1. Cisco Public 1 Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Managing Network Complexity Through Autonomic Networking Michael Behringer (ed.) Cisco Systems

2. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 2 In some years, it will not be feasible to directly configure routers

3. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 3 operator network management physical network The “Complexity Cube”

4. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 4 operator network management physical network The “Complexity Cube” Goal 1: Minimize human intervention

5. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 5 The “Complexity Cube” operator network management physical network Goal 2: Reduce dependencies Goal 1: Minimize human intervention Autonomic Networking means:  Minimize operator intervention  Minimize NMS intervention Autonomic Networking means:  Minimize operator intervention  Minimize NMS intervention

6. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 6 History: IBM’s “Autonomic Computing” (2001) http://www.research.ibm.com/autonomic/ Self-Management Self-configuration Self-protection Self-optimization Self-healing Related: “General Autonomic Network Architecture” (GANA) ETSI-WG AFI

7. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 7 Traditional Configuration Monitoring Reporting Routing Autonomic Intent Feedback loops Reporting Routing Discovery Autonomic interactions

8. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 8 Device OS

9. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 9 Device OS NMS Traditional interactions (e.g., routing)

10. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 10 Device OS Autonomic Process Device OS Autonomic Process Autonomic interactions

11. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 11 Device OS Autonomic Process Device OS Autonomic Process Traditional interactions (e.g., routing) Autonomic interactions

12. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 12 Device OS Autonomic Process Device OS Autonomic Process Traditional interactions (e.g., routing) Autonomic interactions Simple Management tools intent reporting intent

13. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 13 Device OS Autonomic Process Device OS Autonomic Process Traditional interactions (e.g., routing) Autonomic interactions Simple Management tools intent reporting

14. Behringer (ed) – Autonomic Networking © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 14 Network Elements manage themselves Administrator interface: Light-weight Abstract Network wide scope Intent Feedback loops Reporting Routing Discovery Autonomic interactions Acknowledgments: This is the work of a large team inside Cisco. Contact: mbehring@cisco.com