Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) A. Bierman
Request for Comments: 6243 Brocade
Category: Standards Track B. Lengyel
ISSN: 2070-1721 Ericsson
June 2011
With-defaults Capability for NETCONF
Abstract
The Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) defines ways to read and
edit configuration data from a NETCONF server. In some cases, part
of this data may not be set by the NETCONF client, but rather a
default value known to the server is used instead. In many
situations the NETCONF client has a priori knowledge about default
data, so the NETCONF server does not need to save it in a NETCONF
configuration datastore or send it to the client in a retrieval
operation reply. In other situations the NETCONF client will need
this data from the server. Not all server implementations treat this
default data the same way. This document defines a capability-based
extension to the NETCONF protocol that allows the NETCONF client to
identify how defaults are processed by the server, and also defines
new mechanisms for client control of server processing of default
data.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
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(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Default-Handling Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3. Client Controlled Retrieval of Default Data . . . . . . . 5
2. Default-Handling Basic Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1. 'report-all' Basic Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.1. 'report-all' Basic Mode Retrieval . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.2. 'report-all' <with-defaults> Retrieval . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.3. 'report-all' <edit-config> and <copy-config>
Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2. 'trim' Basic Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2.1. 'trim' Basic Mode Retrieval . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2.2. 'trim' <with-defaults> Retrieval . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2.3. 'trim' <edit-config> and <copy-config> Behavior . . . 7
2.3. 'explicit' Basic Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3.1. 'explicit' Basic Mode Retrieval . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3.2. 'explicit' <with-defaults> Retrieval . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3.3. 'explicit' <edit-config> and <copy-config> Behavior . 8
3. Retrieval of Default Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1. 'report-all' Retrieval Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2. 'trim' Retrieval Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.3. 'explicit' Retrieval Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.4. 'report-all-tagged' Retrieval Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4. With-defaults Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.2. Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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