Re: [Rtg-yang-coord] [i2rs] Fwd: [netmod] Opstate solutions discussions: update and request for WG input

Martin: 

I agree [4] and [5] provide possible architectures that ephemeral could fit
into as part of choice [B].  

Sue 
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Subject: Re: [i2rs] [Rtg-yang-coord] Fwd: [netmod] Opstate solutions
discussions: update and request for WG input

Hi Sue,

"Susan Hares" <shares@ndzh.com> wrote:
> In [4], the author states: 
> 
>    "o  The model foresees ephemeral datastores that are by definition not
>       part of the persistent configuration of a device.  These ephemeral
>       datastores are considered to interact with the rest of the system
>       like any other control-plane mechanisms (e.g., routing protocols,
>       discovery protocols).  [XXX Note that this is different from what
>       is described in some of the I2RS documents.  XXX]"

[...]

> Therefore, the result of I2RS WG spending 2 years writing requirements 
> for the ephemeral data store that both option 2 documents "do not  
> match" the I2RS ephemeral requirements set.  [4] lumps ephemeral with 
> operational state.

I don't think this last sentence is correct.  Admittedly, the details about
ephemeral in [4] are not worked out (by design).  But the idea was not to
"lump ephemeral and operational state".  The idea was rather that the
content of ephemeral datastore(s) would interact with the applied config to
produce the resulting operational state.

If the WG agrees that B is the right way to go, we'll need to work out all
the details about how the ephemeral datastore(s) work.

The main point is that [4] (and [5]) provides an architecture into which
ephemeral datastores can fit.

/martin

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