Configuration Management with SNMP (snmpconf)
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Charter
Last Modified: 2005-01-18

Current Status: Active Working Group

Chair(s):
    Jon Saperia  <[email protected]>
    David Partain  <[email protected]>

Operations and Management Area Director(s):
    Bert Wijnen  <[email protected]>
    David Kessens  <[email protected]>

Operations and Management Area Advisor:
    Bert Wijnen  <[email protected]>

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Description of Working Group:

The working group will create a Best Current Practices document which
outlines the most effective methods for using the SNMP Framework to
accomplish configuration management. The scope of the work will include
recommendations for device specific as well as network-wide (Policy)
configuration. The group is also chartered to write any MIB modules
necessary to facilitate configuration management, specifically they
will
write a MIB module which describes a network entities capabilities and
capacities which can be used by management entities making policy
decisions at a network level or device specific level.

As a proof of concept, the working group will also write a MIB
module which describes management objects for the control of
differentiated services policy in coordination with the effort
currently taking place in the Differentiated Services Working Group.

Deliverables

1. A Best Current Practices document to provide guidelines on how
  to best use the existing Internet Standard Management Framework
  to perform configuration management.

2. A MIB module which describes a network entities capabilities
  such as support for a particular type of security or a particular
  queuing method on certain interfaces. The module will also convey
  the capacity of the device to perform certain work.

3. A MIB module which can be used to concisely convey information
  about desired network wide Diffserv Based QoS behavior.

4. A document which describes potential future work needed to
  meet all the Requirements for Configuration Management.

Goals and Milestones:

  Done         Announce Working Group and call for Input

  Done         Submit Initial Drafts for BCP and MIB Documents

  Done         Meet at 47th IETF in Adelaide

  Done         Interim Meeting

  Done         New Internet Drafts, including a document describing potential
               future work.

  Done         Meet at 48th IETF meeting in Pittsburgh

  Done         WG Last Call on remaining Drafts. Submit to AD for
               consideration as BCP and PS.

  Done         Interim Meeting

  Done         Revised Drafts for BCP and MIB Documents

  Done         Meet at 49th IETF meeting in San Diego

  Done         Revised Drafts for BCP and MIB Documents including a document
               describing potential future work.

  Done         Meet at 50th IETF meeting in Minneapolis

  Done         WG Last Call Policy MIB Module

  Done         WG Last Call Informational Document on SNMP-based Configuration

  Done         WG Last Call The Differentiated Services Configuration MIB

  Dec 03       Shutdown WG


Internet-Drafts:

 No Current Internet-Drafts.

Request For Comments:

 RFC   Stat Published     Title
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RFC3512 I    Apr 03    Configuring Networks and Devices with SNMP

RFC3747Standard  Apr 04    The Differentiated Services Configuration MIB

RFC4011Standard  Mar 05    Policy Based Management MIB