Getting Ready for Energy-Efficient Networking E. Stephan Internet-Draft Orange Intended status: Informational M. Palmero Expires: 28 February 2025 Cisco Systems 27 August 2024 Green BoF requirements collections draft-stephan-green-bof-reqs-collections-01 Abstract This memo extracts and groups requirements from the revisit of operator's requirements made in the last charter refinement work and 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. Discussion Venues The source of this draft and an issue tracker can be found at https://github.com/emile22/green-bof-req-collections About This Document This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC. The latest revision of this draft can be found at https://emile22.github.io/green-bof-req-collections/draft-stephan- green-bof-reqs-collections.html. 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Code Components extracted from this document must include Revised BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Revised BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Operator'requirements from charter-refinement document . . . 3 3. Requirements extracted from legacy-path . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4. Requirements from rfc6988bis-green draft Open Issues . . . . 7 5. Requirements extracted from sustainability-insights uses cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1. Introduction This memo extracts and groups requirements from the revisit of operator's requirements made in the last charter refinement work [charter-refinement] and 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 Stephan & Palmero Expires 28 February 2025 [Page 2] Internet-Draft Green BoF requirements collections August 2024 presented in [charter-refinement]. The tables below respect the format and the semantic of operators requirements table of [charter-refinement]. 2. Operator'requirements from [charter-refinement] document The table below is a copy of the operator'requirements table of [charter-refinement]. They are based on the inputs received from operators for the GREEN BoF [operators-inputs]. +================+=====================+===================+========+ | category | requirements | note |Priority| +================+=====================+===================+========+ | Observability | Component | Per component |1 | | | granularity, e.g., | measurement | | | | per line-card, | | | | | per-port | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Observability | Availability of | Related to |1 | | | information on the | connected device | | | | power consumption | case | | | | of the device, | | | | | without needing | | | | | instrumentation | | | | | connected to the | | | | | infrastructure | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Observability | Triggering of | Alarm |1?? | | | alarms when | notification | | | | consumption | | | | | deviate from a | | | | | nominal usage | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Observability | Improvement of | Standardized |1 | | | metering solutions | metering?? | | | | (finer | | | | | granularity, | | | | | control of the | | | | | energy efficiency | | | | | and saving, | | | | | interoperability, | | | | | exposure) | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Analysis | Common definition | Standard metric |1 | | | of energy | | | | | efficiency in | | | | | network devices/ | | | Stephan & Palmero Expires 28 February 2025 [Page 3] Internet-Draft Green BoF requirements collections August 2024 | | components | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Analysis | Common methodology | Standard |2 | | | of measurements | methodology | | | | for fair | | | | | comparison | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Analysis | How to provide | Time based, |2 ?? | | | accurate figures | location based | | | | (context of the | visualization | | | | measurement in | | | | | terms of time | | | | | period, location, | | | | | traffic, etc | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Analysis | Database for | Information |3 | | | decision in case | Correlation | | | | of large data | | | | | transfer | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Analysis | Ability of multi- | POI Use Case |3 | | | layer analysis | | | | | (e.g., IP plus | | | | | optical) | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Control& Mgmt | To have devices | Dynamic Energy |2 | | | with elastic power | Saving | | | | consumption | | | | | according to the | | | | | carried traffic | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Control& Mgmt | Support of | Network Level |2 | | | network-wide | Mgmt | | | | energy saving and | | | | | optimization | | | | | functions | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Control& Mgmt | Support of | Network Level |2 | | | network-wide | Mgmt | | | | control of energy | | | | | optimization APIs, | | | | | allowing external | | | | | applications to | | | | | optimize | | | | | consumption | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Control& Mgmt | Advanced sleep | Dynamic Energy |2 | | | mode, needing some | Saving | | Stephan & Palmero Expires 28 February 2025 [Page 4] Internet-Draft Green BoF requirements collections August 2024 | | sort of low power | | | | | mode when node is | | | | | lightly utilized | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Control& Mgmt | Ability to steer | Traffic |4 | | | traffic based on | Engineering | | | | power savings | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Control& Mgmt | Comparison of | Intent based |2 | | | decision vs | Concept | | | | optimal case | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Control& Mgmt | Synchronous query | Network Level |2 | | | support | Query | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Inventory | Inventory of power | Component & |1 | | Management | components (of | Device Level | | | | devices, racks, | | | | | etc) including | | | | | together | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Interaction | Inclusion of data | Data Center Case |3 | | with other | center networks in | | | | domain | the picture | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Interaction | Inclusion of data | Mobile Network |3 | | with other | center networks in | Case | | | domain | the picture | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Sustainability | Optimize the | More renewable |4 | | & Carbon | overall CO2 | energy | | | Emission | footprint (i.e., | | | | | energy mix based | | | | | on source type) | | | | | facilitating the | | | | | engineering of PoP | | | | | More renewable | | | | | energy | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Sustainability | Support GHG units | Measurement Units |4 | | & Carbon | | | | | Emission | | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Sustainability | Support Energy | More renewable |2 ?? | | & Carbon | units | energy | | | Emission | | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Sustainability | 4 | | | Stephan & Palmero Expires 28 February 2025 [Page 5] Internet-Draft Green BoF requirements collections August 2024 | & Carbon | | | | | EmissiCarbon, | | | | | renewable | | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Sustainability | Accounting of | Accounting Cost |4 | | & Carbon | legacy installed | | | | Emission | based GHG/energy | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ | Sustainability | Track device/ | Manufacturing, |4 | | & Carbon | network Energy | transport(weight, | | | Emission | Consumption Before | volume, package) | | | | Operation | | | +----------------+---------------------+-------------------+--------+ Table 1 3. 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 2 (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 Stephan & Palmero Expires 28 February 2025 [Page 6] Internet-Draft Green BoF requirements collections August 2024 4. 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 | | | | +---------------+-----------------+---------------------+----------+ | Observability | flexible | Standard metric | 2 | | | (future-proof) | | | | | description of | | | | | the nature of | | | | | the sources of | | | | | the energy used | | | +---------------+-----------------+---------------------+----------+ Table 3 5. Requirements extracted from [sustainability-insights] uses cases There are limited to energy consumption vs sustainability Stephan & Palmero Expires 28 February 2025 [Page 7] Internet-Draft Green BoF requirements collections August 2024 +===============+=======================+================+==========+ | 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 4 6. Security Considerations TODO Security Stephan & Palmero Expires 28 February 2025 [Page 8] Internet-Draft Green BoF requirements collections August 2024 7. IANA Considerations This document has no IANA actions. 8. Informative References [charter-refinement] "GREEN BOF Charter Refinement discussion", 20 August 2024, . [GREEN-BOF] "BOF proposal for GREEN WG Creation", 10 May 2024, . [legacy-path] "Requirements for Energy Efficiency Management", 21 July 2024, . [operators-inputs] "Input from Operators to GREEN BoF", 20 July 2024, . [rfc6988bis-green] "Requirements for Energy Efficiency Management, 11 years after the EMAN RFC6988", 21 July 2024, . [sustainability-insights] "Sustainability Insights", 7 May 2024, . Acknowledgments TODO acknowledge. Authors' Addresses Emile Stephan Orange France Email: emile.stephan@gmail.com Stephan & Palmero Expires 28 February 2025 [Page 9] Internet-Draft Green BoF requirements collections August 2024 Marisol Palmero Cisco Systems Email: mpalmero@cisco.com Stephan & Palmero Expires 28 February 2025 [Page 10]