Re: Explicit and unique naming of configuration target

[Eliot Lear <lear@cisco.com>]

Glenn Waters wrote:
> Andy, with respect to your statement that "the client should know the state
> of the device" I think that the complexity is much greater than you may
> think. 
We are not at this time proposing a meta-data model or anything of the 
sort.  This means that the network management application MUST (note the 
capitals) have an understanding of the different device operating models.

Otherwise, it's like teaching a monkey to type.  Sure it will type, but 
will anyone understand it?

> When you get into systems that programmatically handle the
> configuration of the device it can be very challenging to know the state of
> the device; especially when other systems and other humans may be modifying
> the device at the same time.
True.  See above.

Eliot


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