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A YANG Network Data Model of Network Inventory Software Extensions
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draft-wzwb-ivy-network-inventory-software-01
IVY                                                                B. Wu
Internet-Draft                                                    Huawei
Intended status: Standards Track                                 C. Zhou
Expires: 1 November 2024                                    China Mobile
                                                                   Q. Wu
                                                                  Huawei
                                                            M. Boucadair
                                                                  Orange
                                                           30 April 2024

   A YANG Network Data Model of Network Inventory Software Extensions
              draft-wzwb-ivy-network-inventory-software-01

Abstract

   The base Network Inventory YANG model defines the physical network
   elements (NEs) and hardware components of NEs.  This document extends
   the base Network Inventory model for software-enabled NEs (e.g.,
   controllers, virtual network functions (VNFs)) and software
   components (e.g., platform operating system (OS), software-patch).

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   Copyright (c) 2024 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the
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   This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal
   Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/
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   Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights

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   and restrictions with respect to this document.  Code Components
   extracted from this document must include Revised BSD License text as
   described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are
   provided without warranty as described in the Revised BSD License.

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Relationship to Other YANG Data Models  . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Model Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   5.  Software-enabled Network Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.  Software components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   7.  YANG Data model for Network Inventory Software Extensions . .   4
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   9.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   10. Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   11. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     11.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     11.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

1.  Introduction

   The Network Inventory consists of the network element (NE), hardware
   components, firmware components, and software components on the a
   managed network domain.

   [I-D.ietf-ivy-network-inventory-yang] defines the base Network
   Inventory YANG model for physical network element (NE) and hardware
   components of NEs.  Examples of hardware components could be rack,
   shelf, slot, board and physical port.

   This document extends the base Network Inventory to support software
   extensions for software-enabled NEs (e.g. controllers, virtual
   network functions (VNFs)) and software components.  Examples of
   software components could be platform operating system (OS),
   software-patch, bios, and boot-loader.

   The YANG data model in Section 7 conforms to the Network Management
   Datastore Architecture (NMDA) [RFC8342].

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2.  Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119][RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

3.  Relationship to Other YANG Data Models

   The base network inventory model supports the software versions of
   NEs and software versions of hardware components.  This document adds
   more software component identifiers (e.g. platformos, software patch)
   and more NE types (e.g. virtual NE) to provide enhanced software
   information on the NE to facilitate software compatibility check.

   Figure Figure 1 depicts the relationship between the Software
   Extension model and other models.  The Software Extension network
   inventory model enhances the model defined in the base network
   inventory model.

                +-------------------------+
                |                         |
                | Base Network Inventory  |
                |                         |
                +------------+------------+
                             |
          +------------------+-------------------+
          |                  |                   |
   +------V------+    +------V------      +------V------
   |             |    |             |     |             |
   | Hardware    |    |  Software   |     |             |
   | Extensions  |    |  Extensions |     | Entitlement |
   | e.g. Power  |    |  e.g.       |     |             |
   | supply unit |    |  SW patch   |     |             |
   +-------------+    +-------------+     +-------------+

      Figure 1: Relationship of SW Extension Model to Other Inventory
                                   Models

4.  Model Overview

   The following tree diagram [RFC8340] provides an overview of the data
   model for "ietf-network-inventory-sw-ext" module.

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   module: ietf-network-inventory-sw-ext
     augment /nwi:network-inventory/nwi:network-elements
               /nwi:network-element:
       +--rw virtual-ne-attributes
     augment /nwi:network-inventory/nwi:network-elements
               /nwi:network-element/nwi:components/nwi:component:
       +--rw software-module-specific-info

5.  Software-enabled Network Elements

   In the base Network Inventory YANG model, "ne-type" is a YANG
   identity that describes the type of the network element and only the
   "physical-network-element" identity" is defined.  This document adds
   non- hardware identity, such as "ne-virtual".

6.  Software components

   Software components refer to the software installed on the NE, such
   as software releases and software patches, and platform operating
   system (OS) of the software.

7.  YANG Data model for Network Inventory Software Extensions

   The "ietf-network-inventory-sw-ext" module uses types defined in
   xxxx.

   <CODE BEGINS>
    file="ietf-network-inventory-sw-ext@2024-04-30.yang"
   module ietf-network-inventory-sw-ext {
     yang-version 1.1;
     namespace
       "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-network-inventory-sw-ext";
     prefix nis;

     import ietf-network-inventory {
       prefix nwi;
       reference
         "RFCAAAA: A YANG Data Model for Network Inventory";
     }

     organization
       "IETF Network Inventory YANG (ivy) Working Group";
     contact
       "WG Web:   <https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ivy>
        WG List:  <mailto:inventory-yang@ietf.org>

        Editor: Bo Wu
                <lana.wubo@huawei.com>

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        Editor: Cheng Zhou
             <zhouchengyjy@chinamobile.com>
        Editor: Qin Wu
                <bill.wu@huawei.com>
        Editor: Mohamed Boucadair
                <mohamed.boucadair@orange.com>";
     description
       "This YANG module defines a model for network inventory software
        extensions.

        Copyright (c) 2024 IETF Trust and the persons
        identified as authors of the code.  All rights reserved.

        Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
        without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
        to the license terms contained in, the Revised BSD License
        set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
        Relating to IETF Documents
        (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

        This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see
        the RFC itself for full legal notices.

        The key words 'MUST', 'MUST NOT', 'REQUIRED', 'SHALL', 'SHALL
        NOT', 'SHOULD', 'SHOULD NOT', 'RECOMMENDED', 'NOT RECOMMENDED',
        'MAY', and 'OPTIONAL' in this document are to be interpreted as
        described in BCP 14 (RFC 2119) (RFC 8174) when, and only when,
        they appear in all capitals, as shown here.";

     revision 2024-04-30 {
       description
         "Initial version";
       reference
         "RFC XXXX: A YANG Data Model for Network Inventory Software
                    Extensions.";
     }

     identity ne-virtual {
       base nwi:ne-type;
       description
         "A virtual network element (NE). ";
     }

     identity software-component {
       base nwi:non-hardware-component-class;
       description
         "Base identity for software components in a managed
          device.";

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     }

     identity operating-system {
       base software-component;
       description
         "OS software type.";
     }

     identity operating-system-patch {
       base software-component;
       description
         "An operating system update - which should be a subcomponent
          of the `operating-system` running on a component. A patch is
          defined to be a set of software changes that are atomically
          installed (and uninstalled) together. ";
     }

     identity bios {
       base software-component;
       description
         "Legacy BIOS or UEFI firmware interface responsible for
          initializing hardware components and first stage boot
          loader.";
     }

     identity boot-loader {
       base software-component;
       description
         "Software layer responsible for loading and booting the
          device OS or network OS.";
     }

     identity software-module {
       base software-component;
       description
         "A base identity for software modules installed and/or
          running on the device.  Modules include user-space programs
          and kernel modules that provide specific functionality.
          A component with type SOFTWARE_MODULE should also have a
          module type that indicates the specific type of software
          module";
     }

     grouping software-module-specific-info-grouping {
       //To be enriched in the future.
       description
         "Specific attributes applicable to Software Modules only.";
     }

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     /* Main blocks */

     augment "/nwi:network-inventory/nwi:network-elements"
           + "/nwi:network-element" {
       description
         "Augment network element (NE) attributes.";
       container virtual-ne-attributes {
         when "derived-from-or-self(../nwi:ne-type,'ne-virtual')";
         description
           "Container for the attributes applicable only to virtual
            Network Elements (NEs).";
         //To be enriched in the future.
       }
     }

     augment "/nwi:network-inventory/nwi:network-elements/"
           + "nwi:network-element/nwi:components/nwi:component" {
       description
         "Augment component attributes.";
       container software-module-specific-info {
         when
           "derived-from-or-self(../nwi:class,'software-module')";
         description
           "This container contains some attributes belong to
            Software Modules only.";
         uses software-module-specific-info-grouping;
       }
     }
   }
   <CODE ENDS>

8.  Security Considerations

   The YANG module specified in this document defines a data schema
   designed to be accessed through network management protocols such as
   NETCONF [RFC6241] or RESTCONF [RFC8040].  The lowest NETCONF layer is
   the secure transport layer, and the required secure transport is
   Secure Shell (SSH) [RFC6242].  The lowest RESTCONF layer is HTTPS,
   and the required secure transport is TLS [RFC8446].

   The Network Configuration Access Control Model (NACM) [RFC8341]
   provides a means of restricting access to specific NETCONF or
   RESTCONF users to a preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or
   RESTCONF protocol operations and contents.  Thus, NACM SHOULD be used
   to restrict the NSF registration from unauthorized users.

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   There are a number of data nodes defined in this YANG module that are
   writable, creatable, and deletable (i.e., config true, which is the
   default).  These data nodes may be considered sensitive or vulnerable
   in some network environments.  Write operations to these data nodes
   could have a negative effect on network and security operations.

   Some of the readable data nodes in this YANG module may be considered
   sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments.  It is thus
   important to control read access (e.g., via get, get-config, or
   notification) to these data nodes.  These are the subtrees and data
   nodes and their sensitivity/vulnerability:

   <<<to be completed>>>

9.  IANA Considerations

   This document registers a URI in the "IETF XML Registry" [RFC3688].
   Following the format in [RFC3688], the following registration has
   been made.

        URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-network-inventory-sw-ext
        Registrant Contact: The IESG.
        XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.

   This document registers a YANG module in the "YANG Module Names"
   registry[RFC7950] .

     name:         ietf-network-inventory-sw-ext
     namespace:    urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-network-inventory-sw-ext
     prefix:       nis
     maintained by IANA: N
     reference:    RFC xxxx

10.  Acknowledgements

   TBD

11.  References

11.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-ivy-network-inventory-yang]
              Yu, C., Belotti, S., Bouquier, J., Peruzzini, F., and P.
              Bedard, "A YANG Data Model for Network Inventory", Work in
              Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-ivy-network-
              inventory-yang-01, 4 March 2024,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-ivy-
              network-inventory-yang-01>.

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   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3688]  Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3688>.

   [RFC6241]  Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
              and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
              (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.

   [RFC6242]  Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure
              Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, DOI 10.17487/RFC6242, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6242>.

   [RFC7950]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
              RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7950>.

   [RFC8040]  Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
              Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8040>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8341]  Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration
              Access Control Model", STD 91, RFC 8341,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8341, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8341>.

   [RFC8342]  Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K.,
              and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture
              (NMDA)", RFC 8342, DOI 10.17487/RFC8342, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8342>.

   [RFC8446]  Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
              Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>.

11.2.  Informative References

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   [RFC8340]  Bjorklund, M. and L. Berger, Ed., "YANG Tree Diagrams",
              BCP 215, RFC 8340, DOI 10.17487/RFC8340, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8340>.

Authors' Addresses

   Bo Wu
   Huawei
   101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
   Nanjing
   Jiangsu, 210012
   China
   Email: lana.wubo@huawei.com

   Cheng Zhou
   China Mobile
   Beijing
   100053
   China
   Email: zhouchengyjy@chinamobile.com

   Qin Wu
   Huawei
   101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
   Nanjing
   Jiangsu, 210012
   China
   Email: bill.wu@huawei.com

   Mohamed Boucadair
   Orange
   Rennes 35000
   France
   Email: mohamed.boucadair@orange.com

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