Re: [NGO] external module properties

["Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn at mindspring.com>]

Hi -

> From: "Ladislav Lhotka" <lhotka at cesnet.cz>
> To: "NETCONF goes on" <ngo at ietf.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [NGO] external module properties
>
> Andy Bierman píše v Út 29. 04. 2008 v 12:16 -0700:
>
> > Excellent point.
> > I am envisioning a system which includes a mandatory standard
> > 'schema-discovery' mechanism.  The <hello> exchange is a bad
> > place for all this versioned module to namespace mapping info
> > (even though that's exactly what I have implemented now ;-)
>
> Why is it so bad? The big advantage I see is that it works with the
> existing NETCONF framework.
...

Anything that is limited to the <hello> exchange won't work well with
hot-swappable components.  Plugging a line card into a running chassis should
not require tearing down and re-establishing any connections to management
systems.  Or is netconf not intended for these systems?

Randy


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