Thanks for all the comments on the draft.
I note following problems that need to be updated in the draft:
- problems with edit-config operation esp like locking mechanisms, error-options, confirmed-commit etc
- complexities in Xpath filtering
- capability variations between agents
- data model sharing between sub-agent and master-agent
- dealing with vendor specific operations and extra parameters in the standard operations
- passing on security identity to sub-agents
I believe there will be cases for master agent-subagent implementation, because in a multi-vendor unit with FRUs coming from various vendors or various business units with in a organisation, using a standard protocol is the only way for the controller card to interact with the line cards.
Regards
Jayaprakash
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Title : NETCONF Master-agent Sub-agent Communication
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Author(s) : J. Kulkarni
Filename : draft-kulkarni-netconf-subagent-prot-00.txt
Pages : 16
Date : 2006-10-2
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