View MODAF:SV-2c System Connectivity Clusters View
Overview
The SV-2c System Connectivity Clusters View is part of the MODAF System Viewpoint and one of the 47 MODAF views*.
Version & Date
Version 1.2.004.
+ = new at 1.2.004
The change history is derived from the definition of each MODAF view within the The MODAF System Viewpoint
viewpoint defining document from www.mod.uk/modaf.
Purpose*
From The MODAF System Viewpoint (SV)
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An SV-2c System Connectivity Clusters view defines how individual connections between system ports are grouped when the systems share common parent resources.
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Background
From The MODAF System Viewpoint (SV)
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An SV-2c product serves to define the connectivity requirements between resources which host one or more systems. Typically the hosting resource will be a physical asset, although it could also be an organisational resource.
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Description
From The MODAF System Viewpoint (SV)
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An SV-2c defines the connectivity requirements between resources and may be used for estimating requirements for physical routing and bandwidth, as well as defining the physical architecture within a system or system of systems. An SV-2c view is particularly useful when planning physical connections and routings between physical assets.
The SV-2c is intended to aid analysis of the connectivity between systems that are hosted separately. In particular it is a useful way of highlighting redundancy issues that is, showing when too many or too few connections are used. This could indicate opportunities for cost savings from using a common network, or that there may be a need for redundancy to increase reliability.
An SV-2c view consists of a diagram for each connection between assets and shall show:
- The hosting resources and their systems (this should be a simple 2-level decomposition).
- The system-to-system connections that run between.
- Which ports are used in which system-to-system connections.
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Data Objects
From The MODAF System Viewpoint (SV)
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The data in an SV-2c can include:
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Note that the diagram shows that the following can also be shown in the SV-2c:
Note: Port Connection is incorrect as this was renamed at 1.2.004 to Resource Port Connector.
Presentation
From The MODAF System Viewpoint (SV)
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- Topological (connected shapes)
- UML composite structure diagram
Configuration History
Comments
Care is needed - the other forms of SV-2 only allow resource interactions between systems to be described and characterised. At MODAF 1.2.004 any Resource can have a Resource Port. The SV-2c seems to allow Organisational Resource even though it only specifies System as a Resource in the Data Objects. Clearer / more explicit definition is needed with respect to how this aligns with the SV-2a and SV-2b which don’t include Organisational Resource.
Description isn’t consistent with simplified metamodel - Software and Software Port missing from data objects
References
- The MODAF System Viewpoint (OV). 26th April 2010. https://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/CorporatePublications/InformationManagement/MODAF/TheSystemViewpointsv.htm
Other Frameworks
See also:
- NAF::NSV-2c System Connectivity Clusters Subview
- TRAK::SV-02 Solution Resource Interaction View - used to describe port connections between any Resource (TRAK::System, TRAK::Software, TRAK::Physical, TRAK::Organisation, TRAK::Job, TRAK::Role)
Category:Framework -> View
Category:MODAF -> View
Category:Solution