Re: [Netconf] I-D Action:draft-ietf-netconf-system-notifications-03.txt

["Muthumayan Madhayyan (muthu)" <[e-mail]>]

Hi:

1. In netconf-config-change notification, there is a list element called
'edit'. Is that really meant to be a list ? Is so, what is the key for
this list ? Also where is the type instance-identifier defined (would
that be in ietf-netconf ?). I presume that the motivation for sending
this instance information is for the NMS to do a partial retrieval of
config ?

2. Seems like the netconf-session-start and netconf-session-end is
primarily meant to track netconf user sessions. The prefix
netconf-session-* and the use of netconf specific enumerations like
'bad-hello' etc. seems to suggest that. However, the session-id in
common-session-parms seems to suggest that this notification can be sent
for non-NETCONF sessions as well. If so, some of the enumerations for
termination-reason don't really make sense. Would it help to state that
non-NETCONF terminations would be tracked under 'other' enum ?

3. In the grouping changed-by-parms, one of the choice is 'server'. What
is the use case where server can initiate a configuration change without
user intervention ? 

Thanks,
- muthu


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This draft is a work item of the Network Configuration Working Group of
the IETF.


	Title           : Network Configuration Protocol System
Notifications
	Author(s)       : A. Bierman
	Filename        : draft-ietf-netconf-system-notifications-03.txt
	Pages           : 13
	Date            : 2011-03-08

The NETCONF protocol provides mechanisms to manipulate configuration
datastores.  However, client applications often need to be aware of
common NETCONF system events such as a change in NETCONF capabilities,
which may impact management applications.  Standard mechanisms are
needed to support the monitoring of the NETCONF system events within the
NETCONF server.  This document defines a YANG module which allows a
NETCONF client to receive notifications for some common events.

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