NETCONF WG agenda for IETF #58

[Andy Bierman <abierman@cisco.com>]

Network Configuration WG (netconf)
IETF #58
November 10, 2003 : 1530 - 1730
November 12, 2003 : 1300 - 1500
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Chairs:  

Simon Leinen <simon@switch.ch>
Andy Bierman <abierman@cisco.com>

Agenda:

  1) Application Mapping Issues  (80 min)
     - Presentations of Application Mapping documents
         * NETCONF over BEEP
         * NETCONF over SSH
         * NETCONF over SOAP
       - Changes since last draft
       - Use cases
       - Implementation Issues
     - Channel related issues
     - Criteria for selecting a mandatory application mapping

  2) Operational Environment and Security Issues (40 min)
     - Configuration databases
     - Configuration files
     - Running configuration
     - Authorization model impact on protocol and op-env
     
  3) Protocol Operations Issues (60 min)
     - Presentation of NETCONF Protocol document
       - Changes since last draft
       - Open issues
     - Edit-config operations
     - Transactions
     - Notifications
     - Actions
     - High-level RPCs
     - Error handling
     - XSD design
     - Initial netconf-state XSD

  4) Data Modelling Issues (30 min)
     - Presentation on data modelling impact on the protocol
     - Discuss plan for starting standard data model work

  5) Next Steps  (15 min)
     - Finishing the protocol draft
     - Finalizing the set of application mappings
     - Selecting a mandatory application mapping

  6) Alternate Approaches (if time permits)  (15 min)
     - Presentation on the SYMPLE Scripting Protocol


WG Internet Drafts:

NETCONF Configuration Protocol
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-netconf-prot-01.txt

BEEP Application Protocol Mapping for NETCONF
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-netconf-beep-00.txt

NETCONF Over SOAP
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-netconf-soap-00.txt

Using the NETCONF Configuration Protocol over Secure Shell (SSH)
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-netconf-ssh-00.txt

Additional Internet Drafts:

XML Network Management Interface
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-weijing-netconf-interface-01.txt

SYMPLE Scripting Protocol and architecture for seamless
management of XML based mobile devices and SNMP based devices
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-adwankar-netconf-symple-00.txt