Operational Statistics (opstat)
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Charter
Last Modified: 08/23/1995
Current Status: Concluded Working Group
Chair(s):
Henry Clark <
[email protected]>
Nevil Brownlee <
[email protected]>
Operational Requirements Area Director(s):
Scott Bradner <
[email protected]>
Michael O'Dell <
[email protected]>
Operational Requirements Area Advisor:
Scott Bradner <
[email protected]>
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Description of Working Group:
Today there exists a variety of network management tools for
the collection and presentation of network statistical data.
Different kinds of measurements and presentation techniques
make it hard to compare data between networks. There exists a
need to compare these statistical data on a uniform basis to
facilitate cooperative management, ease problem isolation and
network planning.
The working group will try to define a model for network
statistics, a minimal set of common metrics, tools for
gathering statistical data, a common statistical database
storage format and common presentation formats. Collecting
tools will store data in a given format later to be retrieved
by presentation tools displaying the data in a predefined way.
Goals and Milestones:
Done Survey for most useful and popular metrics.
Done Define a common minimal set of metrics.
Done Agreement on a model.
Done Identify similar efforts being performed by other groups.
Done Survey for most useful and popular presentation formats.
Done Propose a MIB for metrics not already there.
Done Develop outline, and make writing assignments for paper
(Opstat1) documenting March 1991 milestones.
Done Define a common storage format to facilitate data sharing.
Done Define common presentation formats to make data comparable.
Done Complete paper Opstat1.
Done Possible mid-term meeting to review Opstat1.
Done Submit Opstat1 as Internet-Draft.
Done Define a new collection of tools based on defined metrics,
defined storage formats and defined presentation formats.
Done Propose old tools to be retrofitted.
Done Develop outline and make writing assignments for paper
(Opstat2) on new tools and retrofitted tools.
Done Approve paper Opstat1 for submission as RFC; decide
standards-track or Informational?
Done Submit Internet-Draft of new and retrofitted tools.
Done Submit new and old tools Internet-Draft to IESG as an
Informational RFC.
Done Post an Internet-Draft defining the client/Server Opstat
protcool.
Done Post the Opstat Statistical MIB as an Internet-Draft.
JUL 93 Submit the Statistical Opstat MIB to the IESG for
consideration as a Proposed Standard.
Done Submit the Client/Server Opstat Protocol to the IESG for
consideration as a Proposed Standard. Note: Submitted for
publication as an Informational RFC.
Internet-Drafts:
No Current Internet-Drafts.
Request For Comments:
RFC Stat Published Title
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RFC1404 I JAN 93 A Model for Common Operational Statistics
RFC1857 I OCT 95 A Model for Common Operational Statistics
RFC1856 I OCT 95 The Opstat Client-Server Model for Statistics
Retrieval
