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Re: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom
From: Vadim Antonov <avg () exigengroup com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 04:55:42 -0700 (PDT)
I would still contend that the number 1 issue is how you do express the policy to the routing code. One could potentially attempt to recognise the primary key is a route-map/policy-statement and compile it as you suggest. It is an idea that ends up being tossed up in the air frequently, but would that solve anything ?
Actually, expressing RP on per-router basis is kind of silly, and an artifact of enterprise-box mentality. A useful design would allow formulation of RP for the entire network with subsequent synchronization of routers with the policy repository.
Is there the ability in the backend systems to manage that effectivly and if so is text interface via the CLI the most apropriate API ?
Cisco-style CLI is extremely annoying and silly. There's no useful way to perform a switch-over to a new config, and there's no good way to compare two config and produce applicable difference. That said, I think a well-designed CLI is a powerful thing, and can be used to integrate routers with provider-specific NMSes. --vadim
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- Re: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom Majdi S. Abbas (Jul 15)
- Re: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom Stephen J. Wilcox (Jul 15)
- Re: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom Stefan Mink (Jul 15)
- Re: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom Majdi S. Abbas (Jul 15)
- RE: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom Frank Scalzo (Jul 15)
- RE: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom Stephen J. Wilcox (Jul 15)
- Re: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom Pedro R Marques (Jul 15)
- Re: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom Joe Abley (Jul 15)
- RE: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom Phil Rosenthal (Jul 15)
- Re: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom Vadim Antonov (Jul 16)
- Re: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom Pedro R Marques (Jul 16)
- Re: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom Vadim Antonov (Jul 16)