Stitching Entity Resource Manager Sample Clauses

Stitching Entity Resource Manager. ‌ The Stitching Entity Resource Manager (SERM) is a component, developed from scratch in the context of the ▇▇▇▇▇ project, that participates in the inter island network provisioning. While the Transit Network Resource Manager (TNRM) activates the inter-island links the SERM is in charge of interconnecting the links (dynamically created by TNRM or statically by other network tools) with the local SDN island. In fact, this is ensured by the switching rules configuration (e.g. adding OpenFlow flows) on the switching device (Stitching Entity). The stitching concept has been introduced by the GENI (Global Environment for Network Innovations) initiative [11], the draG description can be found in the "GENI Network Stitching -- Overview" document [12]. The SERM, like other ▇▇▇▇▇ modules, offers a similar northbound GENIv3 API. The SERM allows an experi- ▇▇▇▇▇▇ to request, update and delete stitching resources (in fact the switching rules). This module also acts as an interface between the RO (Resource Orchestrator) and Stitching Entity (switching device), allowing to manage the latter.