Re: [i2rs] I2RS topology is generic?

Benoit Claise <bclaise@cisco.com> Wed, 04 March 2015 22:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: [i2rs] I2RS topology is generic?
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Thank you Alia.

Regards, Benoit
> Hi Benoit,
>
> Yes, as is clearly articulated in the draft,it is a generic topology 
> into which all other topology-related work should
> plug.
>
> I2RS and Alex are very happy to hear comments and reviews of that draft.
>
> Regards,
> Alia
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Benoit Claise <bclaise@cisco.com 
> <mailto:bclaise@cisco.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Alia,
>
>     I would need your guidance. On my side, I'm trying to help the
>     SUPA people with the scope of their work.
>
>     During a SUPA call during which Sue explained the I2RS work
>     (thanks again Sue), she answered a key question: any topology work
>     should be based on the I2RS topology draft
>     (draft-clemm-i2rs-yang-network-topo draft). This draft was called
>     the generic topology model draft.
>
>     Discussing further with the SUPA BoF chairs, it was observed that
>     the I2RS charter doesn't mention it's a generic topology model. So
>     please let us know what your intention is. Is this L3 topology a
>     generic one, into which all others topology-related work should plug?
>
>     The SUPA requirement is a way to express topology at several
>     layers of abstraction (granularity).
>
>     Regards, Benoit
>
>
>