Subject: Re: draft-isoyama-policy-mpls-info-model-00.txt

From: Marcus Brunner <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 09:44:12 +0200

Thomas,

The answer is fairly the same than the one from Chadha. The information
model works on a higher-level of abstraction than COPS-PR. The model is
used in the policy server (refer to the Policy Framework). The
communication between policy server and the network can be implemented
via COPS or other means.

From the information model point of view, it does not matter if the
operation is online or offline, the only thing the model allows is the
specification of rules applied to functions.

Marcus 

"Thomas D. Nadeau" wrote:
> 
>         Hi,
> 
>         I asked these same questions earlier about another
> draft which is related to defining an object model for
> MPLS Policy. A few questions about your draft entitled,
> "Policy Framework QoS Information Model for MPLS."
> 
>         1) How does this draft differ from say the use
>                 of COPS and the definition of a PIB
>                 instead of using the object model?
> 
>         2) It is not clear to me whether or not it is your
>                 intent to make this object model useful
>                 for both MPLS network management or just
>                 only for off-line TE. It seems from reading
>                 your document that your intent is to do
>                 both.
> 
>         --Tom

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