Getting Ready for Energy-Efficient Networking E. Stephan
Internet-Draft Orange
Intended status: Informational M. Palmero
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23 August 2024
Green BoF requirements collections
draft-stephan-green-bof-reqs-collections-00
Abstract
This memo extracts and groups requirements from the drafts which
provided material to the green BoF. The aim is to determine initial
sets of requirements actionable at different levels of the framework.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Requirements extracted from legacy-path . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Requirements from rfc6988bis-green draft Open Issues . . . . 3
4. Requirements extracted from sustainability-insights uses
cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1. Introduction
This memo extracts and groups requirements from the drafts which
provided material [GREEN-BOF], [sustainability-insights],
[legacy-path] and [rfc6988bis-green] to the green BoF. The aim is to
determine initial sets of requirements actionable at different levels
of the framework [last-charter].
The tables below respect the format and the semantic of operators
requirements table of [last-charter].
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2. Requirements extracted from [legacy-path]
+============+============================+===========+==========+
| category | requirements | note | Priority |
+============+============================+===========+==========+
| Inventory | component control capacity | Per | 1 (i) |
| Management | (aka component max on/off | component | |
| | frequency supported) | control | |
+------------+----------------------------+-----------+----------+
| Analysis | assess the gains of | Device | 1 (ii) |
| | introducing eco-designed | Level | |
| | components in a device | Mgmt | |
+------------+----------------------------+-----------+----------+
| Control& | comprehensive support of | Network | 1 (iii) |
| Mgmt | network-wide energy | Level | |
| | efficiency includes legacy | Mgmt | |
| | devices | | |
+------------+----------------------------+-----------+----------+
Table 1
(i) Avoid control to break the component
(ii) the gain must be measurable
(iii) network-wide solution must include legacy devices and green-wg
ready devices
3. Requirements from [rfc6988bis-green] draft Open Issues
+===============+=================+=====================+==========+
| category | requirements | note | Priority |
+===============+=================+=====================+==========+
| Control& Mgmt | Distinguish | rfc6988bis battery | 2 |
| | backup sources | | |
+---------------+-----------------+---------------------+----------+
| Inventory | Reporting on | Fit in "Inventory | 2 |
| Management | Other Entities, | of power components | |
| | typically smart | (of devices, racks, | |
| | PDU or PoE | etc) including | |
| | | together" | |
+---------------+-----------------+---------------------+----------+
| Observability | Room sensor | Data Center Case | 4 |
| or | (hvac...) | | |
| Interaction | | | |
| with Other | | | |
| domain | | | |
+---------------+-----------------+---------------------+----------+
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| Observability | flexible | Standard metric | 2 |
| | (future-proof) | | |
| | description of | | |
| | the nature of | | |
| | the sources of | | |
| | the energy used | | |
+---------------+-----------------+---------------------+----------+
Table 2
4. Requirements extracted from [sustainability-insights] uses cases
There are limited to energy consumption vs sustainability
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+===============+=======================+================+==========+
| category | requirements | note | Priority |
+===============+=======================+================+==========+
| Observability | Provide near-real- | Helps identify | 2 |
| | time energy | which devices | |
| | consumption to | or network | |
| | different device | functions are | |
| | types, service | consuming more | |
| | types, and | energy. | |
| | individual users | | |
+---------------+-----------------------+----------------+----------+
| Migration or | Provide KPIs for | Helps make | |
| Upgrade | energy efficiency | informed | |
| | parameters, enhance | decisions | |
| | accuracy of upgrade | about upgrades | |
| | decisions | based on | |
| | | actual usage | |
| | | data. | |
+---------------+-----------------------+----------------+----------+
| Recycling | Report on percentage | Major driver | 4 |
| | of recycled user | of the | |
| | devices and | circular | |
| | components. Enable | economy, | |
| | comprehensive | transparency | |
| | reporting and | is key | |
| | recycling efforts | | |
+---------------+-----------------------+----------------+----------+
| Power | Provide KPIs for | Monitor | 4 |
| Optimization | energy efficiency | network and | |
| | parameters. Perform | application | |
| | actions to reduce | performance to | |
| | energy consumption | optimize power | |
| | | usage | |
+---------------+-----------------------+----------------+----------+
| Control& Mgmt | Stop and restart | Save power | 2 |
| Switch off | WiFi APs with the | consumption | |
| | right time, space, | during periods | |
| | and service | when APs are | |
| | granularity | not in use. | |
+---------------+-----------------------+----------------+----------+
Table 3
5. Security Considerations
TODO Security
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6. IANA Considerations
This document has no IANA actions.
7. Informative References
[GREEN-BOF]
"BOF proposal for GREEN WG Creation", 10 May 2024,
<https://github.com/marisolpalmero/GREEN-bof>.
[last-charter]
"GREEN BOF framework", 20 August 2024,
<https://github.com/marisolpalmero/GREEN-
bof/blob/main/Meetings/Meeting_0820_2024/
GREEN%20BOF%20Charter%20Refining%20discussion-
2024-8-20.pdf>.
[legacy-path]
"Requirements for Energy Efficiency Management", 21 July
2024, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-stephan-
legacy-path-eco-design>.
[rfc6988bis-green]
"Requirements for Energy Efficiency Management, 11 years
after the EMAN RFC6988", 21 July 2024,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-eman-green-
rfc6988bis>.
[sustainability-insights]
"Sustainability Insights", 7 May 2024,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-almprs-
sustainability-insights>.
Acknowledgments
TODO acknowledge.
Authors' Addresses
Emile Stephan
Orange
France
Email: emile.stephan@gmail.com
Marisol Palmero
Cisco Systems
Email: mpalmero@cisco.com
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