Re: [Last-Call] Last Call: <draft-ietf-opsawg-model-automation-framework-06.txt> (A Framework for Automating Service and Network Management with YANG) to Informational RFC

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Hi Brian,

An updated version to address your comments can be seen at: 

https://github.com/boucadair/draft-ietf-opsawg-model-automation-framework/blob/master/draft-ietf-opsawg-model-automation-framework-06.txt

You can track the changes at: https://tinyurl.com/ycpt62dh 

Please let me know if we need to say more. 

Thank you. 

Cheers,
Med

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Brian E Carpenter [mailto:brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx]
> Envoyé : mardi 29 septembre 2020 21:55
> À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed TGI/OLN <mohamed.boucadair@xxxxxxxxxx>; last-
> call@xxxxxxxx
> Cc : draft-ietf-opsawg-model-automation-framework.all@xxxxxxxx;
> opsawg@xxxxxxxx
> Objet : Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-opsawg-model-automation-
> framework-06.txt> (A Framework for Automating Service and Network
> Management with YANG) to Informational RFC
> 
> Hi Med, see below...
> On 29-Sep-20 18:40, mohamed.boucadair@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hi Brian,
> >
> > Please see inline.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Med
> >
> >> -----Message d'origine-----
> >> De : Brian E Carpenter [mailto:brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx]
> >> Envoyé : mardi 29 septembre 2020 00:25 À : last-call@xxxxxxxx
> Cc :
> >> draft-ietf-opsawg-model-automation-framework.all@xxxxxxxx;
> >> opsawg@xxxxxxxx
> >> Objet : Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-opsawg-model-automation-
> >> framework-06.txt> (A Framework for Automating Service and Network
> >> Management with YANG) to Informational RFC
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have a question for clarification, and then a comment.
> >>
> >> First, consider these extracts:
> >>
> >>> 5.1.  L2VPN/L3VPN Service Delivery
> >>>
> >>>    In reference to Figure 5, the following steps are performed
> to
> >>>    deliver the L3VPN service within the network management
> >> automation
> >>>    architecture defined in this document:
> >>>
> >>>    1.  The Customer requests to create two sites (as per service
> >>>        creation operation in Section 4.2.1)...
> >> ...
> >>> 5.2.  VN Lifecycle Management
> >>>
> >>>    In reference to Figure 7, the following steps are performed
> to
> >>>    deliver the VN service within the network management
> automation
> >>>    architecture defined in this document:
> >>>
> >>>    1.  Customer requests (service exposure operation in Section
> >> 4.1.1)
> >>>        to create 'VN' based on Access point...
> >> ...
> >>>    3.  The Customer exchanges connectivity-matrix on abstract
> node
> >> and
> >>>        explicit path using TE topology model with the
> >> orchestrator...
> >>
> >> In those examples, how does the customer "request" or "exchange"
> >> data? I assume this is intended to happen by software, rather
> than by
> >> telefax.
> >
> > [Med] We hope this can be by software if we want to benefit from
> the automation in the full cycle but the approach still apply
> independently how a service request is captured.
> >
> > We don't zoom that much on that interface because the document is
> more on the provider's side.
> >
> >> So what protocol is involved, and which entity on the customer
> side
> >> is doing it?
> >
> > [Med] The component at the client side are generally represented
> as service ordering (see RFC 4176). That component may interact with
> the Order Handling at the provider side using a variety of means
> such as https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc8921.txt (Section 5)
> or by offering a management interface to the customer, etc.
> 
> Well, I'd rather see a standardised and generic solution to that
> problem, as noted in my reply to Adrian. But indeed, that is the
> requirement.
> 
> > Please let us know if you think that we need to add some text on
> this part.
> 
> I think it needs just a few words in section 3 or 4, even just to
> say that the mechanism is out of scope for this document.
> 
> >
> >>
> >>> 5.3.  Event-based Telemetry in the Device Self Management
> >>>
> >>>    In reference to Figure 8, the following steps are performed
> to
> >>>    monitor state changes of managed objects or resources in a
> >> network
> >>>    device and provide device self-management within the network
> >>>    management automation architecture defined in this document:
> >>>
> >>>    1.  To control which state a network device should be in or
> is
> >>>        allowed to be in at any given time, a set of conditions
> and
> >>>        actions are defined and correlated with network events
> >> (e.g.,
> >>>        allow the NETCONF server to send updates...
> >>
> >> Second, this is the first mention of NETCONF in the document, and
> the
> >> only other mention is in the Security Considerations. I suggest
> that
> >> there should be a short description of the role of NETCONF (and
> >> RESTCONF) earlier in the document, either in section 3 or more
> likely
> >> in section 4 (Functional Blocks and Interactions).
> >
> > [Med] Point taken. We will also clarify that in some cases the use
> of YANG does not require NETCONF/RESTCONF.
> 
> Thanks. (For example, draft-ietf-anima-grasp-distribution can serve
> for distributing YANG.)
> 
>     Brian
> >
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>    Brian Carpenter
> >
> >


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