Yes I support this being adopted as a WG I-D.

Tom Petch


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From: "Adrian Farrel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "tom.petch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "JP Vasseur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Cc: "Dan ((Dan)) Romascanu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Pce] WG Feed-back
requiredondraft-farrel-pce-manageability-requirements-02.txt


> Hi Tom,
>
> >I think that this draft should start from a broader perspective of what
> > management is before getting into what I see as the details, especially if
> > the
> > intent is to roll it out across other WG. I think that that is
> > particularly
> > important in PCE because of the specialised usage of the term management
> > that
> > may crop up (as in the individual ccamp I-D that was entitled
> > 'GMPLS Signaling Extensions for the Transfer of Ownership of Label
> > Switched
> > Paths Between the Management and Control Planes'
> > which is not a use of the word management that I expect many in the IETF -
> > but
> > not other SDOs - outside these working groups would recognise).
>
> Hmmm.
> I'm a bit disappointed if folks don't recognise the term Management Plane,
> but I believe you.
>
> Yes, I see no reason why a future revision of this I-D within the working
> group should not include a summary of FCAPS to set the context and explain
> why there are requirements.
>
> > I might use a model of management as made up of:-
> > Security, Accounting, Configuration, Fault, Performance;
> > of which, Security is already accounted for, Accounting is out of scope
> > and the
> > remaining detail items are structured under one of the other three.
> >
> > I am concerned that, without a paragraph or two of overview along these
> > lines,
> > the wood will be lost amongst the trees.
>
> I guess you should see this as iterating towards the right thing. We started
> with a baren plane with no trees. Now we have a lot of trees. You would like
> to be able to perform some taxonomy and dendritic analysis - fair enough. We
> will get there.
>
> But it sounds like you welcome the general principle, and that we can use
> this I-D as a basis for WG progress.
>
> Thanks,
> Adrian
>
>


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