RE: MIB Doctor review of: draft-ietf-mpls-ftn-mib-07.txt

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

FYI, forwarded with permission. I think this is a valid/useful
suggestion by Dave.

Thanks,
Bert 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David T. Perkins [mailto:dperkins@dsperkins.com]
>> Sent: maandag 4 augustus 2003 17:25
>> To: Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
>> Subject: RE: MIB Doctor review of: draft-ietf-mpls-ftn-mib-07.txt
>> 
>> 
>> Bert,
>> 
>> I probably screwed up the first example, since I changed it pretty
>> late last night. Thanks for the catch.
>> 
>> If I was writing the MIB, I would not support 'createAndWait' or
>> 'notInService'. That is, 
>>    mplsFTNMapRowStatus OBJECT-TYPE 
>>       SYNTAX RowStatus { active(1), createAndGo(4),destroy(6) }
>>       ...
>> 
>> With the 'createAndWait' and 'notInService' the question as to
>> when the side effect occurs becomes an issue. (Or you could say
>> that it is up to the agent to determine, but that leads to
>> more code on the manager.)
>> 
>> Regards,
>> /david t. perkins
>>