An SNMP Based Traffic Characterisation Paradigm for Green-Aware Networks
Kiran Voderhobli · Advances in systems analysis, software engineering, and high performance computing book series · 2015
This chapter describes a novel approach to study network patterns in a data centre with the aim of reducing power consumed. Cloud infrastructures rely on numerous networked devices in data-centers to provide virtualization and sharing of resources. Network traffic is one of the key contributors to power consumption. Numerous techniques to develop power-aware data-centers have been proposed in the recent years. Virtualization management is based on many critical decisions including work-load, utilization, location of physical resources etc. This chapter takes a unique network management angle to greening a data center. It describes how Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) has a great potential to characterize traffic which can then feed into decisions for management of virtualized entities.