May 16th, 2001IM 2001, Seattle1 Session 18 - Panel 3 SNMP and/or COPS for Configuration Management? Session Chair: Bert Wijnen, Lucent Technologies co-AD IETF Operations & Mgmt Area IM 2001, Seattle, USA

May 16th, 2001IM 2001, Seattle2 Background n SNMP has been (and still is) the IETF Standard for Internet Network Management n COPS was originally Developed for outsourcing Policy Decisions (Proposed Standard) n COPS-PR is an extension for Provisioning Policy Information (Proposed Standard) n So now we seem to have 2 technical solutions to address the same problem space

May 16th, 2001IM 2001, Seattle3 Current Work in IETF n RAP WG u COPS u SPPI and base PIBs n SNMPCONF u MIBs for Policy Based Management u BCP for Configuration Management n EOS u Enhancements to SNMP n SMIng u Enhancements to SMI u Converge SMI and SPPI

May 16th, 2001IM 2001, Seattle4 Discussion Today n Why do we need another Protocol? n What does each Protocol Provide? n If so, would it (eventually replace SNMP) or would the two be complementary to each other n Let us at least converge at the level of the Data Definition Language n What do YOU all think and what kind of questions does this raise in your minds

May 16th, 2001IM 2001, Seattle5 Panelists n Steve Waldbusser u SNMP proponent n Diana Rawlins u COPS proponent n David Durham u SMIng proponent