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Re: [eman] Read-Only or Read-Write EMAN MIBs

Bruce Nordman <bnordman@lbl.gov> Fri, 14 February 2014 08:07 UTC

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Subject: Re: [eman] Read-Only or Read-Write EMAN MIBs
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Since EMAN is to be used for any type of energy-using
device - a vastly larger set than network equipment - I
think it premature to rule out using SNMP for writing
data to devices.  I don't think this undermines the principle
of not doing so for purposes of general network management.

--Bruce


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Thomas Nadeau <tnadeau@lucidvision.com>wrote:

>
>         EMAN WG:
>
>         The EMAN WG currently has three MIBs that are WG drafts:
>
>         draft-ietf-eman-battery-mib-11
>         draft-ietf-eman-energy-aware-mib-14
>         draft-ietf-eman-energy-monitoring-mib-08
>
>         At present Benoit as AD, the Ops Directorate and MIB Doctors are
> preparing a statement to WGs that strongly recommends against MIBs with
> writable objects unless the working group has a strong consensus to do so.
> The current *draft* of the statement is listed here for your information:
>
> The OPS area recommends the use of NETCONF/YANG standards for
> configuration. IETF working groups are therefore encouraged to use
> the NETCONF/YANG standards for configuration, specifically in new
> charters. SNMP MIB modules modifying persistent configuration state
> should only be produced by working groups in cases of clear utility and
> overwhelming consensus to use SNMP write operations for configuration.
>
>         In an effort to head off any potential snafus during the IESG
> review
> of the three EMAN MIBs, I want to poll the WG for consensus on whether or
> not
> to make the current list of WG documents read-write or read-only. If there
> is
> not strong consensus to leave them read-write, Nevil and I will instruct
> the
> editors to edit the documents to remove writable objects.
>
>         Please post comments on this matter by Friday, February 14, 2014
> at 9AM EDT.
>
>
>         Tom
>         EMAN WG Co-Chair
>
>
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