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Operator Requirements for Infrastructure Management. Steve Feldman NANOG 24 – Feb. 12, 2002 - Miami. Introduction. IETF Operations/Network Management area outreach to network operators Find out what operators really use and want Help set agenda for future IETF work
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Operator Requirementsfor Infrastructure Management Steve Feldman NANOG 24 – Feb. 12, 2002 - Miami
Introduction • IETF Operations/Network Management area outreach to network operators • Find out what operators really use and want • Help set agenda for future IETF work • Recommendations to vendors
Meetings • May 2001: NANOG – Scottsdale, AZ • August 2001: IETF – London, UK • October 2001: RIPE – Prague, CZ • November 2001: USENIX LISA - San Diego, CA • December 2001: IETF – Salt Lake City, UT
Current Internet-Draft • http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ops-operator-req-mgmt-01.txt • Author: Bill Woodcock • New revision “real soon now” • revise document structure • latest thinking on requirements • Goal: IETF last call and publication as Informational RFC
Some Proposed Requirements • ASCII communications. • One syntax and vocabulary for all common functions. • Secure and authenticated in-band interactive and batch communications must be available. • Devices must support a configuration display mode which makes all assumed and default values visible.
Some Open Issues • Text vs. machine readable output • Automation for “large” networks • Bulk commit
Please Help! • Read the draft • Join the mailing list: ops-nm-request@ops.ietf.org • Contribute your opinions!
Contacts • Chair: Steve Feldman – feldman@twincreeks.net • Document Editor: Bill Woodcock – woody@pch.net • Area Directors: Randy Bush and Bert Wijnen • Mailing List: ops-nm-request@ops.ietf.org • List archive: http://ops.ietf.org/lists/ops-nm/