Dan:
This is response to the email:
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/i2nsf/current/msg00233.html
I think that this group needs to dig a bit deeper to compare the MIDCOM
architecture, protocol requirements, and protocol primitives to determine
how vNSF based on the ETSI document.
Tom:
I'm catching up with emails after a few days of I2RS interims and design
teams - so I apologize if this comes out of sequence.
LIME has a solid basis in looking at generic OAM modules. I would not like
to see the generic OAM work of LIME defocused by defining the vNSF
functions. The two
Linda,
I understand now your question (based on reading I2NSF emails).
I2RS has two elements, agent and client and I2RS agent is sitting on the
network device and exposes north bound interface to the I2RS client. How I2RS
agent communicates to the device is not specified. This is up to the