Query..Pls help

Khan Amir-G20247 <amirkhan@MOTOROLA.COM> Mon, 25 July 2005 08:45 UTC

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From: Khan Amir-G20247 <amirkhan@MOTOROLA.COM>
Subject: Query..Pls help
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Hi


I'm having a query regarding OSPF MIB updates
"draft-ietf-ospf-mib-update-08.txt". In the current draft a new OSPF Host
Table object "ospfHostCfgAreaID" has been added this object is of
read-create type and is a updation to "ospfHostAreaID" which is now
read-only. 

I don't understand why was there a need to introduce a new object
"ospfHostCfgAreaID" when "ospfHostAreaID" already exist ? 

"ospfHostAreaID" was initially read-create only, it could have made to serve
the purpose as ospfHostCfgAreaID serves now, if it woud have been enhanced
to support the feature to configure the new area if  one doesn't exists. 

Besides this, we have to update the "ospfHostAreaID" object everytime with
"ospfHostCfgAreaID" object whenever its been configured by the user, which
is a good as updating "ospfHostAreaID" directly.

Pls revert back with your comments at the earliest.



Regards
Aamir Khan
Motorola India