Re: [i2rs] [yang-doctors] draft-ietf-i2rs-yang-l2-network-topology

["Reshad Rahman (rrahman)" <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

So sys-mac-address is supposed to be the MAC address of the mgmt port, i.e. the device would respond to an ARP request for management-address with sys-mac-address? I think use of term system might be a bit misleading if that’s the case, mgmt-mac-address might be better.

Also, it is odd to have an IP address in an L2 grouping.

Disclaimer: not familiar with that draft at all, just took a look at the L2 grouping.

Regards,
Reshad.

From: yang-doctors <[e-mail]> on behalf of Susan Hares <[e-mail]>
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 11:12 AM
To: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>, "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Cc: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>, 'Benjamin Kaduk' <[e-mail]>
Subject: [yang-doctors] draft-ietf-i2rs-yang-l2-network-topology

The following question was asked by Ben Kaduk during IESG review of the following document:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-i2rs-yang-l2-network-topology/


     grouping l2-node-attributes {

         [...]

         leaf sys-mac-address {

           type yang:mac-address;

           description

             "System MAC address.";

         }

If there are more than 1 system mac address in a switch, how would this model handle it.

My understanding is that most switches have 1 system mac address for network management.  Therefore, the L2 topology model supports one.

Question for Yang Doctors:

1) Is this the normal assumption for yang models?
2) If not, what is the normal assumption on system mac addresses?

3) Am I correct that switches with more than 1 system MAC will augment their basic yang model with the second system MAC Address.

Thank you, Susan Hares