Re: One request multiple replies

[Phil Shafer <phil@juniper.net>]

Balazs Lengyel writes:
>Is it allowed for a netconf device to issue multiple replies for one netconf request ?

No, it's a one-to-one relationship between request and reply.

>We have operations in our nodes that may take  10 minutes to execute. I order the 
>execution but I don't want to sit there waiting for a reply for 10 minutes. I also don't 
>want to block the netconf session for 10 minutes. How do you solve this situation ?

Two schemes:  simplest is to just open a second connection.  Gives
you a completely independent communication path.

The other option is to return some token which future RPCs can poll
for status on the operation.

Thanks,
 Phil

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