On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:58:26PM +0100, Martin Bjorklund wrote:
> Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwael...@jacobs-university.de> wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:37:46PM +0100, Martin Bjorklund wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I need WG input on this issue. The question is how to handle
> > > 'serial-num', 'mfg-name', and 'model-name'. I think they should all
> > > be treated the same. Based on previous WG discussion (see e.g. the
> > > mail thread "draft-ietf-netmod-entity issue #13"), I think they should
> > > all be configurable, but the configured value is only used in
> > > operational state if the system cannot read it from the hardware.
> > >
> > > So I suggest the following changes:
> > >
> > > OLD:
> > >
> > > leaf serial-num {
> > > type string;
> > > config false;
> > > description
> > > "The vendor-specific serial number string for the
> > > component. The preferred value is the serial number
> > > string actually printed on the component itself (if
> > > present).";
> > > reference "RFC 6933: entPhysicalSerialNum";
> > > }
> > >
> > > NEW:
> > >
> > > leaf serial-num {
> > > type string;
> > > description
> > > "The vendor-specific serial number string for the
> > > component. The preferred value is the serial number
> > > string actually printed on the component itself (if
> > > present).
> >
> > The last sentence is not useful since nobody knows what 'preferred'
> > value means. So remove it.
>
> This text comes from RFC 6933. Do you really think it is not clear
> what the intention is?
I guess I read too fast. No, the sentence is fine. My comment was wrong.
[...]
> Agreed. So we'd have a single paragraph:
>
> This leaf can be configured. The configured value is used only if
> the server cannot determine the vendor-specific serial number from
> the component itself.
Yes, I think this covers it.
/js
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