NetGraph: An Intelligent Operated Digital Twin Platform for Data Center Networks
NetGraph:数据中心网络的智能操作数字双平台
NetGraph:データセンターネットワークのためのインテリジェント運用ディジタル双子プラットフォーム
NetGraph:데이터 센터 네트워크 의 스마트 조작 디지털 더 블 플랫폼
NetGraph: plataforma digital dual para el funcionamiento inteligente de la red de centros de datos
NetGraph: une plate - forme numérique double intelligente pour les réseaux de centres de données
NetGraph: цифровая двухплатформенная интеллектуальная операционная сеть центров данных
Hanshu Hong ¹, Qin Wu ¹, Feng Dong ¹, Wei Song ¹, Ronghua Sun ¹, Tao Han ¹, Cheng Zhou ², Hongwei Yang ²
¹ Huawei Technologies
华为技术有限公司
² China Mobile
中国移动
NAI'21: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2021 Workshop on Network-Application Integration, 23 August 2021
Abstract
This paper presents a digital twin platform towards automatic and intelligent management for data center networks: NetGraph. It builds a virtual image of the physical network, which comprises the entire network elements and simplifies the workflows of network service management. NetGraph redefines network operation (including maintenance) model by integrating four functional blocks: unified digital twin model management, automatic configuration deployment and translation, Inventory search, and network elements validation.
NetGraph has been deployed in Huawei's data center networks and served more than fifty thousand devices along with millions of network connectivity information (e.g., links and terminations points). Statistics in real network scenarios show that NetGraph has a wide coverage of network models and supports multiple functions.