Re: Whitepaper on XML-based Network Management

[Nathan Kohn <mvnk@lucent.com>]

phil 

i like XNM (XML Network management) as a name and i like the concept.  i see the
XML approach as being useful for both the SNMP/Expect/CLI world and the TL1
world.  TL1 is still around because CMISE was too much of a jump with too little
gain.  XMN could be very attractive to telecom network operators.

nathan kohn
lucent technologies

Phil Shafer wrote:
> 
> "R.P. Aditya" writes:
> >- rather than "junoscript" can it be something vendor/product neutral?
> 
> Definitely. Think of junoscript as a technology trial. The real
> protocol should be hammered out by an IETF working group. As far
> as a name, I'm starting to like XML-based Network Management (XNM),
> but who knows....
> 
> >- will the native configuration be stored in XML too? So restoring a failed
> >machine can simply be copying the XML plaintext config to a new flash card and
> >inserting it into a new unit?
> 
> We'll support reading either version, but (for now at least) keep our
> native braces-based text format. Until non-junoscript software releases
> are deprecated, changing the native format would break downgrades.
> 
> >- Ideally vendors could share a standard DTD/Schema for various subsystems of
> >their products, ie. an Interfaces DTD which is a superset of IF-MIB but the
> >tables are more structured. Do you have a JUNOScript DTD in mind/implemented?
> 
> DTDs are available on our website:
> 
> http://www/techpubs/software/junos44/junoscript44-ref/download/junos-dtd-4.4R1.tgz
> 
> More information is available under:
> 
> http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software.html
> 
> >- one other request I would have is that certain username/logins automatically
> >invoke xmlscript mode -- ie. if username is "configurator-xmlscript" etc.
> 
> We could certainly make junoscript the default mode for a particular user,
> by setting a flag under that user's login information.
> 
> Thanks,
>  Phil