Yes from what I understand I2RS aims to interact with "global RIB" aka inet.X tables and ACLs. Not to protocol local RIBs.
Hence my question what actual data can be read and written to such RIBs by I2RS. Rgs, R. > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Ladislav Lhotka <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Robert Raszuk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think we agree that RIB elements for read and write must be clearly >> defined. And should be extensible. >> >> But is RIB abstraction sufficient for I2RS ? >> >> For example as we know each VRF contains it's own RIB (different table >> id). So protocol must be able to also encode which RIB we are talking >> to. > > Well, according to RFC 4271, RIB (i.e., Adj-RIBs, Loc_RIB and Adj-RIBs-Out) > are data structures internal to a BGP speaker. I suspect that what I2RS aims > at interacting with is what 4271 calls "Routing Table". > > Lada > >> >> Further who will instantiate the VRF in this case ? Will I2RS be able >> to create a RIB instance on the fly ? How will we attach such RIB >> instance to interfaces ? There is dozens of details here without which >> I am afraid we can't go productively forward. >> >> Best, >> R. >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Scott Whyte <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 03/14/2013 07:34 AM, Robert Raszuk wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Scott, >>>> >>>>> Why do we need to go beyond defining an interface to the RIB to make your >>>>> use case work? >>>> >>>> >>>> I am talking precise about that definition of RIB interface. Not how >>>> the RIB works in given vendor of network element. That is >>>> implementation detail. >>>> >>>> Basically a list of values one can write or read to/from RIB. Have you >>>> seen any document with such list yet ? >>> >>> >>> So we agree that what a RIB looks like is out of scope, and we need to >>> insure extensibility beyond proposed use cases for the actual RIB interface? >>> If so I think the group is well on track to get there, as we grind through >>> use cases and existing data models. >>> >>> -Scott >>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> R. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> People who are essentially without the power to implement their ideas in the >>> real world must leverage the power of their reputations. >> _______________________________________________ >> i2rs mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i2rs > > -- > Ladislav Lhotka, CZ.NIC Labs > PGP Key ID: E74E8C0C > > > > _______________________________________________ i2rs mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i2rs
