Description of Process

Registration

Registration of PMP

• Send out "I exist."
• Send out "I have a certain capability."
• Send out "I require the following token."

Registration of Data Source

• Send out "I exist."
• Send out "I have a certain capability."
• Send out "I require the following token (or not)."

Request for Test

On-Demand Request for Test

• Determine PMP exists. (Not shown.)
• Ask Summary Service for capability.
• Summary Service forwards request to Capability Lister and forwards answer back to requestor.
• Ask Summary Service for test, passing in "authorization".
• Summary asks AA module for "authentication token".
• Summary passes request and token to appropriate Beacon on appropriate PMP.

Scheduled Request for Test

• Scheduler passes in "authorization", asks AA module for "authentication token". (Token may be long-lived.)
• Scheduler passes request for single test and token to appropriate Beacon on appropriate PMP.

Getting Test Data

Scheduling an Active Test

• Beacon determines if policy permits the requested test.
• Beacon determines when beacon-specific resources are available to run the test.
• Beacon checks with Meta-Resource Allocation Broker when system-specific resources are available to run the test.
• Meta-Resource Allocation Broker checks with second instantiation of Meta-Resource Broker when domain-specific resources are available to run the test.
• Beacon invokes tool.

Gathering Passive Test Data

Gathering Test Data

• Test data is written to local storage.
• "Pusher" is triggered to send data out to 1 or more sinks. (Data may pass through a data aggregator.)
• "Catcher" is triggered to catch data out of 1 or more sources.
• Data is written to local storage. (Data may pass through a data aggregator.)