RE: why i should like pibs

["Sahita, Ravi" <ravi.sahita@intel.com>]

Randy,

Here's a link to our open-source implementation 
of a client side SDK for COPS. This link should 
provide you with more information related to the 
usefulness of PIBs. The SDK also provides source 
code for a SPPI (RFC3159) compliant PIB 
Compiler/Client Control Interface Generator that 
integrates into the SDK. 
The SDK is at: http://www.intel.com/labs/manage/cops/

Hopefully, this demonstrates industry commitment 
to deliver quality and readily available 
tools for easy PIB development.

Regards,
Ravi

-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Bush [mailto:randy@psg.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 6:13 AM
To: rap@ops.ietf.org; diffserv@ietf.org
Cc: ipsec-policy@vpnc.org
Subject: why i should like pibs


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.

let's assume i want to take the leap to a binary, as opposed to textual,
configuration language.  i.e. for some reason(s) [which we will PLEASE NOT
discuss here] i decide to move from pushing text-based cli configs out to
pushing a binary format.

hence, i would have to push my vendors to implement snmp/cops writes for all
configuration aspects of all devices.  this would be big cost for both me
and for my vendors.

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?

randy