[Nsi-wg] NML topology

Jason Zurawski zurawski at internet2.edu
Mon Mar 8 16:26:04 CST 2010


Hi Freek, John, All;

> John Vollbrecht wrote:
>
>> A NSI network can be describe as a NML group specifically owned by an
>> NRM - I don't think there is any problem with this.  Nodes and links
>> can have owners in NML.
>
> Note that NML now avoids the word "network" because it is unclear
> whether the operational grouping or administrative grouping is meant.
> The NML terminology is as follows:
>
> Topology: A set of Network Elements and the links connecting them.
>
> NetworkDomain: An unordered collection of Network Elements managed under
> the same shared policy umbrella.
>
>
>> So - the proposal so far is to call the edge of a network a port
>
> In NMC this is called the demarcation point.


Freek: I believe you are confusing a perfSONAR product (e2emon) with 
documents that are being produced in the OGF NMC-WG.  To my knowledge we 
have never used this term.

Thanks;

-jason


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