Re: [Fwd: Pls post this to forces WG list.]
Robert Haas <rha@zurich.ibm.com> Mon, 08 September 2008 17:44 UTC
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Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:44:57 +0200
From: Robert Haas <rha@zurich.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Pls post this to forces WG list.]
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Bert, Indeed, I refrained as I saw that the use of ZeroBasedCounter32 was often discouraged ... But in the ForCES MIB, when the ForCES association comes up, a table row is created, and when the association goes down, the table row is destroyed. So it would be more natural if the counters in that row were zero-based (zeroed upon creation of the table row) instead of starting at a random value. If you say it's an acceptable use case then I'll change to ZeroBasedCounter32. Note that an association is identified by its index which is the concatenation of the FEID and CEID forming the association. So a new association coming up between the same FEID and CEID would appear with the same index as a previous association that went down. Would this be considered a discontinuity as the counters appear to be reset ? Apart from that, what else would cause a discontinuity ? I'd use the text from page 32 in http://www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/FILES/Reference/snmp%20counters.pdf to address this. Thanks, -Robert From: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@znyx.com> To: FORCES@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM Date: 09/08/2008 03:07 PM Subject: [Fwd: Pls post this to forces WG list.] Bert, Forwarded to Robert and Forces list (sorry couldnt figure how to let the allow you to post without subscribing you) cheers, jamal ----- Message from "Bert Wijnen \(IETF\)" <bertietf@bwijnen.net> on Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:17:42 +0200 ----- To: dro@zurich.ibm.com, hadi@znyx.com Subject: Pls post this to forces WG list. I am not on the list and do not want to subscribe either. So my posting got bounced. Pls forward or post it for me. So if people want to comment/respond, they should explicitly copy me. Bert Wijnen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bert Wijnen (IETF)" <bertietf@bwijnen.net> To: <ietf@ietf.org> Cc: <forces@peach.ease.lsoft.com> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:54 AM Subject: Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-forces-mib (ForCES MIB) to ProposedStandard >I sort of wonder if the Counter32 is the proper datatype for some > of the counters. They sound more like ZeroBasedCounter32 to me. > > Further I do not see any text regarding possible discontinuities. > > Bert Wijnen >
- Re: [Fwd: Pls post this to forces WG list.] Robert Haas
- [Fwd: Pls post this to forces WG list.] Patrick Droz
- Re: [Fwd: Pls post this to forces WG list.] Robert Haas
- Re: [Fwd: Pls post this to forces WG list.] Robert Haas
- [Fwd: Pls post this to forces WG list.] Jamal Hadi Salim