Re: [PSAMP] Concluding the PSAM WG and moving the remaining work item to the IPFIX WG charter

["Romascanu, Dan (Dan)" <dromasca at avaya.com>]

This is fine and I support the move. 

Can you please forward me a revised IPFIX charter with the PSAMP MIB
added?

It would be a good opportunity to adjust milestones if necessary. 

Dan
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juergen Quittek [mailto:Quittek at nw.neclab.eu] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:22 PM
> To: Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
> Cc: Nevil Brownlee; IETF PSAMP Working Group; IETF IPFIX Working Group
> Subject: Concluding the PSAM WG and moving the remaining work 
> item to the IPFIX WG charter
> 
> Dear Dan and Ron,
> 
> I'm writing you with two hats on, the one of the PSAMP WG 
> chair and the one of the IPFIX WG co-chair.
> 
> As discussed at the IPFIX session in San Francisco, we plan 
> to conclude the PSAMP WG and move the one remaining work item 
> to the IPFIX WG.
> 
> The PSAMP WG has published all its planned documents except 
> for the PSAMP MIB module. It does not seem reasonable to keep 
> the WG alive  just for finishing this single document. Most 
> of the PSAMP WG members are also members of the IPFIX WG.
> The remaining work can be completed in the IPFIX WG.
> 
> Therefore I propose to conclude the PSAMP WG and at the same 
> time to extend the IPFIX WG charter by adding the following text:
> 
>    6. The PSAMP WG has developed a protocol for reporting
>    observed packets. The PSAMP protocol is an extension of
>    the IPFIX protocol. The IPFIX WG will develop a MIB module
>    for monitoring PSAMP implementations. The new MIB module
>    will be an extension of the IPFIX MIB module.
> 
> with the new milestones
> 
>    Jan 2010   Submit final version of PSAMP MIB module
> 
> 
> In the current PSAMP charter, the PSAMP MIB module work item 
> is described as follows:
> 
>    6. Configuration and Management. Define a packet sampler
>    MIB to reside at the network element, including parameters
>    for packet selection, packet report and stream format,
>    and export. Select or define a communication protocol to
>    configure/read this MIB.
> 
> This old text included monitoring and configuration. However, 
> the PSAMP WG as well as the IPFIX WG have consensus on using 
> MIB modules rather for monitoring than for configuration.
> Configuration of PSAMP implementations is already covered by 
> an existing IPFIX work item: the Configuration Data Model for 
> IPFIX and PSAMP (draft-ietf-ipfix-configuration-model).
> Therefore, the item to be added to the IPFIX charter would 
> cover monitoring only.
> 
> The suggested extension of the IPFIX charter was discussed at 
> the last IPFIX session in San Francisco without any objection.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>     Juergen
>