Re: [netmod] comments on revised-datastores-00

Ladislav Lhotka <lhotka@nic.cz> Thu, 17 November 2016 08:22 UTC

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> On 17 Nov 2016, at 17:03, Phil Shafer <phil@juniper.net> wrote:
> 
> Ladislav Lhotka writes:
>> So let's say we have a list with min-elements = 1 (such as the list of RIBs), and there 
>> is already one entry provided by the system. what has to be done in order to make <inten
>> ded> valid? Should the system-controlled entry permeate up to <intended>?
> 
> We should update the draft to make it clear to allow system-controlled
> data to appear as part of the template/expansion activity so that
> such data can be referred to from the running config.  For example,
> a static route could have a next-hop of a system-defined lo0.  Not
> that this is a good idea, but...

I agree, this is often needed for system-controlled instances (default RIB is another use case), and so far the only option was to put a dummy entry into the configuration manually.

Lada 

> 
> Thanks,
> Phil

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