Guidelines for Considering Operations and Management of New Protocols and Protocol Extensions
RFC 5706
Document | Type | RFC - Informational (November 2009; No errata) | |
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Author | David Harrington | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
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Network Working Group D. Harrington Request for Comments: 5706 HuaweiSymantec USA Category: Informational November 2009 Guidelines for Considering Operations and Management of New Protocols and Protocol Extensions Abstract New protocols or protocol extensions are best designed with due consideration of the functionality needed to operate and manage the protocols. Retrofitting operations and management is sub-optimal. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to authors and reviewers of documents that define new protocols or protocol extensions regarding aspects of operations and management that should be considered. Status of This Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2009 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the BSD License. This document may contain material from IETF Documents or IETF Contributions published or made publicly available before November 10, 2008. The person(s) controlling the copyright in some of this material may not have granted the IETF Trust the right to allow modifications of such material outside the IETF Standards Process. Without obtaining an adequate license from the person(s) controlling the copyright in such materials, this document may not be modified outside the IETF Standards Process, and derivative works of it may Harrington Informational [Page 1] RFC 5706 Ops and Mgmt Guidelines November 2009 not be created outside the IETF Standards Process, except to format it for publication as an RFC or to translate it into languages other than English. Harrington Informational [Page 2] RFC 5706 Ops and Mgmt Guidelines November 2009 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................4 1.1. Designing for Operations and Management ....................4 1.2. This Document ..............................................5 1.3. Motivation .................................................5 1.4. Background .................................................6 1.5. Available Management Technologies ..........................7 1.6. Terminology ................................................8 2. Operational Considerations - How Will the New Protocol Fit into the Current Environment? ...............................8 2.1. Operations .................................................9 2.2. Installation and Initial Setup .............................9 2.3. Migration Path ............................................10 2.4. Requirements on Other Protocols and Functional Components ................................................11 2.5. Impact on Network Operation ...............................11 2.6. Verifying Correct Operation ...............................12 3. Management Considerations - How Will the Protocol Be Managed? ..12 3.1. Interoperability ..........................................14 3.2. Management Information ....................................17 3.2.1. Information Model Design ...........................18 3.3. Fault Management ..........................................18 3.3.1. Liveness Detection and Monitoring ..................19 3.3.2. Fault Determination ................................19 3.3.3. Root Cause Analysis ................................20 3.3.4. Fault Isolation ....................................20 3.4. Configuration Management ..................................20 3.4.1. Verifying Correct Operation ........................22 3.5. Accounting Management .....................................22 3.6. Performance Management ....................................22 3.6.1. Monitoring the Protocol ............................23 3.6.2. Monitoring the Device ..............................24 3.6.3. Monitoring the Network .............................24Show full document text