Configuration Management with SNMP (snmpconf) --------------------------------------------- Charter Last Modified: 2005-01-18 Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): Jon Saperia David Partain Operations and Management Area Director(s): Bert Wijnen David Kessens Operations and Management Area Advisor: Bert Wijnen Mailing Lists: General Discussion:snmpconf@snmp.com To Subscribe: snmpconf-request@snmp.com In Body: subscribe snmpconf Archive: mailto:snmpconf-request@snmp.com (index snmpconf in body) 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 ------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------ 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