Andy Bierman writes:
>Persistence is an operator choice, according to the outcome
>of the NETMOD interim meeting in NYC.
>IMO config is the set of instructions from the administrator to
>the device, describing the intended device behavior.

That's a reasonable definition.  "config" involves an administrator,
whether automated or carbon-based.

>The administrator decision to enable RIP is config.

Ditto for i2rs.

>Ephemeral config could be no different than protocol-learned
>values.  One could consider I2RS an unspecified, open-ended
>routing protocol.

Yup, exactly.  I2RS is just a way to learn data.

>Debugging broken I2RS deployments should
>be great fun.

Yup, and having sufficient logging will be critical to survival for
developers.

Thanks,
 Phil

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