WP6 PHASE NUMBER
Phase 1
Motivations
Open Source support and coherent joint software development is a very important initiative for ensuring strong integration, network survivability and transfer of technology developed within the network. In the management community, many Open Source components have been produced over the years, some of them being widely used today for several purposes. Recent evolutions in management and networking technologies however did slow the use of these very valuable software components and the rhythm of new productions has decreased drastically. Today, there is a need to support the Open Source initiatives in the area of management to foster again their use and acceptance on large scale.
Objectives
The goal of this work package is to run the tasks related to these Open Source and Joint Software Development related activities. Its objectives are:
- Promote the use of open source software for device, network and service management purpose
- Extend the visibility and services of internal brewed open source software
Tasks
- T6.1: Open Source observatory and inventory This task will maintain and extend the database of open source software identified on the Internet as useful for the management community. Extensions will include support for user annotations, the elaboration of a new common software classification for the management community, and references to packaged solutions as defined and elaborated in T6.2.
- T6.2: Open Source packaging and tutoring This task will work on proper packaging of open source management software. Installing and configuring open source components in the management domain is often quite complex and prevents people from using them. T6.2 will work on elaborating management packages which ease the installation and configuration of such software. Especially solutions providing fully configured virtual machines images (VMWare, Xen, Parallels, …) containing all management software required for a given task will be investigated. Along with the distribution, the elaboration of such packages will also include tutoring material such that the users (or students during lab sessions) get all the necessary information and data to focus on the actual management function rather than on the installation of the tool itself.
- T6.3: Software development coordination This task will continue the efforts undertaken in phase I towards the development of state of the art open source components for the device network and service management community. It will consist in a 3 times 6 months selection phase followed by continuous monitoring and evaluation of progress made in the supported initiatives.The work-package will be organized as follows. Each supported development will be funded on a 3 to 9 months activity-basis following a selection process on open-calls. Reporting by the selected projects will be done internally every 3 months with a full reporting at the end of each 6 months period. These reports will be presented by the selected activities at each 6 month meeting.
Partners
The following EMANICS partners are involved in this work package:
Deliverables
The deliverables produced by this workpackage can be found in the 'Documents' section of the EMANICS web site.
Phase 2
Objectives
The goal of this work-package is to
pursue and extend the tasks related to open source related activities. In the first phase of
the project, the effort was put on (1) establishing inventories of open source software for device,
network, and service management and (2) fostering the development and distribution of
EMANICS-born open source software.
The objectives of the second phase
are :
• Pursue the promotion and
foster the usability of open source software for device, network and service management,
• Extend the visibility and
services of internal-brewed open source software.
Description of work
T6.1: Open Source observatory and
inventory
This task will maintain and extend
the database of open source software identified on the Internet as useful for the
management community. Extensions will include support for user annotations, the elaboration of a
new common software classification for the management community, and references to
packaged solutions as defined and elaborated in T6.2.
T6.2: Open Source packaging and
tutoring
This task will work on proper
packaging of open source management software. Installing and configuring open source components
in the management domain is often quite complex and prevents people from using them.
T6.2 will work on elaborating management packages which ease the installation and
configuration of such software. Especially solutions providing fully configured virtual machines images
(VMWare, Xen, Parallels, …) containing all management software required for a given task
will be investigated. Along with the distribution, the elaboration of such packages will also include
tutoring material such that the users (or students during lab sessions) get all the necessary
information and data to focus on the actual management function rather than on the
installation of the tool itself.
T6.3: Software development
coordination
This task will continue the efforts
undertaken in phase I towards the development of state of the art open source components for the
device network and service management community. It will consist in a 3 times 6 months
selection phase followed by continuous monitoring and evaluation of progress made in the supported
initiatives.
The work-package will be organized
as follows. Each supported development will be funded on a 3 to 9 months activity-basis
following a selection process on open-calls. Reporting by the selected projects will be done
internally every 3 months with a full reporting at the end of each 6 months period. These reports will be
presented by the selected activities at each 6 month meeting.
Partners
The following EMANICS partners are involved in this work package:
Deliverables
The deliverables produced by this workpackage can be found in the 'Documents' section of the EMANICS web site.
