Hi Chairs, 

It seems that draft-ietf-ccamp-network-inventory-yang-02 focuses only on 
hardware inventory,  while draft-wzwb-opsawg-network-inventory-management-03 
includes both hardware and software inventories (software components, virtual 
devices, and licenses). Considering the increase of SDN and virtualized service 
function scenarios in service provider networks, I think these software items 
are also key parts of network inventory management.

I would like to understand what is in the network inventory core model? My 
preferences is the item B in the IVY charter:
"B. Hardware/Software components including licenses: Hardware and Software 
component management to allow network operators to keep track of which 
physical/virtual devices are deployed in the network, including software and 
hardware versions as well as licenses/entitlement."

So, it seems to me Option 3 makes more sense, which is to merge the hardware 
device and hardware components in the draft-CCAMP-network-inventory, and also 
the virtual devices, software components, and the licenses of the devices and 
components in the draft-wzwb-network-inventory to form a base model.

Thanks an Best Regards,
Cheng Zhou 

 
From: maqiufang \(A\)
Date: 2023-08-28 14:21
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]; opsawg; [email protected]
Subject: [Inventory-yang] [inventory-yang] poll for network inventory base model
Hi Working Group,
 
It’s now time to start considering how to move forward with the inventory base 
model. We have two different documents that could be used as a starting point 
for our work or, in case the working group believes none of them is “good 
enough”, we can start a brand new ID.
In case the latter option is chosen, Daniele and I will write a -00 version 
including just the table of content and what we’d like to be covered in each 
section. The document will then be handed over to a pool of authors which will 
bring it till the WG adoption. 
 
Hence, we will have a 3 weeks polling starting today. We decided to make it a 
bit longer than usual because this time the working group is requested to 
review two drafts instead of one.
 
This mail starts a 3 weeks polling, terminating on September 15th,  where we 
would like the working group to express your preference among:
 
Adopt  draft-ietf-ccamp-network-inventory-yang-02 in IVY and evolve it to 
become the network inventory base model
Adopt draft-wzwb-opsawg-network-inventory-management-03 in IVY and evolve it to 
become the network inventory base model
Start a brand new document from scratch as described above
 
In the week after the closure of the polling (between September 18 and 25) we 
will have an IVY interim meeting to discuss the issues/concerns raised during 
the polling ( A separate mail will be sent).
 
Thank you,
 
Qiufang and Daniele
 
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