Re: [Diffserv] parameters section missing from the Diffserv PIB

[Yacine El Mghazli <yacine.el_mghazli@alcatel.fr>]

Kwok Ho Chan wrote:

> Yacine, Jussi:
> The Diffserv PIB already IMPORT Dscp and IfDirection from different 
> modules of
> the Diffserv MIB.  So I did not think there is any issue to also reused 
> the definitions


ok for reuse but here we're talking about OIDs...
my question is: what is the signification of MIB-specific OIDs within a 
PIB ?

in the previous versions of the PIB draft, these were identified by 
PRIDS, they pointed towards a PRC within the same PIB... how does it 
work now ?

thanks,
yacine


> for dsTBParamType and dsIfSchedulerCapsServiceDisc from the Diffserv MIB as
> advised during IESG review.
>
> The Diffserv PIB's references to the Diffserv MIB are clearly specified as:
>
>    dsIfSchedulerCapsServiceDisc OBJECT-TYPE
>        SYNTAX      AutonomousType
>        STATUS      current
>        DESCRIPTION
>          "The scheduling discipline for which the set of capabilities
>          specified in this object apply. Object identifiers for several
>          general purpose and well-known scheduling disciplines are
>          shared with and defined in the Diffserv MIB.
>
>          These include diffServSchedulerPriority,
>          diffServSchedulerWRR, diffServSchedulerWFQ."
>
> and
>
>    dsTBParamType OBJECT-TYPE
>        SYNTAX       AutonomousType
>        STATUS       current
>        DESCRIPTION
>          "The Metering algorithm associated with the
>          Token-Bucket parameters.  zeroDotZero indicates this
>          is unknown.
>          Standard values for generic algorithms are as follows:
>          diffServTBParamSimpleTokenBucket, diffServTBParamAvgRate,
>          diffServTBParamSrTCMBlind, diffServTBParamSrTCMAware,
>          diffServTBParamTrTCMBlind, diffServTBParamTrTCMAware,
>          diffServTBParamTswTCM
>
>          These are specified in the Diffserv MIB."
>
> respectively.
>
> I believe the above text is clear.
> Please advise if improvement can be made.
> Thanks!
> -- Kwok --
>
>
> At 09:31 AM 9/12/02 +0200, Yacine El Mghazli wrote:
>
> > I was wondering about this point:
> >
> > how are the OIDs identified in the MIB senseful within the PIB ?
> >
> > my understanding is that the PIB is an AUTONOMOUS named data 
> > structure... in this context, what is the meaning of an OID 
> > referencing nothing in the PIB itself ?
> >
> > thank you for your explanations,
> > yacine
> >
> >
> >
> > Wijnen, Bert (Bert) wrote:
> >
> > > I think they are the parameters that have been sepcified and 
> > > identified in the diffserv MIB (RFC3289)
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bert
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Lemponen Jussi [mailto:juzi@cs.tut.fi]
> > > > Sent: woensdag 11 september 2002 23:02
> > > > To: diffserv@ietf.org
> > > > Subject: [Diffserv] parameters section missing from the Diffserv PIB
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Reading through draft-ietf-diffserv-pib-09.txt, I noticed that
> > > > the parameters section in the PIB itself is missing. The descriptions
> > > > for attributes dsTBParamType and dsIfSchedulerCapsServiceDisc do still
> > > > imply that some parameter definitions should be there.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jussi Lemponen
> > > > Tampere University of Technology
> > > > Institute of Communications Engineering
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