Re: [Adslmib] Influence of BBF TR-165 on the draft-ietf-adslmib-vdsl2

[Scott Baillie <scott.baillie at nec.com.au>]

Hi Markus,

Thanks,
I appreciate your offer and we will take you up on that !!

As for when the RFC will be published, as soon as possible
but check with Menachem for details.

Regards,

Scott.

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 17:30 +0200, Markus.Freudenberger at t-systems.com
wrote:
> Hello Scott,
> 
> I can help you if you have specific questions regarding TR-165 as I was one of the contributors to the document at the Broadband Forum.
> I would appreciate if the working group can decide to spend the effort in defining the MIB based for TR-165.
> 
> I am available to help, if needed.
> 
> By the way: When do you expect publication of the current VDSL2 draft MIB?
> 
> Regards
> Markus
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: adslmib-bounces at ietf.org [mailto:adslmib-bounces at ietf.org] Im Auftrag von Scott Baillie
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 22. April 2009 09:56
> An: Freudenberger, Markus
> Cc: adslmib at ietf.org
> Betreff: Re: [Adslmib] Influence of BBF TR-165 onthe draft-ietf-adslmib-vdsl2
> 
> Hi Markus,
> 
> I only had a quick look at the document TR-165 so I would need to spend some more before I can say that I understand the model being proposed.
> 
> What we can say though is that the current VDSL2 draft MIB will be published pretty much "as is" with the exception that we are adding in a number of modifications that have been proposed by the MIB doctors review team.
> 
> We can discuss the management model defined in TR-165 after the current draft goes RFC.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott.
> 
> On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 09:49 +0200, Markus.Freudenberger at t-systems.com
> wrote:
> > All,
> > 
> > The TR-165 "Vector of Profiles (VoP)" was recently published by the 
> > Broadband Forum (BBF). It defines an optimized object model for 
> > configuring DSL lines.
> > 
> > http://www.broadband-forum.org/technical/download/TR-165.pdf
> > 
> > It states in chapter 1.1: 
> > ... 
> > The Vector of Profiles specified in this Technical Report obsoletes 
> > the object model for DSL line configuration defined in the Broadband 
> > Forum's TR-129. Legacy systems may still use that object model for 
> > configuration management. All other object models of TR-
> > 129 remain valid. 
> > ...
> > 
> > As TR-129 is is used as a reference in the 
> > draft-ietf-adslmib-vdsl2-06, the influence of TR-165 has to be 
> > considered by the group and a decision has to be made asap how to 
> > further proceed.
> > 
> > A stated in chapter 1.1 of TR-165, it obsoletes the object model for 
> > DSL line configuration in TR-129 and this influences directy the 
> > Configuration Template and Profile part of the MIB Draft.
> > 
> > I think of the following options for the working group to proceed:
> > 
> > 1) Finish the work on the actual draft and define a new "VoP MIB" in 
> > the next step. Once, the "VoP MIB" is ready, the Configuration 
> > Template and Profile part in the existing MIB is marked as obsolete 
> > with reference to the new "VoP MIB".
> > 
> > 2) Finish the work on the actual draft and define a new "VoP MIB" in 
> > the next step as an altenative MIB module for DSL line configuration 
> > and leave the choice, which MIB to use to the users.
> > 
> > 3) Define the object structure based on TR-165 and put it into the 
> > existing MIB Draft before publication as a mandatory part and mark the 
> > Configuration Template and Profile part as optional.
> > 
> > 4) Leave everything as it is.
> > 
> > I prefer option 1).
> > 
> > Any comments?
> > 
> > Best Regards
> > Markus Freudenberger
> > 
> > T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH
> > 
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