Re: [i2rs] Kathleen Moriarty's No Objection on draft-ietf-i2rs-yang-l3-topology-08: (with COMMENT)

Robert Varga <nite@hq.sk> Mon, 23 January 2017 21:10 UTC

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Subject: Re: [i2rs] Kathleen Moriarty's No Objection on draft-ietf-i2rs-yang-l3-topology-08: (with COMMENT)
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On 01/23/2017 09:26 PM, Martin Bjorklund wrote:
>> I'm pulling your questions to the top of this email. 
>>
>>  
>>
>> Question 1: Ok.  Just to make sure I understand this correctly - these
>> topology models are intended to be I2RS-specific, and they cannot be used
>> for any other purpose.  If anyone needs a general topology model outside of
>> the I2RS protocol, they will have to design their own model.  Is this
>> correct?
>>
>>  
>>
>> Response 1:  Not really.  
> Ok, so are you saying that the models are in fact generic, and can be
> used outside of I2RS?  I.e., they *can* be used with the normal
> configuration datastores?
> 

From implementation experience, yes, they can be used for storing
configuration. OpenDaylight uses (an ancient predecessor of)
yang-network-topo to store configure details about devices in its
managed networks.

Regards,
Robert