RE: [ipcdn] Comments on draft-ietf-ipcdn-pktc-eventmess-04.txt

["Sumanth Channabasappa" <sumanth at cablelabs.com>]

Greg,

Thanks for the comments. I shall incorporate them in the next few days. 

Additional comments from the IPCDN WG will be appreciated.


- Sumanth
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nakanishi Greg-MGI8179 [mailto:gnakanishi at motorola.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 6:49 PM
> To: Sumanth Channabasappa; ipcdn at ietf.org
> Subject: RE: [ipcdn] Comments on draft-ietf-ipcdn-pktc-eventmess- 
> 04.txt
> 
> My comments ---
> 
> 1) I suggest "PacketCable" and "IPCablecom"  be defined in the 
> Terminology section.
> 
> 2) There are a number of places in the document that makes reference 
> to "PacketCable device".  Shouldn't this be "PacketCable or IPCablecom

> device"?  Or more simply "MTA device".
> 
> 3) The naming convention we've been using on other MIB modules in 
> IPCDN adds "-IETF-" to the module name to distinguish it from the 
> corresponding MIB module being developed in CableLabs.  So, it this 
> case, the MIB module name should be something like "PKTC-IETF-EVENT- 
> MIB".
> 
> 4) I think the ORGANIZATION clause should be IPCDN rather than 
> CableLabs.
> 
> 5) The DESCRIPTION clause is missing the mandatory copyright notice.
> 
> 6) The OID layout doesn't conform to the recommended layout given in 
> "Guidelines for MIB Documents", Appendix D.
> 
> 7) pktcDevEnvetReportStatus - The last sentence of the DESCRIPTION 
> clause states "... Defined by PacketCable by default."  Should this 
> just PacketCable or PacketCable and IPCablecom.
> 
> 8) pktcDevEvThrottleAdminStatus
> - The description makes mention of throttling events using SNMP and 
> Syslog.  What about the local log?  Are events written to the local 
> log not subject to throttling?
> - "A value of stopAtThreshold(3) causes event message transmission to 
> cease at the threshold, and not resume until directed to do so." How 
> is the device directed to resume sending event messages?
> 
> 9) pktcDevEvThrottleThreshold  - Same comment as above about the local

> log.
> 
> 10) pktcDevEvThrottleInterval  - The DEFVAL clause should be on a 
> separate line for readability.
> 
> 11) pktcDevEventDescrTable - Should the reference to "PacketCable" be 
> "PacketCable/IPCablecom"?
> 
> 12) pktcDevEventDescrId - "The event identifier can either be 
> PacketCable defined or vendor-specific." Would be good to provide a 
> reference to the PacketCable spec where the events are defined.
> 
> 13) pktcDevEventDescrReporting - Should define what each one of the 
> bit values mean.
> 
> 14) pktcDevEventDescrText and pktcDevEventDescrClass - These objects 
> are read-write.  It seems odd to me that these objects would be 
> writable.  Is it really intended that these are writable objects?
> 
> 15) pktcDevEvLogCorrelationId - "...per section 5.4.5 of [3]"
> Reference [3] doesn't exist in the references section.
> 
> 16) [PKT-SP-EVEMIB1.5] - There is an odd character after the 
> "PacketCable"
> 
> 17) Reference section - There are number of reference in the body of 
> the text that do not exist in the references section.  Need to make 
> sure all reference are cited.  The ones I found are PKT-SP-PROV, PKT- 
> SP-MIB-MTA, PKT-SP-MGCP, RFC3435, PKT-SP-CODEC, and RFC2119.
> 
> 18) Security Considerations - Per the MIB Guidelines, need to explicit

> discuss all MIB objects, even if to only state that there are no 
> security issues with the object.
> 
> greg
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipcdn-bounces at ietf.org [mailto:ipcdn-bounces at ietf.org] On Behalf

> Of Sumanth Channabasappa
> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 10:04 AM
> To: ipcdn at ietf.org
> Subject: [ipcdn] Comments on draft-ietf-ipcdn-pktc-eventmess-04.txt
> 
> Folks,
> 
> This mail is to solicit feedback on draft-04 of the "Management Event 
> MIB for PacketCable/IPCablecom MTAs".
> 
> Comments received so far include:
> 
> - There is no MIB Object defined as 'pktcDevEventThrottle 3' (we have 
> MIB Objects for 2 and 4)
> 
> - The Reference in the description of the MIB Object 
> 'pktcDevEvLogCorrelationId' seems to be out of place.
> 
> And a few editorial nits. We plan to wrap this up in the next couple 
> of weeks, so comments would be appreciated.
> 
> - S
> 
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