Re: Whitepaper on XML-based Network Management

[Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>]

      Jon Saperia wrote:
    > Notice that I said system rather than router even though I know that
    > is beyond the scope of this list.
    
Why don't we try to use the same terminology and scope as in the draft, or
if that's insufficient, improve what's in the draft.  I used the word
"device" to include a scope broader than routers.

    > the transport is not as important as the final 'readable' form on
    > the box. All of that is not quite as important as the relationship
    > of that information to counter and accounting information which will
    > be used for performance fault and accounting.

I would disagree mildly with this prioritization.  I think that for most
operators, transport is the first consideration.  If you can't talk to the
box, the syntax in which you can't talk to it is of little concern.
However I agree that if you can talk to the box, but it can't understand
your syntax, the contents of its counters are of little concern.

                                -Bill