Internet Architecture Board (IAB)

Scope The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) plays a pivotal role in the framework of IETF. Summary The IAB’s architectural oversight extends to the establishment of standardised energy metrics. These metrics provide a consistent framework for measuring and reporting energy consumption across different network devices and environments. The IAB is responsible for the overall architecture of […]

YANG data model for hardware management and power management

Scope RFC8348: A YANG data model for Hardware Management:​ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8348​: Provides a model for server hardware management but does not naturally extend to routers and other network elements.  The data model includes configuration and system state (status information and counters for the collection of statistics).​ Draft-li-ivy-power-01: A YANG model for Power Management:​ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-li-ivy-power/​: Provides a YANG data model for power management. The gap in the RFC8348 (document above) is currently being addressed by this draft.  Summary This document defines a YANG […]

draft-irtf-nmrg-green-ps-02 Challenges and opportunities in management for green networking

Scope The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the leading standardisation body concerning the Internet and Internet-connected systems. The increased attention to green networking has led to two Internet Draft documents exploring this topic in depth: draft-cx-opsawg-green-metrics-02 and the current document. These documents contain ideas and considerations rather than proposing a normative standard. In fact, […]

draft-cx-opsawg-green-metrics-02 Green networking metrics

Scope The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the leading standardisation body concerning the Internet and Internet-connected systems. The increased attention to green networking has led to two Internet Draft documents exploring this topic in depth: draft-irtf-nmrg-green-ps-02 and the current document. These documents contain ideas and considerations rather than proposing a normative standard. This document […]