Re: [6lo] Opsdir last call review of draft-ietf-6lo-plc-05

[Dan Romascanu <[e-mail]>]

Hi Remy,

Thank you for your response and for addressing my concerns. This makes
sense to me. It would be good to catch this in a short section or
subsection of the document ('Operations and Manageability Considerations'
is a possible title).

Regards,

Dan


On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 5:53 AM Liubing (Remy) <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> Hello Dan,
>
> Thank you very much for your comments. Please see my response below.
>
> Best regards,
> Remy
>
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> 主题: Opsdir last call review of draft-ietf-6lo-plc-05
>
> Reviewer: Dan Romascanu
> Review result: Has Issues
>
> This document describes how IPv6 packets are transported over constrained
> Power Line Communication (PLC) networks. It is a clear and well-written
> document and its content is relevant for all operators that will have such
> networks under their administration. I have however one concern that I
> would suggest the OPS AD to clarify before approving this document. There
> is no mention in the document of the operational and manageability aspects.
> How will these networks be managed, monitored, troubleshooted?  Which
> existing OAM protocols and procedures apply and will extensions be needed?
> Are there / will there be any new new interface types ("ifType" values)
> required as per RFC 8892? Maybe other documents exist in the IEEE or ITU-T
> that document these aspects - if so it would be useful to reference them.
> If other documents are in planning in the IETF on this respect - please
> clarify.
>
> [Remy]That's a very good question. The constrained PLC networks are not
> managed in the same way as the enterprise network or carrier network. The
> constrained PLC networks as the other IoT networks, are designed to be
> self-organized and self-managed. The software or firmware is flushed into
> the devices before deployment by the vendor or operator. And during the
> deployment process, no extra configuration is needed to get the device
> connected to each other. Once a device becomes offline, it will go back to
> the bootstrapping stage and tries to rejoin the network. The onboard status
> of the devices and the topology of the PLC network can be visualized via
> the gateway. The recently-formed iotops WG in IETF is aming to design more
> features for  the management of IOT networks.
>