Technical Summary
Deployment experience has demonstrated the value of using the
Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) architecture to
manage resources other than packet forwarding. In that spirit, the
Forwarding Element Manager (FEM) is modelled by creating a Logical
Functional Block (LFB) to represent its functionality. We refer to
this LFB as the Subsidiary Mechanism (SM) LFB. A Control Element
(CE) that controls a Forwarding Element's (FE) resources can also
manage its configuration via the SM LFB. This document introduces
the SM LFB, an LFB that specifies the configuration parameters of an
FE.
Working Group Summary
The document shepherd has reviewed this document several times
during its evolution. The working group reviewed and briefly discussed
the document in July on 2014, and adopted the document without dissent
in February of 2015. Informal discussion indicated agreement that the
particular problem beign addressed was useful, and that the approach was
consistent with the overall ForCES work.
This draft was left to complete its processing when the FORCES working
group was closed.
Document Quality
This document was originally developed in the ForCES working group. It
was reviewed in that group, and has been reviewed by the shepherd after
the closing of the working group.
Personnel
Joel Halpern acting as document shepherd. Alia Atlas is the Area Director