Configuration Management with SNMP (snmpconf)
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Charter
Last Modified: 2005-01-18
Current Status: Active Working Group
Chair(s):
Jon Saperia <saperia@jdscons.com>
David Partain <david.partain@ericsson.com>
Operations and Management Area Director(s):
Bert Wijnen <bwijnen@lucent.com>
David Kessens <david.kessens@nokia.com>
Operations and Management Area Advisor:
Bert Wijnen <bwijnen@lucent.com>
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Description of Working Group:
The working group will create a Best Current Practices document which
outlines the most effective methods for using the SNMP Framework to
accomplish configuration management. The scope of the work will include
recommendations for device specific as well as network-wide (Policy)
configuration. The group is also chartered to write any MIB modules
necessary to facilitate configuration management, specifically they
will
write a MIB module which describes a network entities capabilities and
capacities which can be used by management entities making policy
decisions at a network level or device specific level.
As a proof of concept, the working group will also write a MIB
module which describes management objects for the control of
differentiated services policy in coordination with the effort
currently taking place in the Differentiated Services Working Group.
Deliverables
1. A Best Current Practices document to provide guidelines on how
to best use the existing Internet Standard Management Framework
to perform configuration management.
2. A MIB module which describes a network entities capabilities
such as support for a particular type of security or a particular
queuing method on certain interfaces. The module will also convey
the capacity of the device to perform certain work.
3. A MIB module which can be used to concisely convey information
about desired network wide Diffserv Based QoS behavior.
4. A document which describes potential future work needed to
meet all the Requirements for Configuration Management.
Goals and Milestones:
Done Announce Working Group and call for Input
Done Submit Initial Drafts for BCP and MIB Documents
Done Meet at 47th IETF in Adelaide
Done Interim Meeting
Done New Internet Drafts, including a document describing potential
future work.
Done Meet at 48th IETF meeting in Pittsburgh
Done WG Last Call on remaining Drafts. Submit to AD for
consideration as BCP and PS.
Done Interim Meeting
Done Revised Drafts for BCP and MIB Documents
Done Meet at 49th IETF meeting in San Diego
Done Revised Drafts for BCP and MIB Documents including a document
describing potential future work.
Done Meet at 50th IETF meeting in Minneapolis
Done WG Last Call Policy MIB Module
Done WG Last Call Informational Document on SNMP-based Configuration
Done WG Last Call The Differentiated Services Configuration MIB
Dec 03 Shutdown WG
Internet-Drafts:
No Current Internet-Drafts.
Request For Comments:
RFC Stat Published Title
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RFC3512 I Apr 03 Configuring Networks and Devices with SNMP
RFC3747Standard Apr 04 The Differentiated Services Configuration MIB
RFC4011Standard Mar 05 Policy Based Management MIB