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6 Monitoring

1 Scope

This Recommendation specifies the functional reference architecture of cloud computing according to
[ITU-T Y.3500], in accordance with the functional reference architecture of cloud computing that was defined
in [ITU-T Y.3502].

This Recommendation specifies parameters that should be monitored for the status identification of
resource, service and management within a cloud system.

The parameters specified in this Recommendation include:
– monitoring parameters of the resource layer;
– monitoring parameters of the service layer;
– monitoring parameters of the access layer.

2 References

The following ITU-T Recommendations and other references contain provisions which, through reference in
this text, constitute provisions of this Recommendation. At the time of publication, the editions indicated
were valid. All Recommendations and other references are subject to revision; users of this Recommendation
are therefore encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent edition of the
Recommendations and other references listed below. A list of the currently valid ITU-T Recommendations is
regularly published. The reference to a document within this Recommendation does not give it, as a stand-
alone document, the status of a Recommendation.
[ITU-T Y.3500] Recommendation ITU-T Y.3500 (2014) | ISO/IEC 17788:2014, Information
technology – Cloud computing – Overview and Vocabulary.
[ITU-T Y.3502] Recommendation ITU-T Y.3502 (2014) | ISO/IEC 17789:2014, Information
technology – Cloud computing – Reference architecture.

3 Definitions

3.1 Terms defined elsewhere
This Recommendation uses the following terms defined elsewhere:

3.1.1 cloud computing [ITU-T Y.3500]: Paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool
of shareable physical or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand.

3.1.2 cloud service [ITU-T Y.3500]: One or more capabilities offered via cloud computing invoked using a
defined interface.
3.1.3 cloud service provider [ITU-T Y.3500]: Party which makes cloud services available.

3.1.4 functional component [ITU-T Y.3502]: A functional building block needed to engage in an activity,
backed by an implementation.

3.1.5 product catalogue [ITU-T Y.3502]: A listing of all the cloud service products which cloud service
providers make available to cloud service customers.

3.2 Terms defined in this Recommendation

This Recommendation defines the following term:
3.2.1 cloud service user: Natural person or entity acting on their behalf, associated with a cloud service
customer that uses cloud services.
NOTE – This definition is paraphrased from clause 8.2.1.1 of [ITU-T Y.3502].

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