CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_ Reported by Sudhanshu Verma/HP MSI Minutes The MSI Working Group meeting was rescheduled from Tuesday (3/12) afternoon to Monday (3/11) evening. This time clashed with the IETF dinner at the St. Louis zoo. The meeting was attended by only seven people, and was adjourned early for a lack of a quorum. The issues raised at the last meeting were reiterated. These issues are summarized below. o On-line MIB database and the need for both GDMO and SNMP MIB definitions. o Lack of any implementation suggestions or hints in the MSI document. The MSI draft wants the implementors of the MSI API to support features such as translation between SNMP and CMIP and scoping, but does not provide ideas on how to implement this. This has hindered adoption of the API. o Lack of an SNMP API. Some attendees at the last meeting wanted support of an SNMP-oriented API. The thorniest issue deals with the issue of translation between the two different SMIs (GDMO and IETF). Based on RFC1109 the IAB has decided that there was no requirement for compatibility between SNMP and OSI network management. This causes the task of the translation between the two SMIs to be done on a case by case basis; it will be difficult, if not impossible to have automated conversion between the two. The future of the group was also discussed briefly. One option is to work with the IAB and the Network Management Directorate to resolve any pending issues. Another option is to disband the group due to the lack of significant progress. The next Working Group meeting will need to evaluate the situation and make recommendations. The meeting was adjourned after about 30 minutes due to a lack of a quorum. Offline 1 The issue of MIB translation was raised by Sudhanshu Verma with the Chair of the Network Management Area, Chuck Davin. He suggested that there was little that could be done to change RFC 1109 at this point and that we should attempt to work in that framework. The difficulty of defining translation rules to achieve automated translation was reinforced. At the next meeting the Working Group will have to decide its future direction and plans. Attendees Steve Bostock steveb@novell.com Howard Brown brown@ctron.com Shawn Gallagher gallagher@quiver.enet.dec.com Ron Mackey Ron Poppen-Chambers rpc@hpcnd.cnd.hp.com Sudhanshu Verma verma@hpindbu.cup.hp.com Mark Wood 2