Re: [irs-discuss] if-map example

And this can be extended to apply more than L3VPN...

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Pedro Roque Marques <
pedro.r.marques@gmail.com> wrote:

> As an additional example, the following document describes a schema that
> can be used to provision a VPN (which is implemented by many PEs as
> individual VRFs).
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-marques-l3vpn-schema
>
> The document is still in its early stages.
>
> The problems that can be solved by such a schema is to be able to, for
> instance:
> 1) Query the MAP database for all PEs where a specific VPN is present.
> 2) Ensure that the VRFs associated with a specific VPN consistently
> implement the same policy.
>
> These are both examples of functionality that spans the network rather
> than be localized to a specific router/switch/appliance.
>
>
> On Aug 2, 2012, at 2:32 PM, Ping Pan wrote:
>
> After playing around with a bunch of other schemes, this indeed is one of
> the better ones to use as the base.
>
> Ping
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Pedro Roque Marques <
> pedro.r.marques@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As i pointed out in the RT area meeting, i believe that IF-MAP is a
>> successful example of what can be achieved by network-wide schemas (vs
>> network element schemas).
>>
>> The current spec is at:
>>
>> http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/files/resource_files/2888CAD9-1A4B-B294-D0ED95712B121FEF/TNC_IFMAP_v2_1r15.pdf
>>
>> if-map.org has lots of material on the use cases.
>>
>> As per my comment on the mic, i'd like to encourage the IRS to focus on
>> data schemas that describe network state.
>>
>> thank you,
>>   Pedro.
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