> On 08 Jan 2016, at 14:17, Martin Bjorklund <m...@tail-f.com> wrote:
> 
> Ladislav Lhotka <lho...@nic.cz> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 08 Jan 2016, at 13:53, Martin Bjorklund <m...@tail-f.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ladislav Lhotka <lho...@nic.cz> wrote:
>>>> Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwael...@jacobs-university.de> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 05:24:45PM +0000, Robert Wilton wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Juergen,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 07/01/2016 16:05, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 06:18:46PM +0000, Kent Watsen wrote:
>>>>>>>> It’s true that the draft is largely centered around the 
>>>>>>>> intended/applied config notion, but not exclusively.  Specifically,
>>>>>>>> 4-B
>>>>>>>> has "Ability to map intended config nodes to associated derived state 
>>>>>>>> nodes".  I think that this might be the only exclusion though and, if
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> weren’t for it I would’ve used your title suggestion from the LC 
>>>>>>>> review.  Should one requirement have such influence over the title is
>>>>>>>> the question.  I was trying to be fair to it, but maybe it's going too
>>>>>>>> far.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Regarding visibility and control, I was attempting to use common words
>>>>>>>> (not normative terms) here.  My intent for them is something along the
>>>>>>>> lines of:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>        visibility: read/understand
>>>>>>>>        control: write/orchestrate
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> We do not write operational state. I have no clue how 'orchestrate'
>>>>>>> helps me either. What is wrong with using defined terminology in
>>>>>>> a title?
>>>>>> I don't think that using defined terminology is a problem.  But I also
>>>>>> think that the title that you have suggested seems to suggest a
>>>>>> narrower
>>>>>> scope that what the requirements articulate.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In particular, the draft places requirements relating the
>>>>>> configuration
>>>>>> to the derived state (I.e. Req 4B).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It also places further requirements on how management protocols are 
>>>>>> expected to handle synchronous and asynchronous config edit requests. 
>>>>>> (E.g. Req 2 A, B, C and associated definitions).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Note that synchronous and asynchronous are defined in terms of
>>>>> intended / applied configuration.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't have a particular problem with the current title, but if you 
>>>>>> don't like visibility/control, then perhaps "Terminology and 
>>>>>> Requirements for Enhanced Handling of Operational State"?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Better but I still think this proposal is too broad given the content
>>>>> of the document. I still believe my proposal is right to the point.
>>>> 
>>>> +1
>>>> 
>>>> The draft talks about introducing applied configuration and its
>>>> relationship to state data and intended configuration (which, I
>>>> believe,
>>>> is the good old "running"). I don't see any enhanced handling of
>>>> operational state.
>>> 
>>> Well, the applied config is part of the operational state, and there
>> 
>> According to 6020bis, state data are tagged with "config false" in
>> YANG modules. I don't think it is going to be the case of applied
>> configuration.
> 
> Right; but this term "state data" is more like the new term "derived
> state" (which I think is a bit unfortunate - derived from what?)

For me, operational state exists independently of management interfaces, 
applied configuration doesn't - it is an artefact.

Lada

> 
> 
> /martin

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