Distinguished Experts Panel:

Advanced Services in Converged Networks:

Are They Really Manageable?

Jeff CaseFounder and CTO

SNMP Research, Inc.+1 865 573 1434 case@snmp.com

Trend #1: The SNMP-based Management Framework is Evolved and Evolving Not the same old SNMP your mother used in

1988 Many positive advancements already

standardized, implemented, and deployed Some more are nearly done and ready for

implementation and deployment:SNMP-based configuration

Policy-based Management MIB Provisioning MIB for DIFFSERV

Some standardization work is just getting started:SMIngEvolution of SNMP: SNMP EOS

Trend #2: The SNMP-based Management Framework is Secure SNMPv3 with security and administration

adds:Security, i.e., Authentication and Privacy

Authentication Privacy

Administration Authorization and view-based access control Logical contexts Naming of entities, identities, and information People and policies Usernames and key management Notification destinations and proxy relationships Source-side notification suppression Remotely configurable via SNMP operations

The SNMP-based Management Framework can be used as the basis for seamless Internet management: traditional network managementsystem managementapplication managementservice managementproxy management of legacy devices

The only relatively complete, open, multi-vendor, multi-platform, interoperable, standards-based management framework for seamless management

Trend #3: The SNMP-based Management Framework Is Not Just For Networks

Originally “the short-term interim standard”

According to the pundits, has been on its last legs since 1988 to be eclipsed by a succession of replacements

SNMP-based management is stillgrowingexpanding scopeevolving

While “replacements” come and go

Trend #4: The SNMP-based Management Framework is Sturdy

Conclusions:

The Internet-Standard Management Framework based on SNMP isEvolvedSecureNot just for networksSturdy

But there is much more work to be doneAdditional standards workBetter applications ImplementationDeployment

Conclusions:

SNMP-based management is far from perfect, but it continues to be the best game in town

The architecture and vision are fine We need to execute to completion

Standardization work Improvements Read-write and read-create instrumentation for

configuration / control / provisioning Implementation

Completeness, Correctness, Ease-of-use Applications

Deployment -- demand driven