简介：ManageabilityisanimportantfeatureofnextgenerationInternet;managementandmonitoringofIPv6-basednetworksareprovingabigchallenge.WhileleveragingcurrentIPv4-basedSNMPmanagementschemetoIPv6networks'managementneedisnecessary,itismoreurgenttocoinanewnetworkmanagementarchitecturetoaccommodatethescalabilityandextensibilityrequirementsofnextgenerationInternetmanagement.Thepaperproposesanovelnetworkmanagementarchitecture,IMN(InternetManagementNetwork),whichcreatesanoverlaynetworkofmanagementnodes.Whileeachmanagementnodecanperformmanagementtasksautonomouslyandindependently,itcanfinishmoresophisticatedmanagementtasksbycollaborativelyinvokingmanagementoperationsorsharinginformationprovidedbyothermanagementnodes.P2P-basedcommunicationservicesareintroducedinIMNtoenablesuchcollaboration.ThepaperpresentsaprototypingimplementationbasedontheWebservicerelatedtechnology,aswellassomeofthekeytechnologies,especiallysolutionstothoseissuesarisingfromthemanagementpracticeofCERNET2.ExperiencesofdeploymentofCERNET2operationandlessonslearnedfromthemanagementpracticearediscussed.