Re: [Last-Call] Last Call: <draft-ietf-opsawg-l2nm-15.txt> (A YANG Network Data Model for Layer 2 VPNs) to Proposed Standard BGP L2

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I find some lack of clarity with regard of the BGP Layer 2 Encapsulation Types module.

I see no description of the module in the body of the document, only the module itself and the IANA Considerations (S.10.2).

S.10.2 says ' add this note to both modules'.  I only see one module.

It gives the name of the registry but not what Group it is part of i.e. 'Border Gateway Protocol(BGP) Parameters'. Admittedly this is one of the better chosen Group names but it is always good practice IMO to specify Group name and Registry name when referencing IANA entries.

It also says that the name of the 'identity' is the lower case of the encapsulation name provided in the description. This is not what happens here, in the module, in many if not most cases. The identity name is based on the Description in the IANA Registry but heavily abbreviated. Who will decide on an acceptable abbreviation, meaningful, unique, for future additions?

'Unassigned or reserved values..' worth spelling out that those are the values in the BGP Layer 2 Encapsulation Types registry.

And what about the Experimental Use values? They are not in the IANA module but why not?

'unique revision date' well yes but the current date would seem more useful.

Section 8.1 describes the module as 'YANG data types defined by IANA' which seems odd. The underlying data types are defined by the IDR WG; perhaps 'maintained by'.

I note that Section 8.2 which contains the other IANA module, IANA-pseudowire-types, has a section title of 'IANA Encapsulation Types' which seems odd in the absence of any explanation.


Tom Petch

On 29/04/2022 15:40, The IESG wrote:

The IESG has received a request from the Operations and Management Area
Working Group WG (opsawg) to consider the following document: - 'A YANG
Network Data Model for Layer 2 VPNs'
   <draft-ietf-opsawg-l2nm-15.txt> as Proposed Standard

The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
last-call@xxxxxxxx mailing lists by 2022-05-13. Exceptionally, comments may
be sent to iesg@xxxxxxxx instead. In either case, please retain the beginning
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Abstract


    This document defines an L2VPN Network YANG Model (L2NM) which can be
    used to manage the provisioning of Layer 2 Virtual Private Network
    services within a network (e.g., service provider network).  The L2NM
    complements the Layer 2 Service Model (L2SM) by providing a network-
    centric view of the service that is internal to a service provider.
    The L2NM is particularly meant to be used by a network controller to
    derive the configuration information that will be sent to relevant
    network devices.

    Also, this document defines a YANG module to manage Ethernet segments
    and the initial versions of two IANA-maintained modules that defines
    a set of identities of BGP Layer 2 encapsulation types and pseudowire
    types.




The file can be obtained via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-opsawg-l2nm/



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