Re: opstat model questions

[Alex Bochannek <[e-mail]>]

OK, hypothetical example: I have a FDDI ring as a backbone which is
shared between support organizations and we need to exchange
statistics. Now I split my half off and make it ATM while connecting
to their FDDI half through a router. I swap all the FDDI cards in my
routers to ATM cards and have effectively created a new backbone which
supersedes the old backbone.

Question: Does the linkname for the routers the stay the same?

> >I believe the example was to move one connection between physical
> >interfaces, e.g., you move a link from serial 0 to serial 1. In this
> >case the configuration of the link stays the same but the interface
> >index changes. One thing I'd like to point out though is that your
> >polling destination also changes and this might warrant some sort of
> >indication in the database. Just a thought.
> 
> There's no question that the polling destination needs to be stored in
> a database kept by the polling agent, but that's a question of server 
> implementation and not presentation format. 
> 
> There are many technical details which servers will have to keep track
> of: interface numbers, IP addresses, et cetera; these shouldn't really be
> specified in the RFC.
> 
> elliot

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