Re: draft-ietf-atommib-perfhistTC-00.txt

Kaj Tesink <kaj@cc.bellcore.com> Mon, 29 April 1996 23:13 UTC

Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 19:00:58 -0400
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To: "C. M. Heard/VVNET, Inc." <heard@vvnet.com>, atommib@thumper.bellcore.com, trunk-mib@cisco.com
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From: Kaj Tesink <kaj@cc.bellcore.com>
Subject: Re: draft-ietf-atommib-perfhistTC-00.txt

At 01:19 PM 4/29/96 -0700, C. M. Heard/VVNET, Inc. wrote:
>The current performance history I-D states that
>
>>              -- Use of these TCs assumes the following:
>>      [ ... ]
>>              -- 0  The agent will keep the following objects per
>>              --    interface:
>>              --
>>              -- xyzTimeElapsed OBJECT-TYPE
>>              --       SYNTAX  INTEGER (0..899)
>>              --       STATUS  current
>>              --       DESCRIPTION
>>              --       "The number of seconds that have elapsed since
>>              --       the beginning of the current error-measurement
>>              --       period."
>>              --       ::= { xxx }
>
>But in the SONET MIB xyzTimeElapsed is in the range 1..900 and has a
>description clause which reads "The number of seconds, including partial
>seconds, that have elapsed since the beginning of the current
>error-measurement period."  This is different from the other trunk MIBs
>but is not being changed to align with them because such a change would
>deprecate most of the SONET MIB (for no good reason).
>
>Shouldn't the commentary in the I-D be updated to acknowledge this practice?

i guess we should point this out somewhere.

thanks,

Kaj

>
>Mike
>--
>C. M. Heard
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>
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Re: draft-ietf-atommib-perfhistTC-00.txt C. M. Heard/VVNET, Inc.
Re: draft-ietf-atommib-perfhistTC-00.txt Kaj Tesink