Re: [mpls] Review for WG Adoption of draft-vkst-mpls-tp-oam-id-mib-02.txt
Venkatesan Mahalingam <venkat.mahalingams@gmail.com> Sun, 03 June 2012 04:13 UTC
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Subject: Re: [mpls] Review for WG Adoption of draft-vkst-mpls-tp-oam-id-mib-02.txt
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Loa, > Could you please update and republish. Sure. We will address Joan's comments and republish the draft soon. Thanks, Venkat. On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Loa Andersson <loa@pi.nu> wrote: > Authors, > > The review by Joan was part of the MPLS RT review prior to polling the > document to become a working group. > > Though updating the draft prior to the poll is strictly not necessary > to start the poll. However I would strongly prefer to poll an updated > document. > > Could you please update and republish. > > /Loa > (as wg chair) > > > On 2012-05-23 23:16, Thomas Nadeau wrote: >> >> >> Hi Joan! >> >> Thanks for the review. Comments inline start with TOM: >> >> On 5/23/12 11:30 AM, "Joan Cucchiara"<jcucchiara@mindspring.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello Authors, >>> >>> Thank you for proposing this solution. >>> Please see my notes below. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> -Joan >>> >>> 1) Coherency of document: >>> A) Is document useful and likely to be used/useful in operational >>> networks? >>> >>> This document contains a MIB Module with 2 tables. The tables allow >>> creation of >>> TP IDs of MPLS LSPs and Pseudowires. Also a pointer to rows in >>> other MIBs Modules., i.e. to an MPLS Tunnel in the MPLS-TE-STD-MIB >>> (RFC3012) >>> or >>> pseudowire in the PWE-STD-MIB (RFC5601). Since many vendors and >>> operators >>> support the MPLS-TE-STD-MIB and PW-STD-MIB, then one could agree with the >>> authors that the architecture of this MIB is a viable approach. >>> >>> In other words, the authors are leveraging off of existing MIB >>> implementations. >>> They are doing this in a way which adheres to the rules of SMIv2 and I do >>> think that the MIB is likely to be used/useful in operational networks. >>> >>> >>> B) Is document technically sound? >>> >>> From a MIB perspective, no: >>> >>> I) Many objects are of type "DisplayString" which is used >>> in SMIv1 but not in SMIv2. >>> >>> As the MIB Common TC doc specifies: >>> >>> https://svn.tools.ietf.org/area/ops/trac/wiki/mib-common-tcs >>> >>> >>> "Note 2. DisplayString does not support internationalized text. >>> It MUST NOT be used for objects that are required to >>> hold internationalized text (which is always the case >>> if the object is intended for use by humans [RFC2277]). >>> Designers SHOULD consider using SnmpAdminString, >>> Utf8String, or LongUtf8String for such objects." >>> >>> II) The term "Trap" is used in both the document and the MIB. >>> This needs to be replaced by the term "Notification". Traps a mechanism >>> in SNMPv1. Please see RFC3584. >> >> >> TOM: Ooops! We will fix this. >> >>> 2) Is document ready for WG adoption? >>> >>> I would ask that changes to remove DisplayString and use a TC which >>> supports internationalization be done, and the term Trap removed >>> prior to WG adoption for reasons stated above. >>> >>> This request should only take a few minutes of editing, but will bring >>> the >>> document upto SMIv2. >> >> >> TOM: Agree. There is no big issue fixing this. We will need to re-spin the >> draft in a WG-approved format anyways, so we can fix this during those >> edits. >> >>> >>> Additionally, a few comments (mostly as fyi): >>> >>> I) this MIB contains configuration (read-create) objects. >>> >>> II) the document proposes to root the MIB under mplsStdMIB which was >>> the convention for the set of MPLS MIBs in 2004 but guidelines have >>> changed since then. >>> >>> III) The use of the accessible-for-notify and imports of >>> IFMIB tables do not seem necessary in the MIB's current state. >>> As the MIB is updated, this should be removed or clarified. >> >> >> TOM: Cool. >> >> --Tom >> >>> >>> >> > > -- > > > Loa Andersson email: loa.andersson@ericsson.com > Sr Strategy and Standards Manager loa@pi.nu > Ericsson Inc phone: +46 10 717 52 13 > +46 767 72 92 13
- [mpls] Review for WG Adoption of draft-vkst-mpls-… Joan Cucchiara
- Re: [mpls] Review for WG Adoption of draft-vkst-m… Thomas Nadeau
- Re: [mpls] Review for WG Adoption of draft-vkst-m… Loa Andersson
- Re: [mpls] Review for WG Adoption of draft-vkst-m… Venkatesan Mahalingam
- Re: [mpls] Review for WG Adoption of draft-vkst-m… Thomas Nadeau