEE. A probe and its data are mobile executable code that are delivered to the active node within an Active Network Encapsulation Protocol (ANEP) datagram. Our architecture is designed to actively control, monitor, and manage both conventional and active networks, and be incrementally deployed in existing networks. We present a set of goals, a design philosophy, and a set of basic require- ments for controlling, monitoring, and managing networks using active network technology. We discuss the operation and components of SENCOMM: the management EE, a pro- tocol, smart probes, and loadable libraries. We discuss the implementation issues uncovered in integrating SENCOMM into a selected EE and the decisions made to resolve them.Keywords
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