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Re: [netmod] AD review of draft-ietf-netmod-system-mgmt

Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> Mon, 16 December 2013 09:42 UTC

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From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>
To: Ladislav Lhotka <lhotka@nic.cz>
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On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 02:19:14PM +0100, Ladislav Lhotka wrote:
> 
> > Aha, so this is an alternative where an implementation MAY map, and if
> > it maps, it MUST (?) use some vendor-specific translation, and it MUST
> > record this in the read-only variable mib-sys-location.
> 
> Yup.
> 
> > 
> > If this is what you meant, I still don't think the read-only variable
> > is necessary.  The value is available over SNMP.
> 
> Right, but performing the mapping *and* recording the result is probably the maximum of what a NETCONF server can be expected to do, unless we restrict the “location” value to a DisplayString. Of course, the mib-sys-location leaf can be only optional, either feature-dependent or defined in a separate module. I am assuming it can be useful to be able to learn the mapped value without going to SNMP.
> 

RFC 6643 gives you already read-only access to MIB objects.

/js

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