RE: why i should like pibs

["Bokaemper, Martin" <MBokaemper@unispherenetworks.com>]

> wearing my iesg hat but being just a stupid operator, i am 
> trying to understand the pib/mib controversy.  
> fyi, i currently use snmp heavily for monitoring devices 
> on my network.  i configure using large db-driven code 
> and spew text-based cli to the devices.
[...]
> why would cops/pibs be significantly better (remember it has 
> to replace my current investment, so it can not be 'just as 
> good') than snmp/mibs?

In my view COPS and PIBs don't provide very significant 
advantages for the generic configuration of the whole device.

The main advantage of COPS is the state keeping capability - 
the PDP can make 'immediate' decisions based on the up-to-date 
knowledge of the PEPs state.   This is obviously useful for 
COPS/RSVP and the outsourcing model, but also applies to COPS-PR.

Up-to-date state and immediate provisioning is required 
for some applications that usually only affect small parts 
of a devices configuration. The rest of the configuration is 
(mostly) static and COPS offers little advantages there.

For the static configuration, something built on top of the 
OPS-NM work seems to be the most promising path to me.

Martin.
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