RE: PerfHist counters

["C. M. Heard" <heard@pobox.com>]

dbh --

Bert's summary is substantially correct, here are some more details.
The documents in question are these:

Textual Conventions for MIB Modules Using Performance History Based
on 15 Minute Intervals, draft-ietf-atommib-rfc2493bis-01.txt

High Capacity Textual Conventions for MIB Modules Using Performance
History Based on 15 Minute Intervals, draft-ietf-adslmib-hc-tc-03.txt

The atommib document is indeed an update to RFC 2493, with editorial
changes -- new boilerplate, updated references, and so on -- but no
technical changes.  It has been submitted for advancement to Draft
Standard.  It contains three TCs that define 32-bit 15-minute history
counters.

The asdlmib document defines three TCs that are 64-bit analogues
to the TCs in the 2493bis document, and in addition defines some
other TCs that are used in the adslmib work.

As it happens, the principal author of the adslmib draft (Bob Ray)
brought the 64-bit TC work to the atommib WG for discussion.  It
was decided that these documents should remain separate so that
2493bis could be submitted as a DS, which could not be done if
entirely new (and not previously implemented) TCs were added to it.
It was also decided that the work should remain in adslmib since
the atommib work did not require the extended TCs.

Hope this helps.

//cmh

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Wijnen, Bert (Bert) wrote:

> I guess you mean RFC2493 (not 2934) ?
> 
> I believe that atommib is doing just clarifications and such
> and wants to advance to DS
> 
> I believe that adslmib is extending (adding objects) for
> 64bit values. That would prevent from advancing to DS,
> and ATOMMIB has another MIb that wants to go DS that 
> depends on 2493 if I remember well.
> 
> I think that Mike Heard has all the details in his head
> w.r.t. atommib work.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bert 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Harrington, David [mailto:dbh@enterasys.com]
> > Sent: woensdag 12 maart 2003 14:32
> > To: MReview (E-mail)
> > Subject: PerfHist counters
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I see two I-Ds that are proposing modifications to RFC2943, 
> > one done by adslmib and the other by atommib. Should we get 
> > these two groups to work together on one document?
> > 
> > dbh
> > 
> > David Harrington
> > Network Management Architect
> > Office of the CTO
> > Enterasys Networks