On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 05:10:52PM +0200, Ladislav Lhotka wrote: > > I can imagine a tool collecting data from a number of devices that fails if a > mandatory state data are absent. >
This is not a very robust tool. There are other reasons why a leaf may be absert, e.g., an access control rule. In general, there is no requirement that state data is reported as consistent snapshots, so robust tools will have to be somewhat tolerant anyway. > I could likewise expect the server to be prepared to deal with unexpected > inconsistencies in config data. The data model is a contract, so it should be > binding for both parties. The server is prepared; it fails the commit if configuration data is unexpectedly inconsistent. /js -- Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH Phone: +49 421 200 3587 Campus Ring 1 | 28759 Bremen | Germany Fax: +49 421 200 3103 <http://www.jacobs-university.de/> _______________________________________________ netmod mailing list netmod@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod
