The IESG has approved the following document: - 'An Overview of the IETF Network Management Standards' (draft-ietf-opsawg-management-stds-07.txt) as an Informational RFC This document is the product of the Operations and Management Area Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Dan Romascanu and Ronald Bonica. A URL of this Internet Draft is: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-opsawg-management-stds/ Technical Summary This document gives an overview of the IETF network management standards and summarizes existing and ongoing development of IETF standards-track network management protocols and data models. The purpose of this document is on the one hand to help system developers and users to select appropriate standard management protocols and data models to address relevant management needs. On the other hand, the document can be used as an overview and guideline by other Standard Development Organizations or bodies planning to use IETF management technologies and data models. Working Group Summary There was nothing extremely controversial in the working group process. Much discussion that happened around data modelling sections ended in agreement. Document Quality The document is informational and the level of discussion that happened in the WG and Last Call ensures quality is appropriate. Personnel Chris Liljenstolpe is the Document Shepherd for this document. Dan Romascanu is the Responsible Area Director.'
