Re: [Casm] I-D Action: draft-kumar-casm-requirements-and-framework-00.txt

[joel jaeggli <[e-mail]>]

On 2/7/17 7:40 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> This document describes evolution of IPAM into a
>> standardized interfaces for centralized management of IP addresses.
> 
>> CASM:   Centralized Address Space Management
> 
> Please delete 'centralized'. It isn't necessary (as mentioned in my
> previous message) and it has the effect of limiting the range of
> solutions that can be considered. I will consider the document as
> if this word does not appear...

Coordinated if you like.

> And in fact I like the draft. I simply observe that this part of the model:
> 
>         +---+------------+-------+-------+---------------+------+
>         |    Address Space Management (IPAM) System             |
>         |      +-----------+ +----------+ +--------+            |
>         |      | Pool      | |Address   | |Database|            |
>         |      | Management| |Management| |        |            |
>         |      +-----------+ +----------+ +--------+            |
>         |                                                       |
>         +-------------------------+-----------------------------+
> 
> *does not need to be centralized* except for two points: providing
> the initial pool to the distributed system, and providing policy
> intent to the distributed system.
> 
> And there's a draft describing a distributed solution, for a subset
> of the problem space:
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-anima-prefix-management-02
> I understand that it's too soon for this list to discuss solutions,
> but I really do want the distributed approach to be on the table, since
> this is one of the early use cases for the Anima WG.
> 
> Regards
>    Brian Carpenter
> 
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