Re: [NGO] external module properties
"Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com> Mon, 28 April 2008 18:31 UTC
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Hi - > From: "David Harrington" <ietfdbh@comcast.net> > To: "'Andy Bierman'" <ietf@andybierman.com>; "'NETCONF Goes On'" <ngo@ietf.org> > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 11:27 AM > Subject: Re: [NGO] external module properties ... > It is important for an NMS to be able to tell which version of a data > model is supported by a managed element, so when it makes changes to a > configuration, it can make changes appropriate to the version > supported. > > On a side note, keep in mind that some managed elements may have > multiple components, such as blades in a chassis, and the versions > supported might differ, so a Netconf server might also need to know > which version to use to perform validation. ... This is a really important point to consider, and also a good reason why something like "agent-capabilities" from SMI is probably not the answer. There's a slightly different way of looking at the problem that might be helpful. One can introduce an abstraction I'll call a "compatibility class". Two things are members of a compatibility class if they both have all the characteristics of the compatibility class. This lets of treat each version of a class as distinct, and the compatibility class abstraction describes the extent to which instances of the different versions of a class may be managed in the same way. Due to the asymetry of manager and agent requirements for tolerating instance data from the "wrong" version, we might extend the notion just a bit further. Deliberately picking bad words, I'll call them the "loose" and the "fussy" version compatibility classes. The "loose" is merely the union of the characteristics of all the versions, and the "fussy" is the intersection. Over time, as more features are added or deprecated or obsoleted, exactly what each of these abstractions would entail will change. The ways in which they will change will be determined by what, if any, rules exist controlling what can be changed from one version to another of "the same" module. The point of all this to encourage a little thought about what it *really* means for instance data to correspond to various versions of "the same" specification. Randy _______________________________________________ NGO mailing list NGO@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ngo
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- Re: [NGO] external module properties Juergen Schoenwaelder
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Juergen Schoenwaelder
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Jon Saperia
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Ladislav Lhotka
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Juergen Schoenwaelder
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Wes Hardaker
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Balazs Lengyel
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Balazs Lengyel
- Re: [NGO] external module properties David Harrington
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Juergen Schoenwaelder
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Juergen Schoenwaelder
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Randy Presuhn
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Ladislav Lhotka
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Balazs Lengyel
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Wes Hardaker
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties David Harrington
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties David Harrington
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties David Harrington
- Re: [NGO] external module properties David Harrington
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Juergen Schoenwaelder
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Juergen Schoenwaelder
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Wes Hardaker
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Wes Hardaker
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Wes Hardaker
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Wes Hardaker
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties David Harrington
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Ladislav Lhotka
- Re: [NGO] external module properties David Harrington
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Wes Hardaker
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Wes Hardaker
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Ladislav Lhotka
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Randy Presuhn
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Randy Presuhn
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties David Harrington
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Juergen Schoenwaelder
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Juergen Schoenwaelder
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Juergen Schoenwaelder
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Juergen Schoenwaelder
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Wes Hardaker
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Wes Hardaker
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Randy Presuhn
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Randy Presuhn
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Randy Presuhn
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Andy Bierman
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Phil Shafer
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [NGO] external module properties Martin Bjorklund